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US charges, sanctions Iranians linked to Revolutionary Guard cyber command
The US government on Tuesday announced criminal charges and sanctions against four Iranians over an alleged multi-year cyber campaign targeting more than one dozen American companies
24 April 2024, 03:42 AM
‘My 90-sec speech created panic in INDIA bloc’
Amid a debate on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks that “Congress wants to snatch women’s Mangalsutra,” the Prime Minister reiterated yesterday that he had put the truth before the country that Congress is hatching a deep conspiracy to snatch your property and distribute it to its special people.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
US rights report on India finds abuses in Manipur
The US State Department’s annual human rights assessment found “significant” abuses in India’s northeastern Manipur state last year and attacks on minorities, journalists and dissenting voices in the rest of the country.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Maldives vows China-backed building boom, Indians out
The Maldives will press on with Chinese-backed construction and evict Indian troops from the strategically placed atoll nation, President Mohamed Muizzu’s office said yesterday, two days after his party’s stunning parliamentary victory.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah launches deepest strike into Israel
Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group said yesterday it had launched a drone attack against Israeli military bases north of the city of Acre, in its deepest strike into Israeli territory since the Gaza offensive began.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Troops back in border trade hub
Myanmar junta troops have moved back into a vital border town they were ousted from by an alliance of ethnic rebels and anti-junta fighters this month, military sources told AFP yesterday.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Tensions flare at several US univs over Gaza protests
Tensions flared between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators at several US universities Monday, as in-person classes were cancelled and demonstrators arrested.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
‘Neutrality’ issues found at UNRWA, review finds
An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found some “neutrality-related issues,” its much-anticipated report said Monday, but noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for incendiary allegations that staff were members of terrorist organizations.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
89pc of 2,431 glacial lakes expanded in 38 years: ISRO
At least 89 percent of 2,431 glacial lakes in the Himalayas that were identified in 2016-17 have notably expanded since 1984, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said in a report on Monday.
23 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Russian court sentences Meta spokesperson to six years in absentia
A military court in Moscow on Monday sentenced Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab spokesperson Andy Stone to six years in prison for "publicly defending terrorism", a verdict handed down in absentia
23 April 2024, 03:25 AM
Deepfakes of Bollywood stars spark worries
In fake videos that have gone viral online, two of India’s A-lister Bollywood actors are seen criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking people to vote for the opposition Congress party in the country’s ongoing general election.
22 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Russia hits TV tower in Ukraine’s Kharkiv
A Russian air attack on Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, hit TV broadcast infrastructure, prompting disruptions with the signal, a local official said.
22 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Drone, rocket attacks targeted US forces in Iraq
US forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and US officials told Reuters yesterday, the first reported after a near three-month pause.
22 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Hezbollah downs Israeli drone
Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah said on Sunday it downed an Israeli drone that was on a combat mission in southern Lebanon.
22 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Trump schemed to corrupt 2016 polls
New York prosecutors yesterday began telling a jury why Donald Trump’s alleged cover-up of a hush money payment to a porn star during his 2016 campaign broke the law, as the first-ever criminal trial of a former US president got underway.
22 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Surat presents first lotus to Modi
India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party got its first seat in the new Lok Sabha when its candidate Mukesh Dalal in the Surat constituency in Gujarat state was declared elected unopposed
22 April 2024, 12:48 PM
'China is the winner' in Maldives election
A landslide parliamentary election victory for the Maldives' pro-China president clears the way for him to redraw the physical and geopolitical map of his strategically-located Indian Ocean archipelago in Beijing's favour, diplomats and analysts say
22 April 2024, 11:33 AM
Pro-China party wins Maldives vote in landslide
The party of Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu yesterday won control of parliament in an election landslide, results showed, with voters backing his tilt towards China and away from regional powerhouse and traditional benefactor India
21 April 2024, 18:12 PM
Spanish hospital enlists dogs to boost patients’ morale
Joel Bueno shed tears of joy as his four-legged guests entered the intensive care unit where he had been admitted due to a blood clot.
21 April 2024, 18:00 PM
Gunmen kill 7 customs officials in two attacks
Unknown gunmen killed two customs officers in western Pakistan, officials said yesterday, following the killing of five other customs officials in the area in recent days.
21 April 2024, 18:00 PM