International

30-09-2024 TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader has said the death of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah “will not go unavenged”, a day after he was killed in an Israeli air strike in Lebanon. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei announced five days of mourning in Iran in response to what he called the “martyrdom of …

30-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS: Surging sea levels are creating “a rising tide of misery” that threaten the future of nearly a billion people that live in low-lying coastal areas, the UN chief has warned, as they become increasingly vulnerable to storm surges, coastal erosion and flooding. Since the beginning of the …

30-09-2024 PORT-AU-PRINCE/ UNITED NATIONS: At least 3,661 people have been killed in Haiti in the first half of this year amid the “senseless” gang violence that has engulfed the country, according to the United Nations. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) said on Friday that …

30-09-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: In the wake of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah’s killing, Hezbollah faces the enormous challenge of plugging the infiltration in its ranks that allowed its arch enemy Israel to destroy weapons sites, booby-trap its communications and assassinate the veteran leader, whose whereabouts had been a closely guarded secret for …

30-09-2024 BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the US deployment of intermediate-range missiles in the Philippines “undermines regional peace and stability”, the foreign ministry said on Sunday. Speaking to South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul in New York, Wang also called for avoiding “war or chaos on the Korean …

30-09-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India gave the go-ahead on Saturday for exports of non-basmati white rice to resume as inventories in the world’s biggest exporter of the grain surge and farmers prepare to harvest a new crop in the coming weeks. Bigger rice shipments from India would beef up …

30-09-2024 BRUSSELS: The Catholic Church’s failures in responding to sexual abuse by clergy have been in focus again during Pope Francis’ visit this weekend to Belgium, with the pontiff facing calls from high-profile figures and survivors for more concrete action. The country’s king, prime minister and a Catholic university rector …

30-09-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Saturday deployed some of his harshest rhetoric against immigrants who have crossed the border illegally and committed crimes, especially against young women, while he also escalated his personal insults against Kamala Harris. In the battleground state of Wisconsin, Trump called Democratic Vice President Harris, who …

29-09-2024 BEIRUT/ CAIRO: The body of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been recovered from the site of an Israeli air attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs and is intact, a medical source and a security source told media on Sunday while Hezbollah’s statement on Saturday confirming Nasrallah’s death did not …

29-09-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: The Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, in an air strike on the group’s underground headquarters near the capital, Beirut. Hours after Israel claimed killing the 64-year-old Nasrallah, the Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday said its leader “has joined his …