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UK PM condemned for meeting Israel’s Herzog ‘while children starve’

LONDON: British MPs berated UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for hosting the Israeli president on Wednesday “while children starve” in Gaza. Starmer met Isaac Herzog...

No suspect in custody in fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk in Utah

Washington: Authorities in the U.S. had no suspect in custody for the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after hours of confused statements...

Global military spending hits USD2.7 trillion, peace & dev goals falter: UN chief

UNITED NATIONS: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that the world is spending far more on waging war than on building peace and highlighted...

EU commission president seeks sanctions, partial trade suspension against Israel over war in Gaza

STRASBOURG, France: The European Commission president said Wednesday she would seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in Gaza,...

Nepal crisis: Jailbreaks, arson, curfew, deaths

Army deploys troops to restore order KATHMANDU: Nepal, a tiny South Asian nation located in the lap of the snow-clad Himalayas, has been reeling under...

Obesity now main form of malnutrition afflicting youth: UNICEF

NEW DELHI: Obesity has outpaced undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among children and teenagers, according to...

Nepal PM KP Oli resigns after violent anti-corruption protests

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Oli resigned on Tuesday, officials confirmed, stepping down amid mounting pressure after one of the deadliest crackdowns in years...

Palestinians on edge as Israel pursues collective punishment after attack

OCCUPIED WEST BANK: Israeli forces have stormed towns and begun demolishing homes of Palestinian suspects in the wake of a deadly attack in occupied...

Hundreds of earthquake-hit villages in Afghanistan still not reached: UN

JALABAD: The United Nations has said it has been unable to reach 362 villages in Afghanistan in the wake of a deadly earthquake in...

Nepal Bans Social Media: Protesters breach parliament premises, 9 killed; Army deployed

KATHMANDU: Thousands of young Nepalis marched through the streets of the capital Kathmandu on Monday, protesting against the government’s decision to ban 26 popular...

UN rights chief: Mounting evidence of Israeli war crimes

Warns of genocidal rhetoric in Gaza GENEVA: The UN human rights chief on Monday accused Israel of committing grave violations in Gaza, warning that mounting...

150-million-year-old mystery of how two baby dinosaurs died finally solved

NEW DELHI: A 150-million-year-old mystery has been solved after University of Leicester palaeontologists revealed how two baby pterosaurs met their tragic end. According to a...

Russia launches largest aerial assault on Ukraine since war began, Kyiv targeted

LONDON: Russia hit Ukraine's capital with drone and missiles Sunday in the largest aerial attack on the country since the war began, killing at...

Internet disruptions in Middle East, South Asia after Red Sea cable cuts

DOHA: Internet disruptions have been reported in the Middle East and South Asia after multiple undersea cable cuts in the Red Sea, tech giant...

World’s largest iceberg A23A breaks apart, loses title as biggest floating ice

NEW DELHI: The world’s largest iceberg is splintering into pieces and shrinking fast, scientists said Thursday. A23A is no longer the biggest iceberg and...

Trump signs executive order to modify tariffs, offers exemptions to Aligned Trade Partners

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed an executive order providing some tariff exemptions to trading partners. The modifications regarding exemptions for countries with US...

Trump signs executive order to rebrand Pentagon as ‘Dept of War’

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed his 200th executive order on Saturday, authorizing the Department of Defense (DOD) to adopt “Department of War” as an...

PM Modi to skip UNGA session; EAM Jaishankar likely to represent India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not attend the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session later this month. The 80th session of...

US sanctions Palestinian rights groups over ICC probe

WASHINGTON: The United States has imposed sanctions on three leading Palestinian NGOs, accusing them of supporting International Criminal Court efforts to prosecute Israeli nationals. The...

Putin urges Russia’s aerospace industry to develop rocket engines

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin urged aerospace industry leaders on Friday to press on with efforts to develop booster rocket engines for space launch vehicles...

Scientists design living sensor to detect microplastics quickly, affordably

NEW DELHI: Each year, an estimated 10 to 40 million tons of microplastics are released into the environment, and the figure is expected to...

Oceans may face dual threats from humans in next 25 years

NEW DELHI: More than 90 per cent of global trade moves through sea routes, highways of commerce that are increasingly vulnerable to pollution and...

Gaza civil defense says 19 killed in Israeli strikes

GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defense agency said 19 people were killed on Friday in a series of Israeli strikes in and around Gaza City,...

Western troops in Ukraine would be ‘targets’ for Russian forces: Putin

Moscow hits out at plan by Kyiv’s allies to send forces as a security guarantee following any peace deal MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin has rejected...

Kim, Xi hail bond as North Korea says it will protect China’s interests

BEIJING: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that North Korea will support China in protecting its sovereignty, territory and...

World’s largest iceberg, the king of seas, is breaking apart

NEW DELHI: Nearly 40 years after breaking off Antarctica, a colossal iceberg ranked amongst the oldest and largest ever recorded is finally crumbling apart...

Israel threatens to unleash biblical plagues on Yemen’s Houthis

TEL AVIV: Israel’s defence minister has promised to inflict the 10 biblical plagues of Egypt on Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The threat was issued by Israel...

China’s Xi oversees massive military parade with Putin, Kim in attendance

China’s full military might was on display in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square where thousands of troops marched in parade Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, Chinese President...

Not dead. Trump dismisses health rumors as ‘fake news’

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Tuesday dismissed social media rumors that have swirled about his health — including that he had died —...

Israel launches new spy satellite

TEL AVIV: Israel has launched a new spy satellite into orbit in what Defense Minister Israel Katz described on Wednesday as a “message” to...

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