International

24-01-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The Israeli army says 24 of its soldiers have been killed in Gaza, the deadliest day for Israeli forces since the start of their ground operation. Twenty-four (24) Israeli soldiers were killed during fighting in southern Gaza on Monday, the military said, in the biggest single …

24-01-2024 JOLIET, CHICAGO: Seven people were found shot and killed in two different homes in Joliet Monday afternoon, and a manhunt has been launched for a suspect, police said. Police also believe a fatal shooting on Sunday is connected with the mass-casualty incident. At a news conference, Joliet police Chief …

24-01-2024 WASHINGTON: The Biden administration is allowed to cut the razor wire deployed by Texas at the border with Mexico, the US Supreme Court ruled on Monday. The concertina wire, deployed at the direction of the Republican Texas governor, Greg Abbott, runs roughly 30 miles (48km) along the Rio Grande …

24-01-2024 MONROVIA: Liberia’s new President Joseph Boakai failed to reach the end of his speech and had to be helped away from the podium during his swearing-in ceremony. Boakai, 79, had been speaking for around 30 minutes at his inauguration ceremony when it became clear that he was having difficulty …

24-01-2024 WASHINGTON: A major US airline has said it expects to lose money in the three months between January and March due to the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jets. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grounded 171 of them after an unused door broke away mid-flight. United Airlines …

24-01-2024 GAZA CITY: More than 25,000 people have now been killed in Gaza during Israel’s offensive there, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. It said there had been 178 deaths in the last 24 hours, making it one of the deadliest days in the war so far. As fighting continued, …

24-01-2024 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: The United States and Britain carried out large-scale military strikes on Monday against eight sites in Yemen controlled by Houthi militants, according to the two countries. The strikes signaled that the Biden administration intends to wage a sustained and, at least for now, open-ended campaign against the …

23-01-2024 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday rejected conditions presented by Hamas to end the war and release hostages that would include Israel’s complete withdrawal and leaving Hamas in power in Gaza. As Israeli planes resumed bombing Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, senior Hamas official Sami …

23-01-2024 LONDON: Britain’s rail network was disrupted, flights were cancelled and thousands of homes were left without power on Monday after the country was battered by Storm Isha overnight. Scotland was worst hit as gusts of over 90 miles per hour (144 km/h) led to the cancellation of all train …

23-01-2024 JERUSALEM: A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian gunmen in Gaza stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones. The action by about 20 people signaled growing domestic dissent in the fourth …