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12-10-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India approved on Wednesday plans to construct two of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, two defence officials said, in a project estimated to cost about 450 billion rupees ($5.4 billion). As India scrambles to modernize its military in the face of …

12-10-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA SRTIP: A United Nations commission of inquiry has accused Israel of carrying out a “concerted policy to destroy Gaza’s healthcare system” during its ongoing war with Hamas. The commission said Israeli attacks on Gaza’s healthcare facilities and Israel’s treatment of Palestinian detainees amounted to war crimes, …

12-10-2024 ASMARA/ CAIRO/ MOGADISHU: The leaders of Egypt, Somalia and Eritrea countries which all have strained relations with Ethiopia have been meeting in the Eritrean capital, Asmara. An Eritrean statement wrapping up the summit made reference to “respect for the sovereignty… and territorial integrity of the countries in the region”. …

11-10-2024 BEIRUT: Thirty-two people have been martyred and 117 injured in Israeli air strikes on central Beirut on Thursday evening, Lebanon’s health ministry said. Media reporters heard loud explosions echoing from the site of the strikes in Bachoura, a small Shia area in the capital. Rescuers were seen digging through …

11-10-2024 PETERSBURG, FLORIDA: An expanding Hurricane Milton made landfall on Florida’s west coast on Wednesday, spawning tornados and lashing the region with rain as it threatened the Tampa Bay area, where it could deliver a life-threatening surge of seawater. In a state already battered by Hurricane Helene two weeks ago, …

11-10-2024 Bureau Report LAHORE/ ISLAMABAD: The Chief Minister (CM) of Pakistan’s most populous province called for “climate diplomacy” with neighbor and arch-rival India to combat smog ahead of the winter months, which are accompanied by dangerous levels of pollution in both nations. “We should talk to them, this is called …

11-10-2024 WASHINGTON: Republican former President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will not debate Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, hours after Fox News invited the two presidential contenders to participate in a possible second debate on either Oct. 24 or Oct. 27. Trump and Harris debated each other for the …

11-10-2024 WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris has pulled in more than $1bn in fundraising since becoming her party’s presidential nominee in July, according to US media reports. While the Harris campaign has yet to disclose the exact total, several sources familiar with the figures, cited by The New York …

11-10-2024 LA PAZ/ THE HAGUE: Bolivia has formally joined South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), according to the court in The Hague. The South American nation filed an application on Tuesday to intervene in the case, which accuses Israel of perpetrating “genocidal acts” …

11-10-2024 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden has held a much-anticipated call with Israel’s prime minister believed to be their first dialogue in weeks. Benjamin Netanyahu and President Biden are thought to have discussed Israel’s response to Iran’s missile attack last week amid escalating tensions in the Middle East. The …