BEIRUT, JERUSALEM: Hezbollah fired rockets at Israel’s third-largest city of Haifa and Hamas vowed to rise again as Israel looked poised to expand its offensive into Lebanon, a year after the devastating Hamas attack that sparked the Gaza war. Israelis held ceremonies and protests on Monday to mark the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 […]
TEHRAN: Any attack on the country’s infrastructure will be faced with retaliation, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi said on Tuesday, even as the Israeli military said it had killed a senior Hezbollah commander in a strike on Beirut a day after the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attack was marked by mourning and demonstrations […]
MOSCOW: Russia said on Tuesday that it still had an emergency hotline with the United States and the NATO military alliance to deflate crises as nuclear risks rise amid the gravest confrontation between Moscow and West since the depths of the Cold War. The 2-1/2-year-old Ukraine war is entering what Russian officials say is its […]
Muizzu says words can’t do justice to its beauty AGRA: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, who is in India on a four-day bilateral visit, went to see the Taj Mahal with First Lady Sajidha Mohamed. “It is tough to describe this mausoleum’s beauty as words simply cannot do it justice. This mesmerising intricacy and attention to […]
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government has announced the formation of a nine-member commission to review and evaluate the country’s constitution, and recommend necessary reforms. Under the leadership of prominent Bangladeshi-American professor Ali Riaz, the Constitution Reform Commission will submit its report to the government within 90 days, the state-run BSS news agency reported. The commission was […]
SYDNEY: War-weary and angry, hundreds of thousands of Israelis are taking to the streets week after week, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut a deal and bring the remaining hostages from the October 7 Hamas attack home. Their calls remain unanswered. These massive public demonstrations, including the largest nationwide strike in 18 months, […]
TEHRAN: The chief commander of the Iranian Army says the Islamic Republic will give a “stronger and more destructive” response to Israel if it makes the mistake of reacting to Iran’s recent retaliatory operation against the regime. Major General Abdolrahim Mousavi made the remarks on Sunday, five days after Iran launched hundreds of missiles toward […]
WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris, the US vice president and Democratic presidential nominee, addressed the country’s relationship with Israel during an interview set to air in full on Monday. She reiterated that Washington will continue to pressure Israel and other players in the Middle East to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza even as advocates say that […]
NEW DELHI: The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their groundbreaking discovery of microRNA, a fundamental mechanism of gene regulation. This discovery has revolutionised our understanding of how genes are controlled and expressed in living organisms. Ambros and Ruvkun’s work unveiled a new class […]
The French president also criticises Israel’s decision to send troops to Lebanon, saying a regional ‘escalation’ must be avoided PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a halt on arms deliveries to Israel which has been bombing Gaza for a year now, and recently launched a military operation against Lebanon. “I think that today, […]