14-10-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ NAIROBI: The United Nations children’s agency says one in eight girls and young women across the world have endured rape and sexual violence, with the highest number of victims recorded in sub-Saharan Africa. UNICEF published its first-ever global estimate on sexual violence against children, revealing that 79 …

14-10-2024 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Health Ministry said at least 1,645 people have been killed since Israel escalated attacks on Lebanon in September, while a total of 2,255 have now died after a year of fighting between Hezbollah and Israeli forces. At least 200 people have been killed by Israeli forces as …

14-10-2024 HIROSHIMA, JAPAN: Almost eight decades after an atomic bomb devastated her home town of Hiroshima, Teruko Yahata carries the scar on her forehead from when she was knocked over by the force of the blast. The US bombs that laid waste to Hiroshima on the morning of Aug. 6, …

14-10-2024 NEW DELHI: Star Health, India’s biggest health insurer, on Saturday said it had received a ransom demand of $68,000 from a cyberhacker in connection with a leak of customer data and medical records. Star, which has a roughly $4 billion market cap, is battling a reputational and business crisis …

14-10-2024 HANOI: Vietnam and China agreed on Saturday to boost defence and security cooperation, the Vietnamese government said, despite their years-long maritime dispute in the South China Sea. China is Vietnam’s largest trading partner and a vital source of imports for its manufacturing sector. The two countries on Saturday also …

14-10-2024 FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA: Millions of Floridians began a long and difficult recovery on Friday after the state’s second major hurricane in two weeks, restoring power, shoveling mud from flooded homes and clearing mountains of debris left by Milton and Helene. While some coastal cities such as Tampa were spared …

14-10-2024 BEIRUT/ CAIRO: Hezbollah said on Sunday it was fighting Israeli forces trying to infiltrate Ramiya village in southern Lebanon, as a third UN peacekeeper was wounded in Israel’s escalating conflict with the Iran-backed Lebanese group. Israeli strikes have shook the peacekeepers’ main base in southern Lebanon, prompting UN Secretary-General …

13-10-2024 MEIZHOU, CHINA: Over a thousand Taiwanese pilgrims flocked to southeast China’s Fujian province this week for a religious festival, a rare instance of cross-strait cultural exchanges that threatens to be overshadowed by political tensions. On Meizhou Island, home to a cluster of rural fishing villages, the deafening roar of …

13-10-2024 DHAKA/ NEW DELHI: Bangladesh is likely to set aside pricing concerns and retain a power purchase pact with India’s Adani Power, opens new tab, in the face of supply worries and gloomy prospects for a legal challenge, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. The new government …

13-10-2024 LONDON: King Charles has confirmed that it is up to the Australian people to decide whether the country remains a constitutional monarchy or becomes a republic. Ahead of the King’s visit to Australia next week, the Australian Republic Movement exchanged letters with Buckingham Palace officials, writing on the King’s …