03-05-2024 BAGHDAD: What would it be like to meet one of our closest human relatives from 75,000 years ago in the flesh? Scientists have produced a remarkable reconstruction of what a Neanderthal woman would have looked like when she was alive. It is based on the flattened, shattered remains of …

03-05-2024 GAZA CITY: Palestinian armed groups have been attacking Israeli troops stationed at a main junction in central Gaza, where witnesses have reported extensive fire exchanges. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israel “impeded” and “denied” a significant number of aid missions to northern Gaza in …

03-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A lower turnout so far in India’s long general election has rattled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign managers, raising into question whether his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies can achieve the landslide victory predicted by opinion polls just one month ago. …

03-05-2024 PHNOM PENH: Cambodia has blamed factors including the heatwave gripping south-east Asia for a deadly ammunition warehouse explosion. Twenty soldiers were killed in the incident in Kampong Speu province, Cambodia on Saturday. Rejecting claims that rebellious soldiers were to blame, officials said the blast was caused by a combination …

03-05-2024 HONIARA: Solomon Islands lawmakers selected a new prime minister in a secret ballot on Thursday, choosing foreign minister Jeremiah Manele, who has pledged to continue the Pacific Island nation’s foreign policy that saw it grow close to China. Governor General Sir David Vunagi announced outside parliament house that Manele …

03-05-2024 LOS ANGELES/ NEW YORK: Mounting tensions on US campuses boiled over on Wednesday when pro-Israel supporters attacked an encampment of pro-Palestinian protesters at UCLA, hours after police arrested activists who occupied a building at Columbia University and cleared a tent city from its campus. Eyewitness videos from the University …

03-05-2024 BOGOTA: Colombian President Gustavo Petro said on Wednesday he will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its actions in Gaza. Petro has already heavily criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and requested to join South Africa’s case accusing Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice. “Here in …

03-05-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden’s administration faced renewed pressure on Wednesday from his fellow Democrats to influence Israel not to launch a full-scale invasion of Rafah, the city where almost half of the Gaza Strip’s 2.3 million people have taken refuge. Fifty-seven of the 212 Democrats in the House of …

‘Modi ki majboot sarkar Pakistan ko chubhti hain’ Gujarat’May 2’2024“Prime minister Narendra Modi today launched a scathing attack on Congress, saying that the grand old party’s partnership with Pakistan has been exposed. Addressing an election rally at Shastri Ground in Anand, PM Modi said, “Today, when Congress is weakening in …

02-05-2024 CANBERRA/ NEW DELHI: The Australian government has talked up its close ties with Delhi despite reports that two Indian spies were expelled from the country in 2020. In 2021, Australia’s intelligence chief said that foreign agents had been operating locally in the previous year but he did not say …