09-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli raids across Gaza have killed at least 75 Palestinians, with rescuers scrambling to find dozens of bodies under the rubble after the bombing of a residential building in Gaza City described by the enclave’s civil defence as a “full-fledged massacre”. Palestinian Civil Defence spokesperson Mahmoud Basel …
Read More »Colombian Presidential candidate shot in head at rally
08-06-2025 BOGOTA: A Colombian presidential candidate has been shot three times, reportedly twice in the head at a campaign event in the capital, Bogota. Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, was attacked while addressing a small crowd in a park on Saturday. Police arrested a 15-year-old suspect at the scene, local media …
Read More »PM Carney invites Modi to June G7 summit in Canada
08-06-2025 NEW DELHI/ OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to the upcoming Group of Seven summit in a phone call on Friday, as the two sides look to mend ties after relations soured in the past two years. The leaders agreed to remain in …
Read More »Anti-ICE protesters square off in Los Angeles
08-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ LOS ANGELES: Helmeted police in riot gear turned out on yesterday evening in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody. Video showed Los Angeles …
Read More »Iran condemns ‘racist mentality’ behind US travel ban
08-06-2025 TEHRAN: Iran has sharply criticized United States President Donald Trump’s travel ban on its nationals and those of several countries, calling it “racist” and a sign of deep-rooted hostility towards Iranians and Muslims. Trump earlier this week signed an executive order that bars and restricts travelers from 19 countries, …
Read More »Forced labour driving India’s $5 trillion economy dream
08-06-2025 NEW DELHI: Amid the relentless clatter of machinery, Ravi Kumar Gupta feeds a roaring steel furnace with scrap, blown metal and molten iron. He carefully adds chemicals tailored to the type of steel being produced, adjusting fuel and airflow with precision to keep the furnace running smoothly. As his …
Read More »Israel kills dozens Gaza aid seekers in latest violence
08-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces have killed at least six Palestinians this morning who were waiting near an aid point in al-Akhawah, near Rafah in south Gaza. The latest killing of aid seekers comes despite the inconsistent opening of US- and Israel-backed aid points, which the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation said …
Read More »US brings back El Salvador deportee to face charges
08-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ SAN SALVADOR: Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a 29-year-old from El Salvador mistakenly deported in March, has been returned to the US to face prosecution on two federal criminal charges. He has been accused of participating in a trafficking conspiracy over several years to move undocumented migrants from Texas to …
Read More »Cities around the world are sinking at ‘worrying speed’
08-06-2025 MIAMI MUMBAI: Twenty-two years ago, when Erna stood outside her house, “the windows were as high as my chest”. Now they’re knee-height. As their home has sunk, she and her family have had to cope with frequent flooding. In the most extreme cases “we used canoes – the water …
Read More »Biggest Russian drone strike hits Ukraine’s second city
07-06-2025 MOSCOW/ KHARKIV: At least three people have been killed and another 21 injured including a month-old baby, in the biggest Russian drone attack to hit Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, the mayor says. Ihor Terekhov says multiple residential buildings have been hit after Russia launched nearly 50 drones towards the …
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