31-01-2024 Bureau Report MELBOURNE: An Australian MP has accused a media outlet of doctoring an image to enlarge her breasts and expose her midriff. A photo of Georgie Purcell appeared in a Nine News Melbourne bulletin on Monday after she criticized a Victorian government decision to allow duck hunting to …

31-01-2024 WASHINGTON: The death of three US servicemen and injuring of many others, turns up the heat in an already febrile region and ratchets up the pressure on the US commander-in-chief, President Joe Biden. This marks the first time American troops have been killed by enemy fire since the Israel-Gaza …

30-01-2024 TOKYO: After the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Jaxa) re-established contact with its Moon lander on Sunday night, the craft started to study its surroundings in detail and transmit new images to Earth. The lander is carrying out analysis that could inform future, much longer missions to the Moon. One …

30-01-2024 MOGADISHU: One Sri Lankan and one Iranian vessel are reported to have been freed following hijackings by Somali pirates. Seychelles forces rescued a Sri Lankan fishing boat on Monday, according to President Wavel Ramkalawan’s office. Meanwhile, the Indian Navy said it had freed an Iranian-flagged fishing vessel. The attacks …

30-01-2024 PARIS: French farmers have blocked major motorways around France with tractors in a standoff with the government over concerns about inflation and competition from cheap imports. On Monday, farmers said they aimed to establish eight chokepoints on significant roads into Paris. “We need answers,” said Karine Duc, a farmer …

30-01-2024 KHARTOUM: Dozens are reported to have been killed in attacks in a disputed region between Sudan and South Sudan. Overall, 52 people, including women and children, died in the Abyei region during the weekend, local officials said on Monday. Both Sudan and South Sudan claim the oil-rich region along …

30-01-2024 SAN FRANCISCO: More than 127,000 American Sikhs voted for the Khalistan Referendum for the first time on American soil just weeks after the US government announced it had prevented the Indian state from assassinating on the US soil the prominent pro-Khalistan leader and India’s most wanted man, Gurpatwant Singh …

30-01-2024 GAZA CITY: More countries have halted funding to the largest UN agency operating in Gaza, as the crisis deepens over the alleged role of some staff in the 7 October Hamas attacks on Israel. Japan and Austria said they were suspending payments to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, …

29-01-2024 DAMASCUS: Three US troops have been killed and dozens injured in a drone attack on a US base near Jordan’s border with Syria. US President Joe Biden said the attack was carried out by “radical Iran-backed militant groups”. He added: “We shall respond.” It is the first time that …

29-01-2024 PYANGYONG: North Korea has fired several cruise missiles off its east coast, South Korean military officials said, continuing a streak of weapons tests that have drawn condemnation from the United States, South Korea and Japan. The missile launches follow North Korea’s test launch on Wednesday of the strategic cruise …