19-07-2024 SANA’A/ DUBAI: Yemeni Houthi rebels have released a video of an attack they claim to have carried out on an oil tanker in the Red Sea. The footage shows a small vessel approach, then collide with the left side of the ship, resulting in a large explosion. Media Verify …
Read More »‘Super spicy’ crisps land Japanese students in hospital
19-07-2024 TOKYO: Fourteen high school students in Tokyo were admitted to hospital after eating “super spicy” potato crisps, police said. Around 30 students ate the fiery snacks after one of them brought them to school on Tuesday, Japanese local media reported. Soon, some of them started complaining of nausea and …
Read More »Ex-CIA analyst charged with spying for South Korea
19-07-2024 NEW YORK: A New York grand jury has indicted a former US Central Intelligence Agency analyst on charges of acting as a spy for the South Korean government in exchange for cash, luxury goods, bags and fancy meals. Sue Mi Terry, who previously worked as a senior official for …
Read More »Biden denounces violence but resumes attacks on Trump
18-07-2024 WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden has returned to the campaign trail for the first time since his Republican rival, former President Donald Trump, narrowly avoided an assassination attempt over the weekend. Speaking on Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, Biden addressed the shooting directly, which killed a bystander and …
Read More »Kenyan anti-government protests intensify again
18-07-2024 NAIROBI: At least one person was killed in renewed anti-government protests across Kenya on Tuesday, a journalist said, as police clashed with demonstrators demanding that President William Ruto step down. Youth-led protests that broke out a month ago against proposed tax hikes have continued even after Ruto withdrew the …
Read More »India gov’t to stick to February budget targets despite election rebuke
18-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BENGALURU: The Indian government remains committed to upholding pre-election borrowing and spending targets in the July 23 budget, despite the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) losing its majority in this year’s national vote, a poll found. While relying on some regional parties to …
Read More »50 more martyred in latest Israeli strikes in Gaza
18-07-2024 GAZA CITY: At least 50 Palestinians have been killed and dozens wounded in a series of Israeli air strikes in south and central parts of Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says. One of the deadliest attacks occurred in the recently designated humanitarian zone of al-Mawasi, west of the southern …
Read More »ISIS claims deadly attack on Oman’s Shia Muslim mosque
18-07-2024 By SJA Jafri + Agencies MUSCAT/ KARACHI: Nine (9) people, including a policeman, have been killed and 28 others injured in a rare shooting attack near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman’s capital, Muscat, police say. The three attackers were also killed by security forces during the incident in …
Read More »Toronto reels from floods & power cuts after severe storms
18-07-2024 TORONTO: Record rainfall from three huge storms has flooded parts of Toronto, cut power and left drivers stranded on the major motorway through the city. Environment Canada reported that almost 100mm (4in) of rain fell on Toronto on Tuesday, surpassing the city’s daily record set in 1941. Images and …
Read More »Trump security boosted weeks ago over Iran plot to kill him
18-07-2024 WASHINGTON: Protection for Donald Trump was boosted several weeks ago after US authorities learned of an Iranian plot to kill him, according to national security officials. Officials say there is no known connection between the alleged Iranian plot and the assassination attempt on the former president on Saturday in …
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