24-10-2024 JABALIA/ GAZA STRIP: Palestinians who fled from the Israeli ground offensive on the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza have given harrowing accounts of the situation there. One man told media that he saw streets strewn with bodies after being ordered to leave a shelter by Israeli forces, while …
Read More »UK & Germany sign ‘landmark’ defence treaty
24-10-2024 LONDON/ BERLIN: Britain and Germany will sign, what the UK government is calling a “landmark defence agreement” aimed at boosting security, investment and jobs. Under the agreement the German defence company, Rheinmetall will open a new factory in the UK to manufacture barrels for artillery guns supporting 400 jobs. …
Read More »Israel confirms death of Hashem Safieddine
24-10-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: Israel on Tuesday confirmed it had killed Hashem Safieddine, the heir apparent to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah who was previously killed in an Israeli attack last month on the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group. The military said Safieddine was killed in a strike carried out three weeks ago …
Read More »Attack at Turkish Aviation Company causes deaths
23-10-2024 ANKARA: An explosion has been reported outside the headquarters of an aviation company near Ankara, in an incident the authorities have labelled a terror attack. The country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted on X: “Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people.” Initial images shown by the NTV television channel …
Read More »PM Narendra Modi participates in the 16th BRICS Summit participates in the 16th BRICS Summit
kazan: 23 Oct, 2024(PMI) Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi participated in the 16th BRICS Summit held under Russia’s Chairship, in Kazan today. The BRICS leaders had productive discussions including on strengthening multilateralism, countering terrorism, fostering economic growth, pursing sustainable development and bringing spotlight on the concerns of the Global South. The …
Read More »Harris, Trump too close to call with two weeks to go
23-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: With only two weeks to go until the United States presidential election, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are in a race to secure all the support they can get. Polls show that they are neck-and-neck across the country and in battleground states. Vice …
Read More »King’s Australia visit ends on positive note
23-10-2024 CANBERRA: Thousands of people were out on the streets of Sydney on Tuesday, eager to see King Charles and Queen Camilla, set against the iconic Opera House in the late afternoon sunlight. For Buckingham Palace, this was the ideal ending to the royal tour of Australia. The optics were …
Read More »US pressures India for quick accountability in Sikh murder plot
23-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW DELHI: US officials have told their Indian counterparts they want a speedy result and more accountability after their investigation into Indian involvement in a foiled murder plot against a Sikh activist in the United States, according to a US official. An Indian Enquiry Committee visited Washington last …
Read More »What leaked US assessment of Israeli plans to strike Iran shows
23-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: US investigators are trying to find out how a pair of highly classified intelligence documents were leaked online. The documents, which appeared on the messaging app Telegram on Friday, contain an alleged US assessment of Israeli plans to attack Iran. The assessment is based on interpretation …
Read More »Millions of teenagers in Africa have undiagnosed asthma
23-10-2024 HARARE/ KAMPALA: Millions of teenagers in Africa are suffering from asthma with no formal diagnosis as the continent undergoes rapid urbanization, researchers have found. The study, published in the Lancet Child and Adolescent Health, involved 27,000 pupils from urban areas in Malawi, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Ghana and Nigeria. …
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