29-12-2023 KATHMANDU: A Yeti Airlines crash in Nepal that killed 72 people almost a year ago was caused by the pilot’s mistakenly cutting power leading to an aerodynamic stall, a report issued by a government-appointed investigation panel on Thursday said. The ATR 72, operated by privately owned Yeti Airlines, crashed …
Read More »Israel warns Hezbollah and Lebanon over border fighting
29-12-2023 JERUSALEM: Israel’s military will act to remove Hezbollah from the border with Lebanon if its attacks continue, an Israeli minister has warned. Benny Gantz said the military would intervene if militants do not stop firing on northern Israel. Time for a diplomatic solution was running out, he added. Meanwhile, …
Read More »US allies reluctant on Red Sea task force
29-12-2023 WASHINGTON/ MADRID/ ROME: US President Joe Biden hoped to present a firm international response to Yemen’s Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping by launching a new maritime force, but a week after its launch many allies don’t want to be associated with it, publicly, or at all. Two of …
Read More »‘India used Pegasus spyware to target high-profile journalists’
29-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies LONDON/ NEW DELHI: India’s government has used the highly invasive Pegasus spyware to target high-profile journalists, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International and The Washington Post. The findings, published on Thursday, noted India’s repeated use of Pegasus against journalists, including one who was …
Read More »UN asks Israel to end ‘unlawful killings’ in West Bank
29-12-2023 GENEVA: The United Nations on Thursday said the human rights situation in the occupied West Bank was rapidly deteriorating and urged Israel to “end unlawful killings” against the Palestinian population. A report released Thursday demanded an immediate end to the use of military weapons and means during law enforcement …
Read More »N Korea’s Kim orders military to accelerate war preparations
29-12-2023 SEOUL: North Korea leader Kim Jong Un has ordered his country’s military, munitions industry and nuclear weapons sector to accelerate war preparations to counter what he called unprecedented confrontational moves by the US, state media said on Thursday. Speaking on the policy directions for the new year at a …
Read More »Israeli embassy pulls video imagining Hamas attack in Seoul
29-12-2023 SEOUL: The Israeli embassy in South Korea has removed a video showing an imaginary scenario in which Koreans are attacked by masked assailants in Seoul, a reference to Hamas, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Thursday. The ministry said in a statement sent to media that the video was deemed “inappropriate” …
Read More »Over 40 killed as gas tanker explodes in Liberia
29-12-2023 MONROVIA: At least 40 people have died after a gas tanker exploded in northcentral Liberia, the country’s Chief Medical Officer Francis Kateh said on Wednesday. Late Tuesday, a fuel truck crashed in Totota, Lower Bong Country, about 130km (80 miles) from the capital, Monrovia after exploding, the blast killed …
Read More »Indians sent back by France over trafficking concerns
28-12-2023 Bureau Report + Agencies PARIS/ MUMBAI: A plane carrying suspected victims of human trafficking was rerouted to India while on its way to Nicaragua after being detained in France. It has now landed in Mumbai. While no evidence of trafficking was found, the inquiry gave way to concerns of …
Read More »Congo opposition plans election protest despite gov’t ban
28-12-2023 KINSHASA: Opposition candidates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s presidential election in which early results show the incumbent with a large lead, plan to march in the capital on Wednesday, despite authorities banning the protest. Five opposition presidential candidates informed the governor of Kinshasa in a letter published …
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