International

01-11-2024 BAALBEK: Israeli strikes have killed 19 people, including eight women, around Lebanon’s eastern city of Baalbek, the country’s health ministry has said. It came hours after tens of thousands of residents fled in response to evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military that covered the entire city and two …

01-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: An Israeli military official has told media that it carried out a deadly strike on a five-storey residential building in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on Tuesday in response to seeing a “spotter” on the roof with binoculars observing Israeli forces. Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry said more …

01-11-2024 MADRID: Spain is enduring its worst flooding disaster in decades, with at least 95 people dead and dozens more missing, after huge rains swept the eastern province of Valencia and beyond. Torrential rain on Tuesday triggered flash floods which swept away bridges and buildings and forced people to climb …

31-10-2024 TEHRAN/ DUBAI: Iran’s missile production has not been disrupted following Israeli air strikes on the Islamic Republic on Oct. 26, Defence Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh was quoted as saying on Wednesday by state media. On Monday, Israel’s Defence Minister Yoav Gallant congratulated Israeli pilots for damaging Iran’s production capabilities in …

31-10-2024 OTTAWA/ NEW DELHI: The Canadian government alleged on Tuesday that Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amit Shah, a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was behind the plots to target Sikh separatists on Canadian soil. The Indian government did not immediately respond but has dismissed Canada’s prior accusations …

31-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ GAZA CITY: At least 93 people are dead or missing after an Israeli air strike on the town of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, the Hamas-run health ministry says, in an attack that the United States called “horrifying”. Rescuers said a five-storey residential building was hit, and videos …

31-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies SYDNEY: Police in Australia say they have recovered around 40,000 limited-edition coins based on the hit children’s television show Bluey. It was reported in July that 63,000 of the coins produced by the Australian Mint had been stolen from a warehouse in Western Sydney, about …

31-10-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has called on the Georgian government to respond to international concern at the scale of violations in Saturday’s election and repeal recent Russian-style laws. The Georgian Dream government in the South Caucasus state, which borders Russia, claimed a fourth term in power after election …

31-10-2024 BEIRUT: The sound of war is loud at night in Beirut’s eastern Achrafieh neighborhood. Residents can hear Israeli air strikes hitting the Lebanese capital’s southern suburbs, known as Dahieh. Some can even see the explosions lighting up the sky from their balconies. However, on the streets it is quiet. …

31-10-2024 BARCELONA: At least 62 people have died in eastern Spain after flash floods swept away cars, turned village streets into rivers and disrupted rail lines and highways in the worst natural disaster to hit the European nation in recent memory. Emergency services in the eastern region of Valencia confirmed …