05-08-2024 WASHINGTON/ PARIS/ BEIRUT: Several countries have urged their nationals to leave Lebanon as fears grow of a wider conflict in the Middle East. The US said they should do so on “any ticket available”. Iran has vowed “severe” retaliation against Israel, which it blames for the death of Hamas …

04-08-2024 RAMALLAH/CAIRO, Aug 3 (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike in the occupied West Bank killed a Hamas commander and four Islamic Jihad fighters on Saturday, the militant groups’ media reported, and the Israeli military said it had killed four more gunmen in a separate strike. The Israeli military said the …

04-08-2024 DHAKA: Protesters in Bangladesh have taken to the streets to demand justice for the more than 200 people killed in last month’s student-led demonstrations over quotas in government jobs. The large protests on Saturday came as student leaders called for a nationwide civil disobedience campaign, heaping further pressure on …

04-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: Strong loan demand helped State Bank of India (SBI.NS), opens new tab, the country’s largest lender, beat estimates with $2 billion in April-June profits but it also witnessed its provisions for loan losses rise sharply. The state-run bank reported on Saturday its …

04-08-2024 TEHRAN: The IRGC-affiliated media has vehemently rejected a report by the New York Times regarding the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which claimed he was killed by an explosive device hidden in his room two months before the hit. “These lies are being propagated while the results of …

04-08-2024 WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will debate Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4, in a post on Truth Social late on Friday, though the Harris campaign did not confirm the event. “Rules will be similar to the rules of my …

04-08-2024 GUANTANAMO BAY: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a pre-trial agreement reached with men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks. In a memo on Friday, Austin also said he was revoking the authority of the officer overseeing the military court who signed the agreement on Wednesday. …

04-08-2024 WASHINGTON: The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said. Tensions remain high in the region over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and a key commander …

04-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS: At least 32 children have died during student protests that engulfed Bangladesh last month, the UN’s children’s agency has said. The youngest child killed had yet to turn five years old, a UNICEF spokesperson said, adding that most of those who died were bystanders. They were among …

03-08-2024 CANBERRA: An Australian government review has found that “serious failures” by the Israeli military led to drone strikes on an aid convoy that killed seven workers in Gaza. The strike on 1 April killed charity workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK and …