07-10-2025 LONDON: British police will be given powers to restrict repeat protests in the same place, the government said on Sunday after a latest pro-Palestinian demonstration went ahead despite requests to cancel it in the wake of a deadly attack at a synagogue. The new powers will allow senior police …
Read More »Pope hopes Gaza plan achieves ‘desired results’ soon
07-10-2025 VATICAN CITY/ ROME: Pope Leo hopes that a plan to end the war in Gaza would soon reach the “desired results”, he said on Sunday after acknowledging the significant steps made in negotiations to end the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Speaking during his weekly Angelus prayer, the pontiff …
Read More »Scores of Bollywood AI videos vanish from YouTube
07-10-2025 NEW DELHI: Hundreds of AI-generated Bollywood videos with 16 million views have been deleted from Google’s YouTube after Reuters reported they were similar to those at the centre of a legal challenge filed by a celebrity couple to protect their rights. Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and his wife Aishwarya …
Read More »‘Al-Shabab fighters killed in Mogadishu prison assault’
07-10-2025 MOGADISHU: All seven attackers who stormed a major prison complex in Mogadishu have been killed following an hours-long gun battle in the largest such assault on the capital in recent months, the Somali government has said. The al-Shabab group attacked Godka Jilow, an underground prison complex known to hold …
Read More »Over 50 killed in Nepal as heavy rains trigger landslides
07-10-2025 KATHMANDU: Landslides and flash floods, triggered by heavy rains, have killed over 50 people, blocked roads and washed away bridges in Nepal. Thirty-five people were killed in separate landslides in the Ilam district in the east bordering India, Kalidas Dhauboji; a spokesperson for the Armed Police Force, said on …
Read More »Israel pummels Gaza as negotiators head to Egypt
07-10-2025 JERUSALEM/ GAZA STRIP: Negotiators converge on Egypt ahead of talks aimed at ending nearly two years of war on Gaza. As Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu express hope the captives held in Gaza would be released in days, its army continues bombing Gaza, with the attacks having killed at …
Read More »Georgia protesters try to storm Tbilisi presidential palace
06-10-2025 TBILISI: Police in Georgia have clashed with anti-government protesters trying to storm the presidential palace in the capital, Tbilisi. Security forces used water cannons and pepper spray to disperse demonstrators. The Caucasus country has been in crisis since the ruling Georgian Dream party claimed victory in last year’s parliamentary …
Read More »Syria holds first elections since Assad but not in all provinces
06-10-2025 DAMASCUS: Syria will hold its first parliamentary elections on Sunday since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, amid concerns over inclusivity and successive delays. There will be no direct vote for the People’s Assembly, which will be responsible for legislation during a transitional period. Instead, “electoral colleges” will select representatives …
Read More »Netanyahu hopes to announce hostage release soon
06-10-2025 JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he hopes to announce the release of hostages being held in Gaza “in the coming days”. In a televised statement, he also said “Hamas will be disarmed and Gaza will be demilitarized either the easy way or the hard way, but …
Read More »Clashes with police of Italian pro-Palestinian protests continue
06-10-2025 ROME: Hundreds of thousands of people marched through central Rome on Saturday for the fourth straight day of protests in Italy since Israel intercepted an international flotilla trying to deliver aid to Gaza, and detained its activists. People with banners and flags, chanting “Free Palestine” and other slogans, filed …
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