17-07-2024 NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: At least four soldiers have been killed in a gunfight with suspected militants in Indian-administered Kashmir, the latest in a recent spate of attacks by armed insurgents in the disputed region. Security forces came under fire on Monday night when they were carrying out a search …

17-07-2024 MOSCOW/ WASHINGTON: Russian antivirus giant Kaspersky Labs has told media that it is leaving the US after the Biden administration banned sales and distribution of the firm’s software. Kaspersky said it had made the “sad and difficult decision” to leave “as business opportunities in the country are no longer …

16-07-2024 TALLAHASSEE: Florida Judge Aileen Cannon, who was appointed by former president Donald Trump, has dismissed the criminal case against him on charges of mishandling top secret documents, ruling that Special Counsel Jack Smith was unlawfully appointed. Cannon recounted that Smith’s appointment was not proper and dismissed the case. The …

16-07-2024 BEIJING: China’s new home prices in June fell at the fastest clip in nine years while property sales and investment slumped, increasing pressure on policymakers for more stimulus to prop up the battered sector as it struggles to find a bottom. New home prices slid 4.5% from a year …

16-07-2024 By SJA Jafri ISLAMABAD: The Pakistani government has said it plans to ban Pakistan Terheek-e-Insaf (PTI), the party of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan. The announcement by Information Minister Attaullah Tarar on Monday came days after the Supreme Court handed a major legal victory to the PTI by …

16-07-2024 PARIS/ NEW DELHI: As Narendra Modi begins his third term as Prime Minister, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is concerned about the growing campaigns against journalists perpetrated by extreme right-wing nationalist networks. The authorities who have remained silent on the subject must put an end to these attacks. Investigative journalist …

16-07-2024 JERUSALEM: The Israeli military says senior Hamas commander Rafa Salama was killed in an air strike in Gaza on Saturday. Hamas has not confirmed the report. The Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza said that Israel’s strike hit a camp for displaced people in a designated humanitarian zone in Khan …

16-07-2024 MANILA: A small town mayor in the Philippines who has been accused of being a Chinese spy has gone into hiding, officials said. Police could not carry out a warrant for the arrest of Alice Guo over the weekend as she was not at any of her known addresses. …

16-07-2024 NEW YORK: Elon Musk’s social media site X has been accused by the European Union of breaching its online content rules, with its “verified” blue tick accounts having the potential to “deceive” users. The bloc’s tech regulator said users could be duped into thinking the identity of those with …

16-07-2024 MOGADISHU: A car bomb has exploded outside a cafe in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, killing at least nine and injuring several others as patrons were watching the final of the Euro 2024 football tournament on TV, the government said. The al-Qaeda-linked armed group, al-Shabab, has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s deadly …