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Hamas Gaza chief confirms killing of senior commander Raed Saed in Israeli strike

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said it killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saed, one of the architects of the October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel,...

B’desh foreign ministry summons Indian envoy over Hasina’s statements

DHAKA: Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry on Sunday summoned Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma to express its "serious concern" over the "incendiary statements" made by deposed...

Rising volcano eruption: Earth’s continents are being peeled from inside

NEW DELHI: Earth scientists have uncovered a process where continents are gradually peeled from beneath, with slivers of continental material stripped from the roots...

Israeli says killed senior Hamas commander, Raed Saad, in Gaza

GAZA CITY: The Israeli military said it has killed senior Hamas commander Raed Saad, one of the architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks...

700 sinkholes destroy Turkey’s farms: What’s behind mysterious phenomenon?

NEW DELHI: Turkey’s agricultural heartland is literally caving in. In the drought-hit Konya Plain, hundreds of sinkholes are opening without warning, swallowing fields and...

Trump sounds ‘third world war’ alarm; Russia–Ukraine tensions continue to mount

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump’s appeal that the Russia-Ukraine conflict could escalate into a “third world war” appeared to have no impact on either...

Winter storm rips through Gaza, exposing failure to deliver enough aid to territory

DEIR AL-BALAH (GAZA STRIP): Rains drenched Gaza's tent camps and dropping temperatures chilled Palestinians huddling inside them Thursday as storm Byron descended on the...

Trump again: ‘Pakistan and India, they were going at it, I ended the war’

NEW YORK/PENNSYLVANIA: US President Donald Trump said India and Pakistan “were going at it” and he ended the conflict between the two nuclear-armed neighbours,...

Over 1 billion people faced childhood sexual violence in 2023: Lancet

NEW DELHI: Over a billion individuals worldwide aged 15 and above had experienced sexual violence during childhood, while around 608 million females were exposed...

US plans to order foreign tourists to disclose social media histories

WASHINGTON: The administration of US President Donald Trump plans to order visa-exempt foreign tourists to disclose their social media histories from the last five...

Nasa begins unprecedented vacuum test for safe Artemis Moon landing

NEW DELHI: Nasa has started its most complex series of ground tests to date within a massive spherical vacuum chamber at Langley Research Center...

Ukraine’s Zelensky meets Pope Leo, prepares revised plan on Russia war

CASTEL GANDOLFO (ITALY): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Pope Leo XIV in Italy on Tuesday as he prepared to send the United States...

UN slams world’s ‘apathy’ in launching aid appeal for 2026

A Palestinian girl waits to receive food from a charity kitchen, amid a hunger crisis, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Aug. 4, 2025....

Global leaders commit $1.9 bn to eradicate polio amid funding cuts

GENEVA: Global leaders pledged $1.9 billion to advance polio eradication on Monday, accelerating efforts to protect 370 million children from polio each year amid...

Netanyahu says Israel, Hamas will enter ceasefire’s second phase soon

TEL AVIV: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel and Hamas are “very shortly expected to move into the second phase of...

Putin’s India visit: Russian journalists express disappointment over strict security checks

MOSCOW: Russian journalists accompanying President Vladimir Putin during his recent visit to India have expressed disappointment over what they described as very strict security...

Strange comet-like tail spotted on Mercury. Is the tiny planet breaking up?

NEW DELHI: Mercury, typically classified as the Solar System’s innermost planet, is displaying features more commonly associated with comets. On December 3, Steven Bellavia captured...

Qatari leader says Gaza ceasefire is at critical moment

DOHA: Qatar's prime minister on Saturday said the Gaza ceasefire has reached a “critical moment” as its first phase winds down, with the remains...

World’s first solar eclipse: 2,700-year-old text reveals ancient secret

NEW DELHI: An international group of researchers has reexamined the earliest written account of a total solar eclipse, dating back to 709 BCE, by...

India, Russia unveil new measures to broaden trade, economic ties

PM Modi bats for bringing peace to Ukraine NEW DELHI: India and Russia on Friday firmed up a five-year plan to bolster economic and trade...

100-year-old pi formula given by India’s Ramanujan hides an entire universe

NEW DELHI: In 1914, Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan made public a collection of 17 mathematical expressions for calculating pi, an iconic constant used worldwide. These...

Trump admin orders new vetting for H-1B applicants, mandates public social media profiles

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has introduced sweeping new scrutiny for H-1B visa applicants and their dependents, directing US consular officers to intensively review applicants’...

Trump declares all Biden autopen-signed docs, including pardons ‘null and void’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump declared all official documents signed by his predecessor Joe Biden, using an autopen, “null, void, and of no further...

Trump admin pauses immigration, green card processing for 19 non-European countries

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration said it paused all immigration applications, including green card and U.S. citizenship processing, filed by immigrants from 19 non-European countries,...

Sugar, gum-like substance not seen before found in rocks from Asteroid Bennu

NEW DELHI: Recent studies of asteroid Bennu samples, returned to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission, have revealed surprising compounds that could inform our understanding...

Ahead of Putin-Modi meet

Russia says it wants ties with India ‘free from third country influence’ NEW DELHI: Russia on Tuesday said that it wants to build a relationship...

Imran Khan is alive but subjected to ‘mental torture’: Sister

LAHORE: Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan is alive but subjected to "mental torture in solitary confinement", his sister Dr Uzma Khan said on...

UN chief proposes slashing 2026 budget by $577 million, cutting 18 pc jobs

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has formally proposed slashing the core UN budget for next year by $577 million and cutting more...

A rare atmospheric breakdown may be behind disasters in Asia

NEW DELHI: A major shift high in the atmosphere may be driving the cluster of extreme weather events unfolding in several parts of the...

ICC chief says US sanctions won’t change court’s handling of cases

THE HAGUE: The president of the International Criminal Court said on Monday US sanctions imposed on senior court officials disrupt their personal lives but...

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