07-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 135 Palestinians, including 87 aid seekers, have been killed and 771 injured in Israeli attacks across Gaza in the past 24 hours, according to the enclave’s Health Ministry. The number of people who starved to death in the enclave during Israel’s war has risen to …
Read More »Intel struggles with key manufacturing process for next PC chip
07-08-2025 SAN FRANCISCO: The production process that Intel, opens new tab hoped would pave the way to winning manufacturing deals and restore its edge in churning out high-end, high-margin chips is facing a big hurdle on quality as it puts newer technologies to the test, two people briefed on the …
Read More »Australia, Japan strike largest deal for advanced warships
07-08-2025 OTTAWA/ TOKYO: Australia and Japan have reached the largest defence-industry agreement ever between both countries for the production of advanced warships for the Australian Navy, the country’s Minister for Defence Richard Marles said. Australia will upgrade its naval force with 11 Mogami-class frigates, built by Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, …
Read More »Search for missing continues 80 years after Hiroshima bombing
07-08-2025 TOKYO: When the first atomic bomb detonated 80 years ago on August 6, thousands of the dead and dying were brought to the small, rural island of Ninoshima, just south of Hiroshima, by military boats with crews that had trained for suicide attack missions. Owing to inadequate medical care, …
Read More »Imran’s supporters rally in Pakistan on 2 years of imprisonment
07-08-2025 By SJA Jafri LAHORE: Thousands of supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan are rallying across the country to demand his release on the second anniversary of his imprisonment. Security officials on Tuesday said dozens of activists belonging to Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party have been arrested, with …
Read More »Dozens trapped after cloudburst causes flash floods in India
07-08-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DHANALI, UTTARAKHAND: Dozens of people are feared trapped after a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Videos from the site of the accident show a giant stream of water gushing through the area and engulfing Dhanali, a small …
Read More »Bangladesh teeters b/w hope & deadlock a year after Hasina’s fall
07-08-2025 DHAKA: Sinthia Mehrin Sokal remembers the blow to her head on July 15 last year when she, along with thousands of fellow students, marched during a protest against a controversial quota system in government jobs in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. The attack by an activist belonging to the student wing …
Read More »Japan sets record temperature of 41.8C
07-08-2025 TOKYO: Japan has logged two new heat records in a day with the mercury hitting 41.6 degrees Celsius (106.8 degrees Fahrenheit) and then 41.8C (107.2F), according to the country’s Meteorological Agency, warning that temperatures may rise further. The scorching temperatures in the city of Isesaki, located in southern Gunma …
Read More »Israel kills an average 28 children daily in Gaza
06-08-2025 NEW YORK/ GAZA STRIP: Approximately 28 children are being killed daily in Gaza due to the ongoing Israeli bombardment and its restrictions on the delivery of direly needed humanitarian assistance, according to the United Nations. “Death by bombardments. Death by malnutrition and starvation. Death by lack of aid and …
Read More »Israel violating international law: Canada
06-08-2025 OTTAWA: Canada said on Monday it delivered humanitarian assistance through airdrops to Gaza, which has been under a devastating Israeli military assault for almost 22 months, with Ottawa again accusing Israel of violating international law. “The (Canadian Armed Forces) employed a CC-130J Hercules aircraft to conduct an airdrop of …
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