29-09-2024 BEIRUT/ CAIRO: The body of Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been recovered from the site of an Israeli air attack on Beirut’s southern suburbs and is intact, a medical source and a security source told media on Sunday while Hezbollah’s statement on Saturday confirming Nasrallah’s death did not …
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29-09-2024 BEIRUT/ JERUSALEM/ WASHINGTON: The Lebanese group Hezbollah has confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader, in an air strike on the group’s underground headquarters near the capital, Beirut. Hours after Israel claimed killing the 64-year-old Nasrallah, the Iran-backed Hezbollah on Saturday said its leader “has joined his …
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29-09-2024 TOKYO: Japan’s incoming Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, said he wanted to clean up his ruling party, revitalise the economy and see off security threats from powerful neighbors after triumphing in his fifth and what he called final leadership bid on Friday. The 67-year-old former defence minister narrowly prevailed over …
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29-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ AJMER/ KOLKATA: The Indian government has slashed its goal to create thousands of new tribunals to try sex crimes speedily after states like West Bengal, where the recent brutal rape-homicide of a doctor shook the nation, fell far short of targets, according to …
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29-09-2024 BAGHDAD: A US-led coalition’s military mission in Iraq will end by September 2025 and there will be a transition to bilateral security partnerships, the United States and Iraq said in a joint statement on Friday. The US has approximately 2,500 troops in Iraq and 900 in neighboring Syria as …
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29-09-2024 NAYPYIDAW: Myanmar’s military coup leaders have urged their opponents to put down their weapons and start political dialogue, in a surprise move that was swiftly rejected. The State Administration Council (SAC), as the military has styled itself since seizing power in February 2021, urged the ethnic armed groups and …
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29-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pledged Israel will fight until “total victory” in its continuing war on Gaza and promised to continue attacks on the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah, as hopes faded for a ceasefire that could head off an all-out regional war. Several delegations walked out …
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29-09-2024 WASHINGTON/ BEIJINGA: Chinese nuclear-powered attack submarine sank in its dock earlier this year while under construction, in a major setback for the Chinese military, according to US defence officials. Speaking on condition of anonymity to media, the officials said the loss of the submarine probably happened between May and …
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29-09-2024 TALLAHASSEE: At least 43 people have died and millions left without power on Friday as Hurricane Helene roared through the south-eastern US. It was the most powerful storm on record to hit Florida’s Big Bend and moved north into Georgia and the Carolinas after making landfall overnight on Thursday. …
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28-09-2024 BEITUR: Hezbollah has confirmed the death of its leader Hassan Nasrallah after Israeli strikes on Beirut. Nasrallah, who had not been seen in public for years because of fears of being assassinated by Israel, was one of the best known and most influential figures in the Middle East. Air …
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