International

04-04-2024 TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Iran said on Tuesday it would take revenge on Israel for an airstrike that killed two of its generals and five military advisers at its embassy compound in Damascus, raising the risk of further escalation in conflict in the Middle East. The strike marked one of …

03-04-2024 TAIPEI CITY: A 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off Taiwan’s east coast on Wednesday, setting off tsunami warnings on the island and its neighboring countries. The epicentre is located about 18km (11mi) south of Taiwan’s Hualien city, according to the US Geological Survey. It is Taiwan’s strongest earthquake in 25 …

03-04-2024 REDMOND, WASHINGTON: Microsoft has said it is splitting the Teams business messaging and video app from its Office software globally. The firm separated the two products in Europe last year as it faced a possible fine from competition watchdogs. Teams was added to Office in 2017. The European Commission …

03-04-2024 QAIRO: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has been sworn in before parliament for his third term as Egyptian president. El-Sisi’s oathtaking on Tuesday marked what should be his final six-year stretch as leader of the Arab world’s most populous country, unless he again ushers through a constitutional amendment prolonging his tenure. …

03-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India rejected China’s renaming of about 30 places in its northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh on Tuesday, calling the move “senseless” and reaffirming that the border province is an “integral” part of India. Beijing says Arunachal Pradesh, which its calls Zangnan, is …

03-04-2024 GAZA CITY: Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among seven people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’ World Central Kitchen who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in central Gaza on Monday, the NGO said. The workers, who also included Palestinians and a dual citizen of the United …

03-04-2024 VANTAA, HELSINKI: A child has died and two others have been seriously wounded in a shooting at a school in Finland, police say. Police said earlier that all three victims were 12 and that a suspect, also aged 12, had been detained. Parents told Finnish media that the shooting …

03-04-2024 TEHRAN/ DAMASCUS: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say seven officers have been killed in an Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate building in Syria’s capital, Damascus. Brig-Gen Mohammad Reza Zahedi, a senior commander of the elite Quds Force, and Brig-Gen Mohammad Hadi Haji-Rahimi, his deputy, were named among the dead. Iran …

03-04-2024 NEW YORK: Former US President Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in his New York civil fraud case, staving off asset seizures by the state. He was found in February to have fraudulently inflated property values, and was ordered to pay a $464m penalty. Posting bond means …

03-04-2024 QUEENSLAND: An Australian politician accused of murdering his stepfather has failed in his attempt to be re-elected as a city councilor, officials say. Ryan Bayldon-Lumsden faced heavy criticism for standing given the serious criminal charge against him. Ahead of the vote, he had defiantly told media that it was …