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24-10-2024 GAZA STRIP/ BEIRUT: Israeli tanks have bombed a school-turned-shelter in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing at least seven Palestinians, the Wafa news agency reports. The attack comes as Palestinians fleeing Beit Lahiya say they saw bodies lying in the streets and Israeli soldiers detaining and beating men. Footage verified …

24-10-2024 TOKYO/ ODAWARA: Karen Makishima is the only female running for Japan’s ruling party in her 20-seat prefecture for the Oct. 27 general election, reflecting the tough battle women face in breaking into the country’s male dominated politics. Her Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has promised to narrow one of the …

24-10-2024 BERLIN: Chancellor Olaf Scholz leads a high-level delegation to New Delhi this week, betting that greater access to the vast Indian market can reduce Germany’s reliance on Beijing even if India does not turn out to be the “new China”. From cars to logistics, German companies are largely optimistic …

24-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ LONDON: Donald Trump’s campaign has filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against the UK’s Labour Party, accusing it of “blatant foreign interference” in the US election in aid of the Harris-Walz campaign. The complaint cites media reports about contact between Labour and the Harris campaign as well …

24-10-2024 JABALIA/ GAZA STRIP: Palestinians who fled from the Israeli ground offensive on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza have given harrowing accounts of the situation there. One man told media that he saw streets strewn with bodies after being ordered to leave a shelter by Israeli forces, while …

24-10-2024 LONDON/ BERLIN: Britain and Germany will sign, what the UK government is calling a “landmark defence agreement” aimed at boosting security, investment and jobs. Under the agreement the German defence company, Rheinmetall will open a new factory in the UK to manufacture barrels for artillery guns supporting 400 jobs. …

24-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was previously killed in an Israeli attack last month on the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group. The military said Safieddine was killed in a strike carried out three weeks ago …

23-10-2024 ANKARA: An explosion has been reported outside the headquarters of an aviation company near Ankara, in an incident the authorities have labelled a terror attack. The country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on X: “Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people.” Initial images shown by the NTV television channel …

kazan: 23 Oct, 2024(PMI) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the 16th BRICS Summit held under Russia’s Chairship, in Kazan today. The BRICS leaders had productive discussions including on strengthening multilateralism, countering terrorism, fostering economic growth, pursing sustainable development and bringing spotlight on the concerns of the Global South. The …

23-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: With only two weeks to go until the United States presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are in a race to secure all the support they can get. Polls show that they are neck-and-neck across the country and in battleground states. Vice …