06-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ HYDERABAD: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) formally named him on Wednesday to lead a new coalition government for a third straight term, a day after it regained power with a surprisingly slim majority. Modi, a populist who has dominated …
Read More »World’s largest NEOM GH Project in Saudi Arabia begins
06-06-2024 RIYADH: Wesam Al Ghamdi, the CEO of Neom Green Hydrogen Co, claimed to be the world’s largest hydrogen plant, has revealed that the construction of the plant is advancing significantly. The hydrogen plant is under-construction on the floating port “Oxagon”, one of the many projects under Saudi Arabia’s $1.5 …
Read More »Modi turns to allies after shock verdict
06-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces a tougher-than-anticipated third term after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to secure an outright majority for the first time since sweeping to power a decade ago. The BJP won 240 seats in the staggered election, 32 …
Read More »Israel expands Gaza offensive as ceasefire bid continues
06-06-2024 GAZA CITY: Dozens of Palestinians have been killed in heavy Israeli bombardment of the central Gaza Strip, as US, Qatari, and Egyptian mediators plan to resume talks on a proposed ceasefire and captive release deal. Urban combat and shelling rocked Gaza’s southern city of Rafah near the Egyptian border, …
Read More »Heat dome brings dangerous weather to Western US
06-06-2024 LOS ANGELES: More than 34 million Americans are preparing for extreme temperatures, as a heat dome descends on the western part of the US this week. Forecasters are warning residents in California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona to prepare for temperatures to reach around 40C (104F) before Friday. Later in …
Read More »Australia drops case against X over stabbing videos
06-06-2024 CANBERRA: Australia has abandoned a legal battle to have graphic footage of a church stabbing in Sydney removed from Elon Musk’s social media platform X. Declared a terror incident by police, the attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in April was livestreamed online and led to riots outside the …
Read More »Hezbollah rocket attacks spark massive fires in Israel
06-06-2024 JERUSALEM: Firefighters battled raging blazes across northern Israel on June 3-4, ignited by rocket barrages launched by Hezbollah terrorists across the border in Lebanon. “Some 15 active fire sites were reported in the Galilee-Golan region alone, most resulting from rocket fire on an exceptionally hot day, with temperatures exceeding …
Read More »Biden announces asylum restrictions to ‘control border’
06-06-2024 WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden has issued a sweeping executive order aimed at curbing record migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border that have left him politically vulnerable in an election year. Under the order, which took effect at midnight, officials can quickly remove migrants entering the US illegally without processing …
Read More »Modi claims victory in India’s election
05-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed a historic third win in a row in the country’s parliamentary elections, but his ruling alliance appears to have failed to win a large majority as predicted. He thanked voters and said he would continue the …
Read More »China denies fueling Russia-Ukraine war tensions
05-06-2024 BEIJING: China has said it believes “all efforts” should be recognized in supporting peace measures around the Russia-Ukraine war, rejecting accusations from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that it was trying with Russia to undermine this month’s planned peace summit in Switzerland. China has never “fanned fire or fueled the …
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