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09-05-2024 RIYADH: Saudi authorities have permitted the use of lethal force to clear land for a futuristic desert city being built by dozens of Western companies, an ex-intelligence officer has told media. Col Rabih Alenezi says he was ordered to evict villagers from a tribe in the Gulf state to …

09-05-2024 HOUSTON/ LONDON/ CAIRO: Oil futures ended largely unchanged on Monday as a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel continued to elude negotiators. Both crude oil benchmarks settled 37 cents, or 0.5%, higher with Brent crude futures at $83.33 a barrel and US West Texas Intermediate crude futures (WTI) at …

08-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ RAFAH/ GAZA CITY: Israeli tanks have taken over the Rafah crossing in Gaza’s border with Egypt after advancing during the night as their warplanes pounded residential homes. The incursion comes after Israel said it would continue its military operation in Rafah even after Hamas said it had accepted …

08-05-2024 BRUSSELS/ AMSTERDAM: Students in the Netherlands and Belgium occupied parts of the universities of Amsterdam and Ghent on Monday to protest against Israel’s war against Hamas, joining international student protests inspired by those on US campuses. At a campus of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in downtown Amsterdam, hundreds …

08-05-2024 LONDON: Britain’s Ministry of Defence has been the target of a large-scale cyberattack, a government minister confirmed to British media. On Tuesday, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride told Sky News, which first reported the hack, that the attack was on a system run by an outside firm but …

08-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ DOHA: Israel’s cabinet unanimously voted to shut down Al Jazeera in the country on Sunday, immediately ordering the closure of its offices and a ban on the company’s broadcasts. The decision was announced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on X. Hours later, Israel’s Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi …

08-05-2024 PARIS/ WASHINGTON: Boeing has called off the inaugural crewed flight CST-100 Starliner space capsule after engineers detected an issue with a rocket valve. The decision to call off the launch on Monday came two hours before the scheduled liftoff and about an hour after two NASA astronauts had strapped …

08-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ BARPETA: As India votes in a six-week general election, Narendra Modi’s image adorns everything from packs of rice handed out to the poor to large posters in cities and towns. His Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is relying on the prime minister’s popularity as …

07-05-2024 RAFAH/ GAZA CITY/ CAIRO: Israel’s army has said it has conducted “targeted strikes” against Hamas in eastern Rafah, after rejecting Hamas’s agreement to a ceasefire deal. Armed factions in Gaza fired rockets into southern Israel in response Hamas had earlier said it would accept a ceasefire deal drawn up …

07-05-2024 BOSTON: A lucky lottery winner has hit not only one $1 million grand prize, but two in less than three months. Christine Wilson of Attleborough, Massachusetts, learned of her first win back in February. On Feb. 23, Wilson claimed her $1 million grand prize after playing the “Lifetime Millions” …