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25-06-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: A Delhi city minister has started an indefinite hunger strike to demand more drinking water for India’s capital, where taps in some of its poorest neighborhoods are running nearly dry in the middle of searing heat. “There are 2.8 million people in the …

25-06-2024 LONDON/ GAZA CITY: Nearly 21,000 children are missing in Gaza, British aid group Save the Children has claimed. In a report published on Monday, the group said the thousands of missing Palestinian children are believed to be trapped beneath rubble, buried in unmarked graves, harmed beyond recognition by explosives, …

25-06-2024 KIGALI: One person has died and dozens were injured during a crush at an election rally for Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, officials say. Campaigning for July’s general election began on Saturday, with Kagame holding two rallies in northern Rwanda over the weekend. The crush happened on Sunday in Rubavu …

25-06-2024 NOUMEA: Protests in New Caledonia have flared up after seven pro-independence activists were detained and taken to France for their alleged role orchestrating riots against a controversial voting reform bill. A town hall, police station and several other buildings were set alight across New Caledonia, France’s high commission to …

25-06-2024 ARLINGTON COUNTY, VIRGINIA: US prosecutors have recommended that the Department of Justice (DoJ) brings criminal charges against Boeing. It follows a claim by the DoJ that the plane maker had violated a settlement related to two fatal crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft which killed 346 people. Boeing declined …

25-06-2024 SEOUL/ PYONGYANG: A massive factory fire that began after several lithium batteries exploded has killed at least 22 people in South Korea. The blaze broke out on Monday morning at the Aricell plant in Hwaseong city, about 45km (28 miles) south of the capital Seoul. Local television footage showed …

25-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the “intense phase” of fighting in Rafah in southern Gaza is nearly over but that this does not mean that the war is coming to an end. He said the war would continue until Hamas was completely driven from …

24-06-2024 MOSCOW: Attacks on police posts, churches and a synagogue in Russia’s North Caucasus republic of Dagestan have left 19 police officers and several civilians dead. Six gunmen were also killed. At least sixteen people were taken to hospitals with injuries. Three days of mourning have been declared in Dagestan, …

24-06-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Full-scale war between Israel and Hezbollah would be “a catastrophe”, the UN Secretary-General says but to David Kamari, who lives under near-daily fire on the Israeli side of the border, it would be a solution. Last month, a Hezbollah rocket fired from Lebanon landed in his front …

24-06-2024 MANCHESTER. LONDON: All flights out of the two main terminals at Manchester Airport have been cancelled after a “significant power cut” caused widespread disruption. Passengers travelling via Terminals 1 and 2 have been told to stay away after the outage hit in the early hours, affecting baggage and security …