10-11-2024 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly backed his government’s contentious 2019 decision to revoke the partial autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir, days after the territory’s newly elected lawmakers sought its restoration. “Only the constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar will operate in Kashmir… No power in the …
Read More »‘Israeli bombing puts ancient ruins at risk’
10-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: For over two millennia, the Roman temples at Baalbek in eastern Lebanon have stood as some of the finest examples of Roman architecture anywhere in the world. On Wednesday, a car park just metres away from the UNESCO World Heritage site was hit by an Israeli air …
Read More »FBI investigates racist text messages sent to US black people
10-11-2024 WASHINGTON: Authorities are investigating racist text messages sent to black Americans across the country telling them to report to a plantation “to pick cotton”. Black Americans, including school and college students, were among the recipients in states including Alabama, North Carolina, Virginia, New York and Pennsylvania. “The FBI is …
Read More »Nearly 70% of Gaza war dead are women and children: UN
10-11-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA CITY: The UN’s Human Rights Office has condemned the high number of civilians killed in the war in Gaza, saying its analysis shows close to 70% of verified victims over a six-month period were women and children. The agency said the high number was largely due …
Read More »Pelosi blames Biden for election loss as finger pointing intensifies
10-11-2024 WASHINGTON: Former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said Democrats might have fared better in Tuesday’s election if President Joe Biden had exited the race sooner. Pelosi, one of the most powerful politicians in Washington told the New York Times that “had the president gotten out sooner, …
Read More »Deadly blast at Pakistan’s railway station in Quetta
09-11-2024 By SJA Jafri QUETTA/ KARACHI: At least 24 people were killed and more than 40 injured in a bomb blast at a railway station in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, police and other officials told media. Pakistan is grappling with a surge in strikes by separatist ethnic militants …
Read More »US charges man over alleged Iranian plot to kill Trump
09-11-2024 WASHINGTON: The US government has brought charges against an Afghan national in connection with an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Donald Trump before he was elected as the next president. The Department of Justice on Friday unsealed an indictment against Farhad Shakeri, 51, alleging he was tasked with “providing …
Read More »We must not turn blind eye to antisemitism: Dutch King
09-11-2024 AMSTERDAM: The Dutch king says Jewish people must feel safe in the Netherlands, after violent attacks against Israeli football fans in the centre of Amsterdam. Willem-Alexander said “our history has taught us how intimidation goes from bad to worse,” adding that the country could not ignore “antisemitic behavior”. Youths …
Read More »More families stream out of north Gaza
09-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces stepped up bombardment across the Gaza Strip on Thursday and ordered more evacuations, creating a fresh wave of displacement from northern Gaza, to which Palestinians fear they will not be able to return. Palestinian health officials said at least 10 people had been killed and …
Read More »Japan PM Ishiba seeks meeting with Trump this month
09-11-2024 TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba hopes to meet US President-elect Donald Trump in the United States this month, four sources said, in an attempt to emulate then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s close ties during Trump’s first term. The US is Japan’s most important economic and security partner, while Tokyo …
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