29-05-2025 HAWTHORNE, CALIFORNIA: Billionaire Elon Musk’s commercial space flight company, SpaceX, lost control of its ninth Starship test flight 30 minutes after the un-crewed rocket vehicle was launched into space from Texas, the United States; the media reports. The mega-rocket then re-entered the atmosphere earlier than planned on Wednesday after …

28-05-2025 JERUSALEM: Right-wing Israelis in Jerusalem have stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound and a United Nations facility for Palestinian refugees as an annual march took place marking Israel’s conquest of the eastern part of the city. Some Israelis chanted, “Death to Arabs” and “May your village burn,” as they marched …

28-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: A controversial aid group engaged by Israel and backed by the United States says it has started operations in southern Gaza as the Israeli military continues its attacks across the enclave with the stated aim of taking over all of Gaza. This comes as more than 180,000 …

28-05-2025 BEIRUT: As southern Lebanon continues to suffer from sporadic Israeli attacks despite a ceasefire signed in November between Israel and the Lebanese group Hezbollah, establishment parties have emerged as the biggest winners of municipal elections. Voting took place over four weeks, starting in Mount Lebanon, north of the capital, …

28-05-2025 WASHINGTON: United States Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says she delivered a message from President Donald Trump to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that the two countries should be aligned on how to approach Iran. Noem, who concluded a visit to Israel on Monday, told media that her …

28-05-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 81 Palestinians have been killed, most of them in a school building sheltering displaced families during Israeli air strikes on Gaza overnight, hospital directors have told media. Fahmi Al-Jargawi School in Gaza City was housing hundreds of people from Beit Lahia, currently under intense Israeli …

28-05-2025 MOSCOW: The Kremlin claimed Donald Trump was showing signs of “emotional overload” after he called Vladimir Putin “absolutely crazy” following Moscow’s largest aerial assault on Ukraine. The US president said on Truth Social on Sunday that “something has happened” to Putin, after Russia killed 13 in Ukraine with 367 …

28-05-2025 OTTAWA: King Charles and Queen Camilla have landed in Ottawa, at the start of a two-day visit to Canada seen as bringing a message of support for the country in the face of threats and taunts from US President Donald Trump. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who recently won a …

28-05-2025 ATHENS: A naval court in Greece has charged 17 coastguards over the deadliest migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea for a decade. Up to 650 people were feared to have drowned when the overcrowded Adriana fishing vessel sank near Pylos, off the Greek coast, in the early hours …

Former Union Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, who is part of a delegation visiting Gulf countries, has been admitted to a hospital. Kuwait’May 28: Ghulam Nabi Azad, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and president of the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP), has been admitted to a hospital in Kuwait. He …