04-02-2024 TEHRAN: Iran says the attacks by the United States inside Iraq and Syria are a “strategic error” that will only add to tensions and instability in the Middle East heightened by Israel’s military campaign in Gaza. The US forces launched a wave of air strikes against Iranian-backed fighters in …

04-02-2024 BAGHDAD/ MASCOW: The US has launched strikes on 85 targets in Syria and Iraq in response to last Sunday’s drone attack on a US military base The White House had blamed an Iran-backed militia umbrella group for the attack that killed three US soldiers Iraq says that the US …

04-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies MELBOURNE: On opposite sides of the world, Richard Scolyer and Georgina Long each took one look at a scan and their hearts sank. In front of them was, to the untrained eye, an innocuous-looking brain but these long-time friends both leading skin cancer doctors feared …

04-02-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Top Muslim leaders in India called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government on Friday to end disputes over mosques and Hindu temples, saying the minority Muslim population was feeling under threat and their places of worship should be protected. In the latest such …

04-02-2024 SANTIAGO: Chile has declared a state of emergency as it battles spreading forest fires in the centre of the country that have so far killed at least 10 people. “All forces are deployed in the fight against the forest fires,” President Gabriel Boric posted on X as he announced …

04-02-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY/ RAFAH: More than one million hungry, cold, and sick displaced Palestinians await Israel’s planned attack on Rafah city with children roaming the streets “looking for scraps of food”. US Central Command says it hit 85 Kataib Hezbollah targets in Syria and Iraq in retaliation against “Iran-affiliated” …

03-02-2024 NAIROBI: At least three people were killed and nearly 300 injured after a lorry carrying gas exploded in south-east Nairobi in Kenya. A government spokesperson said that a lorry exploded at around 11.30pm local time in Embakasi district, Nairobi “igniting a huge ball of fire”. The explosion resulted in …

03-02-2024 NEW YORK: Elon Musk announced in 2020 that he had decided to “sell almost all physical possessions” to concentrate on developing electric vehicles, creating rockets, and overseeing his other businesses, The Cool Down reported. Subsequently, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX liquidated all of his properties and relocated to …

03-02-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ LAHORE/ KARACHI: First, the fundamentals: In Pakistan, the election cycle is not the only process to be watched when determining the future political direction of the country; the cycle of the appointments of, and extensions granted to, the army chief …

03-02-2024 ANKARA: Police in Turkey have arrested seven people on suspicion of selling information to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency related to tracking and monitoring local targets. The suspects were taken into custody in a joint operation of police and Turkey’s National Intelligence Organization (MIT) following raids in Istanbul and the …