16-06-2025 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: Dozens of anxious family members sat outside an Indian hospital on Friday waiting to collect bodies of loved ones killed in the Air India plane crash, as doctors worked to gather dental samples from the deceased and run identification checks. In the …
Read More »Australian PM to meet with Trump on G7 in Canada
16-06-2025 CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he would meet with US President Donald Trump at the Group of Seven summit in Canada for talks on the AUKUS defence pact and tariffs, in what will be the first face-to-face meeting between the two leaders. Albanese, who this month …
Read More »Trump’s military parade rolls through DC
16-06-2025 WASHINGTON/ LOS ANGELES: President Donald Trump’s long-sought military parade rolled through the streets of downtown Washington but the celebration of the US Army’s 250th anniversary was marred by a day of violence and discord. In the hours before the parade began, hundreds of thousands of Americans marched and rallied …
Read More »Over 100 people killed in gunmen attack in Nigeria
16-06-2025 ABUJA: At least 100 people have been killed in a northcentral Nigerian town following an overnight attack by gunmen, as Amnesty International called for the government to end the “almost daily bloodshed in Benue state”. The attack, which occurred from late Friday into Saturday morning, took place in Yelwata, …
Read More »Iran missiles cause multiple casualties in Israel
15-06-2025 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN: Iran has launched a fresh wave of attacks, with reports of missiles hitting central Israel. Israeli emergency services say at least four people have been killed in the strikes with more than 100 injured. The Iranian strikes follow the Israeli military confirming it had carried out a …
Read More »Israel kills dozens among 68 aid seekers in Gaza
15-06-2025 GAZA STRIP: Israeli fire and air strikes have killed at least 68 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip, many of them near an aid distribution site operated by the United States-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to local health authorities, the latest deaths of people desperately seeking food for their …
Read More »Canada’s Sikhs voice outrage over Modi G7 invitation
15-06-2025 TORONTO: Members of Canada’s Sikh community who were warned by police that their lives were at risk and allege the Indian government is responsible for the threat are incensed by Ottawa’s invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney invited …
Read More »Israel threatens to make Tehran ‘burn’ after strikes
15-06-2025 TEL AVIV/ WASHINGTON: Iran and Israel traded missiles and airstrikes on Saturday, the day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against its old enemy, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon. In Tehran, Iranian state TV …
Read More »Nuclear talks with US ‘meaningless’: Iran
15-06-2025 TEHRAN: Iran says dialogue over its nuclear program with the United States is “meaningless” after Israel launched its biggest-ever military strike against Iran, which Tehran accuses Washington, DC, of supporting. “The other side (the US) acted in a way that makes dialogue meaningless. You cannot claim to negotiate and …
Read More »India orders inspection of Boeing 787s after Air India crash
15-06-2025 Bureau Report NEW DELHI/ AHMEDABAD: India’s aviation regulator has ordered all Boeing 787s being operated by local carriers to be inspected after an Air India crash killed 270 people this week, the aviation minister said on Saturday, adding the authorities were investigating all possible causes. The aviation regulator on …
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