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22-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel has carried out air strikes across Lebanon, saying its targeting branches of a bank used by Hezbollah. The Israeli military issued 24 warnings in less than an hour evacuation warnings which caused widespread panic, according to the UN’s envoy to Lebanon. The Al-Qard al-Hassan bank has …

22-10-2024 CHISINAU: People in Moldova have backed the Eastern European country’s proposed changes to its constitution and commitment to joining the EU by the thinnest of margins in a referendum. Official data put Yes on 50.46% and No on 49.54% on Monday afternoon, with more than 99.6% of votes counted. …

21-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ CAIRO: Israel struck what it said were Hezbollah arms facilities in southern Beirut on Saturday after the Lebanese armed group fired rockets into northern Israel and a spokesman said a drone was launched at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s holiday home. Netanyahu was not there at the time, …

21-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India has proposed to the United States to convert their memorandum of understanding in critical minerals into a critical minerals agreement (CMA) that will give the benefits of a free trade agreement to the trade of electric vehicles. “I have suggested that our …

21-10-2024 HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA: Billionaire Elon Musk promised on Saturday to give away $1 million each day until November’s election to someone who signs his online petition supporting the US Constitution. And he wasted no time, awarding a $1 million check to an attendee of his event in Pennsylvania aimed at …

21-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ ATLANTA: United States Vice President Kamala Harris has deployed some of the music industry’s star power to rally voters in the final weeks before November’s presidential election. Two of the Democratic nominee’s events were headlined by prominent musicians. At her first stop, in Detroit, Michigan, the singer and …

21-10-2024 BERLIN: A project to possibly supply Turkey with Eurofighter jets is an effort being driven by the United Kingdom and is in the early stages, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says. “There are certain projects that are just getting started … one that the UK government is taking forward and …

21-10-2024 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Restricting abortion has long been a cornerstone of the Republican Party but two revelations at the start of October signaled just how far the party’s stance has shifted under former United States President Donald Trump. On October 1, Trump pledged for the first time to veto …

21-10-2024 NAIROBI: A British national has told media that he and several Turkish citizens were abducted in the Kenyan capital Nairobi by masked men on Friday, with four of the Turkish citizens still missing. Necdet Seyitoglu, who lived in the UK for 18 years before moving to Kenya two years …

20-10-2024 MOSCOW/ MOLDOVA: The sniffer dogs at Chisinau Airport have been working extra hard in recent months, searching for money that might be evidence of Russian meddling in Moldovan politics. Ami, a black retriever, gives every suitcase that rolls in on the baggage claim belts a good sniff on all …