04-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel’s military says dozens of its soldiers have been killed in combat in southern Lebanon, its first losses since the start of the ground invasion against the armed group Hezbollah. Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, said it had destroyed Israeli tanks during the fighting and insisted …
Read More »Trump ‘resorted to crimes’ to overturn 2020 election: Prosecutors
04-10-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump “resorted to crimes” in an effort to overturn his 2020 election defeat, prosecutors allege in a new court filing that argues the former president is not immune from prosecution. Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor appointed to lead the election interference case against Trump, submitted the …
Read More »France helps down Iran missiles
03-10-2024 PARIS/ GERMANY: France said on Wednesday it had mobilized its military resources in the Middle East to counter what it called the Iranian threat and Germany warned the region risked being set on fire after Tehran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel. Iran said early on Wednesday that …
Read More »Nigerians decry ‘anti-poor’ measures in new protests
03-10-2024 ABUJA: For the second time in two months, angry protesters in several cities across Nigeria are trooping out to denounce biting economic hardship in the West African country and to call for change. In the capital Abuja on Tuesday, police fired tear gas canisters into crowds of demonstrators as …
Read More »Rice battle heats up as India, Pakistan lift export curbs
03-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ ISLAMABAD: The global prices for different varieties of rice dropped on Monday after India and Pakistan made tit-for-tat moves to eliminate price caps and resume rice exports. On Saturday, the Indian government lifted a ban on the export of non-Basmati white rice more …
Read More »Israel vows Iran response; Hezbollah repels Lebanon raid
03-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP/ BEIRUT: Hezbollah says it attacked and repulsed Israeli troops who infiltrated near the town of Odaisseh in southern Lebanon, and “inflicted losses and forced them to retreat”. Israel steps up bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of people in separate attacks on shelters and schools, …
Read More »Sudan army vows to fight on despite peace efforts
03-10-2024 KHARTOUM: A top Sudanese general has said the army will press on with its offensive despite international efforts to broker a ceasefire in the 17-month civil war. “Peace talks can go on, but the army will not stop for that,” Assistant Commander-in-Chief Lt Gen Ibrahim Gabir told media. He …
Read More »Mexico’s first female president vows ‘it’s time for women’
03-10-2024 MEXICO CITY: The passing of the presidential sash every six years is always an important and symbolic occasion in Mexico but on Tuesday, when it was placed over the shoulder of Claudia Sheinbaum, the first woman to hold the highest office in the country, it was truly an historic …
Read More »Couple reunited with lost wedding film after 57 years
03-10-2024 BRISBANE: A husband and wife in Australia have been reunited with the long lost footage of their wedding in Scotland after it was found by chance 57 years later. Aileen and Bill Turnbull got married in Aberdeen in 1967 and later emigrated but without the film. The footage was …
Read More »Iran will pay for missile attack: Netanyahu
03-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ TEHRAN: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran will “pay”, after Iran fired around 180 missiles at Israel on Tuesday. Most of the missiles were intercepted one Palestinian was killed in the West Bank, and a school in central Israel and areas near Tel Aviv were hit. …
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