18-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel has claimed its forces have killed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in an attack in the southern Gaza Strip. The Israeli military confirmed Sinwar’s death on Thursday but Hamas has not yet commented on the claim. According to the Israeli military statement, Sinwar was killed on Wednesday …

18-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Israel has stopped processing requests from traders to import food to Gaza, according to 12 people involved in the trade, choking off a track that for the past six months supplied more than half of the besieged Palestinian territory’s provisions. Since Oct. 11, Gaza-based traders who …

18-10-2024 PARIS: After more than six weeks of protests over the high cost of living on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, the local prefecture has signed a deal to cut soaring food prices. Jean-Christophe Bouvier, France’s prefect in Martinique, said the deal with a number of groups including importers …

18-10-2024 ABUJA/ DUTSE: A fuel tanker exploded overnight in northern Nigeria, killing at least 153 people who rushed to the scene of the accident to collect leaking petrol, officials say. The fire engulfed the overturned vehicle, which had been cordoned off by officers after it crashed in Jigawa state, the …

18-10-2024 DARWIN: Children as young as 10 will soon be able to be jailed once again in Australia’s Northern Territory (NT), after the government there lowered the age of criminal responsibility. Australian states and territories have been under pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14, …

18-10-2024 ATLANTA. GEORGIA: A judge in the US state of Georgia has blocked seven new state election rules favored by Republican Donald Trump after finding that they would unnecessarily interfere with the voting process. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox on Wednesday struck down a rule that requires that …

18-10-2024 OTTAWA/ NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has accused India of making a “massive mistake” that Canada could not ignore if Delhi was behind the death of a Sikh separatist leader last year on Canadian soil. Trudeau made the comments two days after Canadian officials accused India of being …

18-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ SANA’A: The US says it has carried out “precision strikes” against five weapons storage locations in areas of Yemen controlled by the Houthi movement. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said B-2 Spirit stealth bombers were part of the operation that targeted hardened underground facilities housing missiles and other munitions …

18-10-2024 BRUSSELS: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said the EU could “draw lessons” from a contested Italian policy of processing migrants offshore in Albania, as leaders of the 27 member states hold an EU summit focusing on migration. Ahead of the Brussels summit, she wrote to EU …

Sports; 18 Oct 2024 (PMI): A brilliant unbeaten 74 from Anneke Bosch fired South Africa into the final of the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 and ended Australia’s reign after three successive titles. A fine bowling display from the Proteas restricted the defending champions to 134 for five, Beth …