Sweden blames Iran for cyber-attack after Quran-burnings 25-09-2024 STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s security service Sapo has accused Iranian intelligence of hacking into a text messaging service to send 15,000 messages to Swedes. Sapo said the data breach in summer last year involved SMS messages calling for “revenge against Quran-burners”, after several anti-Islam …
Read More »Fear & tension in Lebanon under deadly Israeli bombardment
25-09-2024 BEIRUT: Across southern Lebanon, families scrambled together belongings and headed north in cars and trucks and on motorcycles as the Israeli military struck targets it said were linked to the Lebanese Shia armed group Hezbollah. Some residents reported receiving warnings in the form of text messages and voice recordings …
Read More »Israeli air strikes kill 492 people in Lebanon
24-09-2024 BEIRUT: At least 492 people have been killed in intense and wide-ranging Israeli air strikes targeting Hezbollah in Lebanon, the country’s health ministry says, in the deadliest day of conflict there in almost 20 years. Thousands of families have also fled their homes as the Israeli military said it …
Read More »Tanzanian police crackdown on planned opposition rally
24-09-2024 DAR-ES-SALAAM: Police have cracked down on a planned protest against the government organized by Tanzania’s main opposition party. The leaders of Chadema were arrested on Monday, the party said. Further arrests were made on the streets of the Magomeni area of the capital Dar-es-Salaam where protesters were gathering for …
Read More »Migrants feel less welcome as Germany’s far-right rises
24-09-2024 BERLIN: On Sunday, voters in the eastern German state of Brandenburg will vote for a new regional parliament. The anti-migrant far-right Alternative for Germany, or AfD, could win the most votes. On 1 September the AfD won a major German election for the first time, coming first in the …
Read More »Modi meets top US tech leaders amid semiconductor push
24-09-2024 NEW YORK: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged top tech companies in the US to explore India as a destination for manufacturing and innovation. He met CEOs of tech companies in New York a day after attending the annual meeting of Quad countries, which also includes the US, …
Read More »100 killed as Israeli strikes on Hezbollah sites: Lebanon
24-09-2024 BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry says at least 100 people have been killed and hundreds more wounded in Israeli strikes on Monday. Israel says strikes against Hezbollah are “deepening” as citizens in southern Lebanon have received phone messages warning them to leave places used by the Iran-backed group. A Lebanese …
Read More »Sri Lanka’s president-elect breaks all political lineages
24-09-2024 COLOMBO: Anura Kumara Dissanayake may lack the political lineage of some of his rivals, but his leftist anti-poverty policies and pledge to fight corruption handed him victory on Sunday in Sri Lanka’s presidential election. Although his Janatha Vimukthi Peremuna (JVP) party has just three seats in parliament, the 55-year-old …
Read More »Singapore gears up for biggest corruption trial in decades
24-09-2024 SINGAPORE CITY: Singapore, a nation consistently ranked as among the least corrupt in the world, is gearing up for that rarest of things: a high-profile corruption trial. S Iswaran, a former transport minister best known for his role in helping to bring the Formula One (F1) night race to …
Read More »UN aims ‘to bring multilateralism back’
24-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a “Pact for the Future”, which UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres described as a landmark agreement that is a “step-change towards more effective, inclusive, networked multilateralism”. The pact, which also includes an annex on working towards a responsible and sustainable digital …
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