Two killed in Israeli strike on Hezbollah vehicle in Syria

A war monitor said two people were killed yesterday in an Israeli strike on a vehicle belonging to Lebanon’s Hezbollah group in the Damascus countryside near the Lebanese border.
9 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Charity warns about migrant ‘emergency’

German charity Sea-Eye yesterday said it had come to the rescue of migrant boats five times in 24 hours, which showed “the state of emergency” in the Mediterranean.
9 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Australia sounds warning over Chinese hackers

Australia’s cyber intelligence agency yesterday sounded a rare warning about the rising threat of state-backed Chinese hackers, saying they were “actively” looking for targets to compromise.
9 July 2024, 18:00 PM

India races to build power plants: sources

India plans to spend $1 billion to expedite the construction of 12 hydropower stations in the northeastern Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh, two government sources said, a move that could raise tensions with China that lays claims to the region.
9 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Starmer goes to Washington on first foreign trip as UK PM

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer jets off to Washington this week for his first steps on the world stage, just days after taking office following a landslide election victory
9 July 2024, 08:42 AM

Modi, Putin hold talks amid outrage over Ukraine strikes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was set to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, a day after the Indian leader arrived in Moscow amid global outcry over Russian strikes in Ukraine
9 July 2024, 02:28 AM

Four Indian soldiers killed in clashes in J&K

Four Indian soldiers were killed and at least six others were wounded in gun battles with militants in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) state, a senior police officer said yesterday.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Boeing to plead guilty to fraud in US probe

Boeing BA.N has agreed to plead guilty to a criminal fraud conspiracy charge and pay a fine of $243.6 million to resolve a US Justice Department (DOJ) investigation into two 737 MAX fatal crashes, the government said in a court filing on Sunday.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM

India’s PM Modi arrives in Russia

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia yesterday, as the Indian leader treaded a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer Western ties.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Le Pen’s and Orban’s far-right groups unite

Marine Le Pen’s far-right party was yesterday poised to strike an alliance with that of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the EU parliament, a day after being dealt a surprise defeat in French elections.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Biden asks Democrats to stick with him

US President Joe Biden told his fellow Democrats yesterday that he is “firmly committed” to staying in the 2024 presidential race, seeking to head off concerns the party could lose both the White House and Congress in the November 5 election.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Taliban slash govt salaries of Afghan women

Afghan authorities have slashed the salaries of women government workers who have been forced to stay at home since the Taliban seized power, the finance ministry said yesterday.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Stranded aid trucks deepen Gaza hunger crisis

Hundreds of trucks loaded with food and water have been stranded on a scorching Egyptian road, some for nearly two months, awaiting permission to deliver the much needed humanitarian supplies to Gaza.
8 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Modi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia on Monday, as the Indian leader treaded a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer Western security ties
8 July 2024, 14:38 PM

Ruins of 4,000-yr-old temple found in Peru

A team of archaeologists have discovered the ruins of what appears to be a 4,000-year-old ceremonial temple buried in a sand dune of northern Peru, alongside skeletal human remains which may have been offerings for religious rituals.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Eight killed in gun battles in India’s Jammu & Kashmir

Two soldiers and six suspected militants were killed in two separate gun battles in Indian’s Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), police said yesterday.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Make a ‘plan to control immigration’

Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair made an early intervention in British politics yesterday after Keir Starmer’s landslide election victory, urging him to have a “plan to control immigration”.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Biden back on campaign trail as pressure mounts

US President Joe Biden headed back out on the campaign trail yesterday, desperate to salvage his re-election bid as senior Democrats meet to discuss growing calls that he quit the White House race.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM

‘Bulldozed and shelled’

Tank tracks still fresh on his field in southern Gaza’s coastal area of Al-Mawasi, Nedal Abu Jazar lamented the damage offensive has wrought on his trees and crops.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM

Munitions depot inside Russia on fire

An overnight Ukrainian drone attack set a Russian munitions depot ablaze the Voronezh region, near the two countries’ shared border, Russian and Ukrainian officials said yesterday.
7 July 2024, 18:00 PM