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29-05-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is reported to have used extremely derogatory language in an incident that could have a profound impact on the way his attitude towards gay people is perceived. When asked at the Italian Bishops’ Conference if gay men should now be allowed to train for the …

28-05-2024 Bu SJA Jafri + Agencies ISLAMABAD/ PESHAWAR: Five Pakistani soldiers were martyred in gun-battles with Islamist militants in the country’s northwest bordering Afghanistan on Monday, the Pakistan Army said. The statement said the deaths were in addition to two other soldiers, including an officer, who were martyred the previous …

28-05-2024 JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY/ RAFAH: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue the war against Hamas amid international condemnation of an air strike that killed scores of Palestinians in Rafah on Sunday. At least 45 people were killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry, while hundreds more were …

28-05-2024 NEW YORK: Gold prices ticked up on Monday, as investors assessed diminishing bets of US interest rate cuts ahead of a key inflation report due later in the week. Spot gold was up 0.5% to $2,344.46 per ounce as of 0936 GMT US gold futures also climbed 0.5% to …

28-05-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ DHAKA: At least nine people were killed and more than a million were evacuated as Cyclone Remal approached the coasts of eastern India and Bangladesh, which made landfall late on Sunday. Here is what we know about the cyclone. The storm made landfall …

28-05-2024 LONDON/ WASHINGTON: The FBI is investigating the sale to US buyers of what are suspected to be hundreds of treasures from the British Museum. The media understands the US law enforcement agency has also assisted with the return of 268 items, which the museum claims belong to it, that …

28-05-2024 RAFAH/ CAIRO: Israeli air strikes late Sunday on a tented camp near Rafah for displaced Gazans killed 45 people, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run enclave. Israel’s army said the strikes, hours after a rocket attack had targeted Tel Aviv, killed two senior Hamas operatives. Medical officials …

28-05-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ SYDNEY: About 2000 people are estimated to be buried under a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official says. The head of the International Organization for Migration in the country, Serhan Aktoprak, said the impact of Friday’s landslide in the isolated Enga province was greater …

28-05-2024 ARKANSAS, OKLAHOMA: Dozens of people have been killed as tornadoes and storms tore across central areas of the US, destroying homes and cutting power to hundreds of thousands. Seven people were killed in northern Texas, five in Arkansas, two in Oklahoma and one in Kentucky. Scores more were injured, …

28-05-2024 ABUJA: Boko Haram militias have killed eight and kidnapped hundreds of persons during a raid that lasted for several hours on Kuchi, a town in the Munya Local Government area of Niger state. Media reported that “The attackers killed eight people and abducted a hundred and sixty people, after …