23-11-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM: Israeli air raids have killed dozens of people in the Baalbek region in eastern Lebanon, a local official said, as a United States mediator sought to advance ceasefire talks in Israel. At least 47 people were killed and 22 others wounded in the attacks, Bachir Khodr, governor …
Read More »Palestine welcomes ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu
23-11-2024 GAZA/ WASHINGTON/ THE HAGUE: The State of Palestine has welcomed the International Criminal Court’s issuing of arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant over suspected war crimes in Gaza, saying the move “restores hope” in international law. Dozens have been killed in …
Read More »‘Russia gives North Korea a million barrels of oil’
23-11-2024 MOSCOW: Russia is estimated to have supplied North Korea with more than a million barrels of oil since March this year, according to satellite imagery analysis from the Open Source Centre, a non-profit research group based in the UK. The oil is payment for the weapons and troops Pyongyang …
Read More »“World remained silent over Shia Target Killing in Pakistan once again”
22-11-2024 By SJA Jafri + Bureau Report PESHAWAR/ ISLAMABAD/ KARACHI/ KURRAM: Neither the local, national and international media reported one of the largest “Shia Target killing Incidents” of the year of 2024 nor none of one political, religious and social leader even any of human rights activists or organization raised …
Read More »US charges Indian billionaire Gautam Adani with fraud
22-11-2024 NEW YORK: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani has been charged with fraud in the US, which has accused him of orchestrating a $250m (£198m) bribery scheme and concealing it to raise money in the US. The criminal charges, filed on Wednesday in New York, are the latest blow to 62-year-old …
Read More »Texas offers Trump land for migrant ‘deportation facilities’
22-11-2024 HOUSTON: Texas authorities say they are prepared to offer President-elect Donald Trump 1,400-acres (567 hectares) of land along the US-Mexico border to build detention facilities for undocumented migrants. In a letter, the Texas General Land Office said the plot could be used to build facilities for “processing, detention, and …
Read More »Australia wants to ban kids from social media
22-11-2024 CANBERRA: Albanese says the ban which will cover platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is about protecting kids from the “harms” of social media. “This is a global problem and we want young Australians essentially to have a childhood. We want parents to have peace of mind,” …
Read More »US envoy in Israel after progress on Hezbollah ceasefire
22-11-2024 JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT: A US envoy has arrived in Israel to continue negotiations on a ceasefire with Lebanon’s Hezbollah movement, after reporting “additional progress” during a second day of talks in Beirut. Amos Hochstein, who has led the Biden administration’s efforts to end more than one year of conflict, was …
Read More »Dad who called 911 for help killed by Las Vegas police
22-11-2024 LAS VEGAS: A 43-year-old man was fatally shot by police in Las Vegas after he called 911 for help while fighting off an intruder in his home. The family of Brandon Durham, including his 15-year-old daughter who was hiding in a nearby room, have asked for the officer to …
Read More »Dozens more martyred in Israeli strikes on northern Gaza
22-11-2024 GAZA STRIP: Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in overnight Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza. Paramedics and Hamas-affiliated media said at least 66 were killed, including women and children, when several houses sheltering displaced people were hit near Kamal Adwan hospital in the town of …
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