GAZA: Eight Palestinians were killed and dozens wounded when Israeli forces bombarded several areas of Khan Younis and Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, health officials said on Tuesday, as thousands of people fled their homes under fire. The Israeli army had ordered residents of several towns and villages in eastern Khan Younis to evacuate […]
SINGAPORE: Singapore is prepared in principle to recognise Palestine as a state and will make this move at an appropriate time, Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said in Parliament on Tuesday, emphasising that the country has advocated a negotiated two-state solution, consistent with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to achieve lasting peace. “In particular, there […]
NEW DELHI: Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has censured certain Western governments for letting some “disruptors” intimidate and insult overseas Iranian voters during the country’s 14th presidential election. He made the remarks in a post on social media platform X after several anti-Iran individuals harassed Iranian voters at polling stations in some states, such […]
Kathmandu: Embattled Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has decided not to resign from the post despite an agreement reached between the country’s largest parties — Nepali Congress and CPN-UML — to form a new coalition government. In a meeting of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) office-bearers held in Baluwatar on Tuesday, […]
TEHRAN: Iran’s interim Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani has warned the Israeli regime of “detrimental consequences” if it attacks Lebanon, saying the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah is fully prepared to fight off Israel. Bagheri Kani issued the warning in a phone conversation with Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan on Monday amid Israel’s threats […]
BEIJING: China has deployed its second aircraft carrier ‘Shandong’ which was spotted patrolling waters off the Philippine coast as Manila stepped up efforts to assert its claims over a shoal in the disputed South China Sea firmly opposing Beijing’s counterclaims. Shandong, an aircraft carrier with a displacement of about 70,000 tonnes, was seen patrolling the […]
BENGALURU: The U.S.-based Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) on Monday announced India as a partner country in its human spaceflight programme, which will see six citizen astronauts from across the world launched into space. The programme, being executed in collaboration with Blue Origin, is meant for people from countries who have sent “few or […]
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s bid for criminal immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss is set to be decided on Monday by the US Supreme Court. But however it rules, the court has already helped the former President in his effort to avoid trial before the November 5 election. The ruling from […]
TEHRAN: Iran has warned Israel against “full-scale military aggression” in Lebanon and said it would lead to an “obliterating war”, the Islamic republic’s United Nations mission said. “All options, [including] the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, are on the table,” the mission wrote in a post on X late on Friday, referring to Iran-aligned […]
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that there is no reason not to re-establish relations with Syria, according to media reports. “Just as we were together in the past in developing relations with Syria, we will act together in the same way,” Erdogan told reporters after Friday prayers in Istanbul. The Turkish leader […]