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26-05-2024 SANTIAGO: Chilean authorities have arrested a firefighter and a forestry worker on suspicion of starting the fire which killed at least 137 people in February. One of the men was employed by the National Forestry Corporation which is responsible for fighting forest fires, police director Eduardo Cerna said. The …

26-05-2024 GAZA CITY: The war in Gaza is being fought on many fronts, one of them is aid. Months after some Israelis started to protest against aid Lorries entering Gaza at the main Kerem Shalom crossing, the battle has moved to other key junctions, where rival groups of activists do …

25-05-2024 SYDNEY: Hundreds are feared dead after a massive landslide flattened dozens of homes and buried families alive in a remote village in northern Papua New Guinea (PNG) early on Friday, a resident said. The disaster hit Kaokalam village in Papua New Guinea’s Enga province, about 600km (370 miles) northwest …

25-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: The bodies of three more Israeli hostages have been recovered from Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have said. They are those of Hanan Yablonka, Michel Nisenbaum and Orion Hernandez, it said in a statement. The IDF said the men’s bodies were recovered from the northern …

25-05-2024 NAYPYIDAW: In Myanmar’s eastern Karenni State, the sleepy jungle town of Demoso has come alive with revolutionary fervor. In the burnt-red soil along the sides of the town’s main road, a transformation is under way. Newly made bamboo-and-wood-built shops and cafes have sprung up, and the talk in all …

25-05-2024 WASHINGTON: Republican US House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Thursday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would soon address a joint meeting of Congress amid heightened tensions with President Joe Biden over the Israeli leader’s handling of the war in Gaza. Delivering a keynote speech at the Israeli embassy’s annual …

25-05-2024 VATICAN CITY: A London-born teenager whose proficiency at spreading the teachings of the Catholic Church online led to him being called “God’s influencer” is set to become a saint. Carlo Acutis died in 2006, at the age of 15, meaning he would be the first millennial, a person born …

25-05-2024 UNITED NATIONS: United Nations member states have voted to declare 11 July an annual day of remembrance for victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. Germany and Rwanda’s proposal passed despite furious lobbying by Serbia against the resolution. President Aleksandar Vucic claimed it was “politicised”, and risked branding Serbia and …

25-05-2024 COLUMBUS, OHIO: Ohio’s governor is pushing state lawmakers to avoid a partisan clash threatening to bar US President Joe Biden from the key swing state’s presidential ballot in November. The state’s top election official said earlier this week that Democrats are nominating their candidate too late to comply with …

24-05-2024 THE HAGUE: The top United Nations court ordered Israel on Friday to immediately halt its military offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah but stopped short of ordering a cease-fire for the enclave. While Israel is unlikely to comply with the order, it will ratchet up the pressure …