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Jordanian man returns home after 38 years
A Jordanian man has returned to his home country after spending 38 years in Syrian jails, an official said yesterday, after the fall of president Bashar al-Assad ended an agonising wait for his family.
10 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israeli strikes kill 34 in Gaza
Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip killed at least 34 Palestinians overnight and yesterday, medics said, as Israeli tanks pushed into areas in central and southern parts of the enclave.
10 December 2024, 18:00 PM
India’s opposition moves to impeach VP Dhankhar
Indian opposition parties yesterday moved to impeach Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar, a spokesman said, accusing him of being partisan in his role as chairman of parliament’s upper house, in a first such move in the country’s history.
10 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Mohamed al-Bashir appointed PM of Syrian interim govt
Mohamed al-Bashir has been appointed caretaker prime minister of the transitional Syrian government until March 1, 2025, he said in a televised statement on Tuesday
10 December 2024, 15:44 PM
War monitor says Israel conducted 300 strikes on Syria since Assad's fall
Assad fled Syria as an Islamist-led rebel alliance swept into the capital Damascus, bringing to an end on Sunday to five decades of brutal rule by his clan.
10 December 2024, 10:50 AM
Access to Syria 'crime scene' a 'game-changer': UN investigator
"There is a sea change," said Robert Petit, a Canadian prosecutor and legal scholar who heads the United Nations investigative body known as the International Impartial and Independent Mechanism (IIIM) on Syria.
10 December 2024, 08:56 AM
Suspect in killing of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson charged with murder
The suspected killer, identified as Luigi Mangione, 26, was captured in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was spotted eating at a McDonald's by a customer and an employee who believed he resembled the gunman, officials said at a news conference.
10 December 2024, 05:21 AM
Arakan army claims control over Maungdaw, Bangladesh Border
The capture by the Arakan Army makes the group's control of the northern part of Rakhine state complete
10 December 2024, 05:03 AM
Syria's rebels work to form government, restore order after Assad ouster
The United Nations Security Council met behind closed doors late on Monday, and diplomats said they were still in shock at how quickly Assad's overthrow unfolded over 12 days
10 December 2024, 03:51 AM
104 journalists killed in 2024, over half in Gaza: press group
The second most dangerous region for journalists was Asia with 20 killed, including six in Pakistan, five in Bangladesh and three in India
10 December 2024, 02:15 AM
Dozens of schools in Delhi get bomb threats: report
At least 40 schools received a bomb threat by email in Delhi yesterday demanding $30,000, ANI news agency said, while police officials conducted initial searches on school premises.
9 December 2024, 18:00 PM
India bolsters naval fleet with new Russia-built warship
India’s defence minister watched the commissioning of his country’s latest naval vessel at a Russian shipyard yesterday, hailing it as a “significant milestone” in ties with a longstanding defence ally.
9 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Taiwan military on high alert
Taiwan raised its alert level yesterday saying China has set up seven zones of reserved airspace and deployed naval fleets and coast guard boats in what a security source described as the first military drills across a broad swathe of the region’s waters.
9 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel bombs Syria chemical weapons sites
Israel has struck suspected chemical weapons sites and long-range rockets in Syria in order to prevent them from falling into the hands of hostile actors, the foreign minister said yesterday.
9 December 2024, 18:00 PM
1m displaced Palestinians face extreme cold: UN
Nearly one million displaced Palestinians in Gaza are at risk from extreme cold and rain this winter, the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned.
9 December 2024, 18:00 PM
Israel vows to destroy Syria's heavy strategic weaponry
Israel will step up airstrikes on Syrian stores of advanced weaponry, Israeli officials said yesterday, and keep a 'limited' troop presence on the ground, hoping to head off any threat that could emerge in the fallout of president Bashar al-Assad's overthrow
9 December 2024, 12:12 PM
South Korea's President Yoon banned from foreign travel
Police probe him for insurrection over his ill-fated declaration of martial law
9 December 2024, 07:02 AM
Syrians rejoice as Assad flees, ending brutal reign
Crowds cheered in the streets of Damascus, where celebratory gunfire erupted as five decades of brutal Baath party rule came crashing to a dramatic end with Assad's flight from the capital on Sunday.
9 December 2024, 06:29 AM
Nobel committee speaks to laureate Narges Mohammadi
She was released from prison on Wednesday for three weeks on medical grounds, after undergoing bone surgery
9 December 2024, 04:54 AM
Biden calls for Assad to be 'held accountable'
However, Biden cautioned that hardline Islamist groups within the victorious rebel alliance will face scrutiny
9 December 2024, 04:29 AM