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23-09-2024 PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled his new government almost three months after a snap general election delivered a hung parliament. The long-awaited new line up, led by Prime Minister Michel Barnier; marks a decisive shift to the right, even though a left-wing alliance won most parliamentary seats. …

22-09-2024 COLOMBO: For the first time in the country’s history, Sri Lanka’s presidential election has gone into a second round of counting after no single candidate won more than 50% of the vote. The election commission will now count voters’ second and third choices for president people were asked to …

22-09-2024 TEHRAN/ KHORASAN: An explosion caused by a gas leak at a coal mine in eastern Iran has killed at least 51 people, state media said on Sunday. More than 20 others were injured after the blast in South Khorasan province. It is reported to have been caused by a …

22-09-2024 TEHRAN: Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said on Saturday that Israel is committing “shameless crimes” against children, not combatants. His comments came a day after an Israeli airstrike on the Lebanese capital, Beirut, killed at least 31 people, including three children and seven women, according to the Lebanese …

22-09-2024 KUALA LUMPUR: Police in Malaysia have arrested the chief executive and other leaders of a prominent business group accused of running charity homes where hundreds of children and youth were allegedly physically and sexually abused. Inspector-General of Police Razarudin Husain confirmed on Thursday that Nasiruddin Mohd Ali, the head …

22-09-2024 BAMAKO: An estimated 77 people have been killed in an attack on Mali’s capital, Bamako, according to media. About 240 others were injured in the attack, which took place on Tuesday and caused hospitals to be overwhelmed with wounded patients, a diplomat who asked to remain anonymous told the …

22-09-2024 COLUMBIA: US State South Carolina has executed its first death row “black” inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, 46, was found guilty by a jury of killing shop worker Irene Graves during an armed robbery in Greenville in 1997. He was executed despite …

22-09-2024 GAZA STRIP: An Israeli air strike on a school in Gaza City has martyred dozens more Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza’s Hamas-run health ministry. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it targeted a Hamas command centre at the al-Falah school, which Israel said the militant group …

22-09-2024 PORT MORESBY: A New Zealand (NZ) pilot who has been freed more than 19 months after being taken hostage by separatists in Indonesia says he is “very happy” to be going home to his family. Philip Mehrtens was kidnapped by West Papua National Liberation Army fighters in February 2023 …

22-09-2024 BEIRUT: An Israeli airstrike on a residential area of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed two top Hezbollah military commanders and other senior officials, in a major escalation that has added to fears of an all-out war. Hezbollah, the powerful Iranian-backed militia and political group, confirmed the death of …