09-07-2024 GAZA CITY: A senior Hamas administration official was among four people killed in an Israeli air strike at a school in Gaza City, Palestinian sources say. A local official told media that Ehab Al-Ghussein was appointed to manage the affairs of the Hamas government in Gaza City and northern …
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09-07-2024 FONTAINEBLEAU. FRANCE: Two pistols owned by the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, with which he once intended to kill himself, have been sold at auction for €1.69m (£1.4m). The weapons, which were created by the Paris gunmaker Louis-Marin Gosset, had been expected to fetch between €1.2m and €1.5m. They were …
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09-07-2024 GAZA CITY: Palestinians in Gaza City say they have experienced one of the most intense Israeli bombardments since Israel launched its war on Hamas after the group’s unprecedented 7 October attack. Columns of Israeli tanks are reported to be closing in on the centre of the city from several …
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09-07-2024 NEW YORK: Boeing has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge after the US found the company violated a deal meant to reform it after two fatal crashes by its 737 Max planes that killed 346 passengers and crew. The Department of Justice (DoJ) said the …
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08-07-2024 KYIV: A children’s hospital has been seriously damaged in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv by Russian strikes, as 33 people were killed across the country in an early morning barrage. At least 19 people were killed in Kyiv by the rare daytime attack, including two who died at the Ohmatdyt …
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08-07-2024 HOUSTON: Tropical Storm Beryl is expected to strengthen as it heads towards the US state of Texas, after cutting a deadly trail across the Caribbean. The storm is expected to hit the coast of Texas on Sunday night, two days after it made landfall in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Beryl …
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08-07-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ SRINAGAR: Two Indian soldiers have been killed alongside six rebels in two separate gun battles in the Indian-administered Kashmir, according to the police, raising concerns about the security situation in the disputed Himalayan region. Kashmir police’s Inspector General Vidhi Kumar Birdi told media …
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08-07-2024 PARIS: French voters are casting ballots in parliamentary run-off election, which will be decisive in determining its political future that might see the far right become the largest bloc in parliament for the first time. Voting began at 8am (06:00 GMT) on Sunday and will close between 6pm (16:00 …
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08-07-2024 GAZA CITY: At least five journalists among dozens were martyred in attacks by Israeli forces in the last 24 hours in Gaza as bombings and air strikes across the besieged enclave intensified. Gaza’s Government Media Office said separate Israeli strikes killed three journalists in the Nuseirat refugee camp in …
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08-07-2024 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Millions of people across the Western United States were broiling under record-breaking heat on Saturday, with little relief in sight over the coming days, according to forecasters. From Oregon to California to the deserts of Arizona, several cities have seen stifling temperatures in recent days. Jacob …
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