17-04-2024 COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s historic old stock exchange building in the centre of Copenhagen has been engulfed by fire. The 17th Century Borsen is one of the city’s oldest buildings and onlookers gasped as its iconic spire collapsed in the flames. Everyone inside the building was able to leave and people …

17-04-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel is calling for sanctions to be imposed on Iran’s missile project after it launched an unprecedented attack on its territory. A wave of missiles and drones were fired from Iran, Iraq, Syria and Yemen on Saturday, with most being downed by Israel and its allies. Israel’s war …

16-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Australian police have declared Monday’s stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated “terrorist act”. A 16-year-old boy was arrested after a bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked at a sermon at the ‘Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church’. At least four people …

16-04-2024 GAZA CITY/ CAIRO: The Palestinian Hamas group has expressed support for Iran after it launched hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel in retaliation for a deadly assault on its consulate in the Syrian capital, Damascus. In a statement on Saturday, Hamas, which governs the Palestinian enclave of Gaza, …

16-04-2024 GAZA CITY/ CAIRO: Iran’s attack on Israel drew applause from many Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday as rare payback for the Israeli offensive on their enclave, although some said they suspected Tehran had staged the assault more for show than to inflict real damage. “For the first time, we …

16-04-2024 BEIJING: Oil prices fell at Asia’s open on Monday, as market participants dialed back risk premiums following Iran’s attack on Israel late on Saturday which the Israeli government said caused limited damage. Brent futures for June delivery fell 24 cents to $90.21 a barrel while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) …

16-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: Commanding higher pricing for technology contracts will be one of the ways Tata Consultancy Services (TCS.NS), opens new tab looks to “further enhance” its operating margin that is already at a 12-quarter high, its chief financial officer said on Saturday. “One way …

16-04-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel is weighing possible responses to Iran’s attack with hundreds of drones and missiles, amid growing calls for restraint to avert a wider war. Israel and its allies shot down nearly all projectiles fired in the first ever direct Iranian attack on Israel. The US has said it …

16-04-2024 MOGADISHU/ DUBAI: Somali pirates have released a Bangladesh-flagged vessel and its 23-member crew after a ransom was reportedly paid. The MV Abdullah was carrying coal from Mozambique to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) when it was hijacked off Somalia’s coast about a month ago. The pirates alleged that they …

16-04-2024 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: The White House has warned Israel that the US will not participate in any retaliatory strikes on Iran, senior administration officials have said. Over 300 drones and missiles were fired at Israel overnight, which Iran said was in response to a 1 April strike on its consulate …