14-07-2026 DHAKA: Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential monsoon rain have killed at least 44 people in southeastern Bangladesh and left over a million stranded as authorities raced on Saturday to deliver aid to devastated communities. The disaster management ministry said on Saturday that flooding across seven districts …
Read More »
14-07-2026 WASHINGTON/ DUBAI: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi arrived in Oman on Saturday to discuss arrangements for the safe passage of ships through the Strait of Hormuz, with Washington seeking a public pledge of free, secure transit. US President Donald Trump said on Friday the US and Iran had agreed …
Read More »
14-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI: India’s Tata Consultancy Services rose as much as 4.1% on Friday after better-than-expected quarterly revenue on strong banking demand and rising AI revenue, though analysts said the broader sector recovery was likely to remain gradual. Shares of the country’s top software services exporter trimmed some …
Read More »
14-07-2026 BEIJING: More than 600,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in China as Typhoon Bavi barrels towards the country after hitting Japan’s Sakishima islands and grazing northern Taiwan. Chinese authorities said on Saturday more than half a million people were evacuated in the eastern Zhejiang province and another …
Read More »
14-07-2026 GAZA STRIP: Omar Abu Atwa, a 30-year-old driver, was walking home from work one day in central Gaza last month when an explosion shook the street around him. Bloodied and confused, he was taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah, where doctors examined injuries to his hand. As …
Read More »
14-07-2026 ABUJA: Nigeria’s military announced on June 29 that several senior commanders from terrorist groups had surrendered in the northeast. Captain Mohammed Goni, acting military information officer for Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) against these groups, said the surrenders followed sustained military pressure and that those involved were being held in …
Read More »
14-07-2026 BEIJING: China has recovered the first stage of an orbital rocket for reuse for the first time, joining the United States as the only countries to have pulled off the feat. China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) said Friday it successfully recovered the first stage of its Long …
Read More »
13-07-2026 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ KOLKATA: Indian police said on Friday they had arrested dozens of people for violence and vandalism during protests this week over the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in an eastern state. Police said one innocent person had been lynched by angry crowds. Protesters …
Read More »
13-07-2026 MADRID: At least 12 people have died in a wildfire in southern Spain, with early indications suggesting four of the victims are British, according to a local official. Hundreds of emergency responders are working to extinguish the blaze around Los Gallardos, Almeria, officials say they’ve never had such a …
Read More »
13-07-2026 LONDON: Andy Burnham, the Labour politician widely seen as the United Kingdom’s prime minister-in-waiting, has issued an apology for his party’s stance on Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza and says he will increase pressure on Israel. Burnham, the former Manchester Mayor who re-entered parliament in June by winning a …
Read More »
Pressmediaofindia