23-08-2025 GAZA STRIP: At least 60 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza since dawn, medical sources told media, including 36 killed in Gaza City where Israel was escalating attacks in the lead-up to a broader planned offensive. An Israeli air strike hit a school in Sheikh Radwan, …
Read More »Sri Lanka’s ex-President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested
23-08-2025 COLOMBO: Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested and appeared in court over allegations he misused state funds while in office, police say. Wickremesinghe, 76, who led the country during a devastating 2019-2024 economic crisis, had been investigated over a visit he made to London to attend …
Read More »Trump threatens to fire US Fed Governor Lisa Cook
23-08-2025 WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump says he will fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t quit, intensifying his effort to gain influence over the central bank. “I’ll fire her if she doesn’t resign,” Trump told reporters on Friday during a visit to a Washington, DC, museum …
Read More »Iran rejects sanctions threats before nuclear talks
23-08-2025 TEHRAN: Iran and three major European powers have agreed to resume nuclear talks next week, even as the threat of revived sanctions looms. Iranian state media reported on Friday that Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a call with his French, British and German counterparts, during which they agreed deputy …
Read More »UN declares full-blown famine in Gaza
23-08-2025 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA STRIP: Two Palestinians have starved to death in Gaza in the past 24 hours, which also saw 71 people killed in Israeli attacks across the enclave, according to the territory’s Health Ministry. A UN classification system used to determine access to food has officially declared famine …
Read More »India & Russia seek to increase trade to $100 billion
22-08-2025 MOSCOW/ NEW DELHI: India and Russia are looking to increase their annual trade by about 50% over the next five years to reach $100 billion, seeking to reduce tariffs as both countries see mounting tensions with the US, a top envoy said. Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said …
Read More »Netanyahu escalates attack on Australia’s PM as ties plunge
22-08-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has stepped up his government’s bitter diplomatic dispute with Australia, claiming that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s legacy has been irrevocably blackened by his “weakness” towards Hamas. In an interview with Sky News Australia scheduled to air on Thursday night, Netanyahu said Albanese’s …
Read More »US senators urge Rubio to press Israel over journalist killings
22-08-2025 WASHINGTON: A group of 17 US senators has written to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, condemning an Israeli attack last week that killed several Al Jazeera journalists, and urging the US to pressure Israel to grant foreign media access to Gaza and protect journalists there. The letter published …
Read More »Russia launches biggest wave of strikes on Ukraine
22-08-2025 MOSCOW/ KYIV: Russia has launched 574 drones and 40 missiles on Ukraine in one of the heaviest bombardments in weeks, Ukrainian officials say. One person was killed in a drone and missile strike on the western city of Lviv, while 15 others were reported wounded in an attack on …
Read More »Israel pounds Gaza; killing 81 Palestinians
22-08-2025 GAZA CITY: At least 81 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza by Israeli attacks and forced starvation since dawn as the Israeli military said it had begun the first stages of its planned assault to seize the enclave’s largest urban centre, Gaza City, where close to a million people …
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