29-07-2024 EDMONTON: The fierce wildfire which swept through the Canadian town of Jasper in recent days melted cars to the road and turned homes to ash. The first images of the devastation at the famous tourist town have emerged, after a 100m (328ft) firewall swept through late on Wednesday. It …

29-07-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Twelve children and young adults have been killed and dozens injured after a rocket hit a football pitch in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Israeli authorities say. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said a rocket fired by the powerful Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fell on the Druze …

29-07-2024 LOS ANGELES: An enormous wildfire has grown by 8 sq miles an hour (20 sq km) as it spreads across parts of northern California. The Park fire, which started on Wednesday in a suspected arson attack, has burned more than 348,000 acres of land north-east of Chico, and was …

28-07-2024 LONDON: Britain’s new government said; it was dropping its predecessor’s query of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction to issue an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The ICC’s chief prosecutor has requested warrants for Netanyahu and his defence minister, Yoav Gallant, on suspicion of war crimes, …

28-07-2024 ABUJA: Nigerian courts convicted 125 Boko Haram Islamist militants and financiers of a series of terrorism-related offences in a mass trial this week, the attorney-general’s office said. A Boko Haram insurgency has killed thousands of people and displaced millions since it began in 2009, creating a humanitarian crisis in …

28-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MUMBAI: India will make a decision on sugar industry calls for a hike in the minimum selling price (MSP) in the coming days, a senior government official said on Saturday, adding that ethanol policies would be set before the start of the next …

28-07-2024 PARIS: Three out of 10 French high-speed trains will be cancelled on Saturday on routes hit by a series of “coordinated” arson attacks. French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said security forces continued to search for the “saboteurs” responsible after rail networks were paralyzed ahead of the opening of the …

28-07-2024 TOKYO: It was early in the day, but already hot. As she wiped sweat from her brow, Chieko Kiriake searched for some shade. As she did so, there was a blinding light – it was like nothing the 15-year-old had ever experienced. It was 08:15 on 6 August 1945. …

28-07-2024 GAZA CITY: Israel’s military has struck a school near Deir al-Balah, a city in central Gaza, killing at least 30 Palestinians and injuring more than 100, according to the Hamas-run ministry of health. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Telegram that a Hamas command and control centre was …

28-07-2024 PARIS: The 2024 Olympics opened in Paris in spectacular style with thousands of athletes sailing along the River Seine past lively performers on bridges, banks and rooftops in an ambitious take on an opening ceremony. Swapping a stadium for a waterway for the first time to open the “greatest …