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26-10-2024 ANKARA: A Kurdish militant group has said it was responsible for an attack on a state-owned defence manufacturer’s headquarters near the Turkish capital, Ankara, which saw five people killed. The PKK said it had targeted Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) on Wednesday because the arms it produced had killed “thousands” …

26-10-2024 GEORGIA: Former President Barack Obama headlined an all-star rally for Kamala Harris in Georgia on Thursday, as the Democrats try to shore up support with the state’s powerful base of black voters. “You need to remind folks who were still on the side lines the election is about more …

26-10-2024 BERLIN: It costs €15,000 (£12,500) for the whole “package”, we are told. For that we would be given an inflatable dinghy, with an outboard motor and 60 life jackets, to get across the English Channel. This is the “good price” offered by two small-boat smugglers to an undercover BBC …

25-10-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 42 people on Wednesday as Israeli forces intensified a siege of northern parts of the Palestinian enclave, surrounding hospitals and refugee shelters, and ordering residents to head south, medics and residents said. The Gaza health ministry and the World Health Organization said …

25-10-2024 APIA: The leaders of the Commonwealth group of nations will meet at a welcome banquet in Samoa in the South Pacific on Thursday, with climate change and reparations for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade both likely to be on the agenda. Leaders and officials from 56 countries …

25-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK: An Iranian hacking group is actively scouting US election-related websites and American media outlets as Election Day nears, with activity suggesting preparations for more “direct influence operations,” according to a Microsoft blog published on Wednesday. The hackers dubbed Cotton Sandstorm by Microsoft and linked to Iran’s …

25-10-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs on Wednesday and Hezbollah said it fired precision guided missiles for the first time at Israeli targets, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured the region, pushing for a halt to fighting in both Gaza and Lebanon. The strikes on …

25-10-2024 Bureau Report +Agencies NEW DELHI/ BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed on Wednesday to boost communication and cooperation between their countries and resolve conflicts to help improve ties that were damaged by a deadly military clash in 2020. The two leaders met on …

25-10-2024 ABUJA: Nigeria’s anti-corruption agency has dropped a money-laundering case against a top cryptocurrency executive to allow him to get medical treatment abroad. Tigran Gambaryan, a US citizen, was arrested on a business trip to Nigeria in February and later charged alongside his company Binance with laundering $35.4m (£28m) which …

25-10-2024 TBILISI: Three days before Georgians vote in an election billed as a decisive moment in their country’s future, the founder of the governing Georgian Dream party has told thousands of supporters “we choose peace, not war”. After 12 years in government, Bidzina Ivanishvili’s Georgian Dream faces a close race …