International

25-06-2024 ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA: US prosecutors have recommended that the Department of Justice (DoJ) brings criminal charges against Boeing. It follows a claim by the DoJ that the plane maker had violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft which killed 346 people. Boeing declined …

25-06-2024 SEOUL/ PYONGYANG: A massive factory fire that began after several lithium batteries exploded has killed at least 22 people in South Korea. The blaze broke out on Monday morning at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong city, about 45km (28 miles) south of the capital Seoul. Local television footage showed …

25-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the “intense phase” of fighting in Rafah in southern Gaza is nearly over but that this does not mean that the war is coming to an end. He said the war would continue until Hamas was completely driven from …

24-06-2024 MOSCOW: Attacks on police posts, churches and a synagogue in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan have left 19 police officers and several civilians dead. Six gunmen were also killed. At least sixteen people were taken to hospitals with injuries. Three days of mourning have been declared in Dagestan, …

24-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah would be “a catastrophe”, the UN Secretary-General says but to David Kamari, who lives under near-daily fire on the Israeli side of the border, it would be a solution. Last month, a Hezbollah rocket fired from Lebanon landed in his front …

24-06-2024 MANCHESTER. LONDON: All flights out of the two main terminals at Manchester Airport have been cancelled after a “significant power cut” caused widespread disruption. Passengers travelling via Terminals 1 and 2 have been told to stay away after the outage hit in the early hours, affecting baggage and security …

24-06-2024 TEL AVIV: Thousands of people demonstrated on Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv on Saturday night. The organizers of the protest said it was the largest since October 7. Hundreds of demonstrators started a protest march towards the Metzudat Ze’ev building on King George Street, where they burned a display …

24-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: The head of India’s National Testing Agency (NTA) has been dismissed following accusations of irregularities in recent exams for higher education. The government has also appointed a committee to recommend reforms in the fiercely competitive process. There have been calls to rerun a …

24-06-2024 RIYADH: More than 1,000 people died during haj this year, according to a Reuters tally, as extreme heat hammered the nearly two million who took part in the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca. Most of dead were Egyptians. Security and medical sources told Reuters on Sunday that the Egyptian …

23-06-2024 WEST BANK: The Israeli military has said its forces violated protocol by strapping a wounded Palestinian man to the front of their vehicle during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the incident after it was captured on video and shared on …