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Nobel Prizes to be announced against backdrop of wars, famine, artificial intelligence

STAVANGER (NORWAY): Wars, a refugee crisis, famine and artificial intelligence could all be recognised when Nobel Prize announcements begin next week under a shroud...

Jaishankar meets new Lankan President to discuss ways to deepen bilateral cooperation

COLOMBO: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo on Friday and discussed ways in which the...

Did Hezbollah chief Nasrallah agree to ceasefire with Netanyahu before his killing?

BEIRUT: Lebanon's foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib on Thursday revealed that Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had agreed to...

West Asia conflict disrupts aviation

LONDON: Rising tensions in West Asia have created air travel chaos, with global airlines diverting or cancelling flights on Wednesday and regional airports, including...

Israel: IDF Chief Halevi vows to bring back hostages

TEL AVIV: The Israel Defence Forces’ Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, stated that IDF soldiers will observe the holiday in the...

UNSC members rally to support Guterres after Israel declares him ‘persona non grata’

UNITED NATIONS: Members of the UN Security Council (UNSC) have rallied to the support of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres after Israel declared him ‘persona non...

Bangladesh govt recalls 5 envoys, including from India

DHAKA: Bangladesh's interim government has recalled five envoys back to the country, including the ambassador to India, according to a foreign ministry official who...

This is what Chinese astronauts will wear on the Moon

NEW DELHI: The China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) has released the external design of China's spacesuit for lunar landing. The agency said that the general...

US, France, UK, Germany back Israel after Iran’s attack, fear of wider war grips West Asia

Tehran says it only targeted military installations, Israel says Iran will pay a heavy price DUBAI: Iran fired at least 180 ballistic missiles at Israel...

‘Biden directed US military to shoot down Iranian missile heading towards Israel’

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden reportedly directed the US military to aide Israel’s defen and intercept the Iranian missiles heading towards the Jewish country. According...

Israel may target Iranian oil production: Report

JERUSALEM: Israel is believed to have been preparing for a retaliatory strike against Iran after Tuesday’s missile attack. According to a report by Axios,...

EAM Jaishankar meets Blinken, discusses bilateral co-op, West Asia, Ukraine

WASHINGTON: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met his US counterpart Antony Blinken here and held discussions covering deepening bilateral cooperation, the situation in West...

I chose freedom over justice, says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in first comments after detention

‘I am free today after years of incarceration because I pleaded guilty to journalism’ STRASBOURG: Julian Assange, the founder of whistleblower media group WikiLeaks, told...

Israel-Hezbollah war: IDF troops enter Lebanon for ‘limited’ ground operation against Hezbollah targets

BEIRUT: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched a “limited, localised and targeted” ground operation inside southern Lebanon, intensifying the ongoing conflict with Hezbollah. The...

Modi urges Netanyahu against regional escalation

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, stressing the need to avoid regional escalation two days...

Israeli military orders evacuation of several Lebanese communities

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military on Tuesday ordered the evacuation of nearly two dozen Lebanese border communities. The orders came hours after Israel sent ground forces...

Hezbollah says it is ready for any Israeli land invasion in Lebanon

Amid rising tensions, Hezbollah’s deputy leader declares preparedness for ground conflict with Israel, following assassination of key leaders, mounting airstrikes across Lebanon BEIRUT: Hezbollah's deputy...

‘Floods, landslides kill 170 in Nepal; 42 missing’

KATHMANDU: The death toll from rain-triggered floods and landslides across Nepal climbed to 170, with 42 missing on Sunday, officials said. Large swathes of eastern...

SpaceX Crew-9 arrives at ISS; welcomed by NASA’s Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore

WASHINGTON: After months of uncertainty, NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, travelling in the SpaceX Dragon capsule, successfully docked with the...

Moon’s temperature dipped as Earth went into Covid lockdown, reveals Indian team

NEW DELHI: In an unexpected twist of cosmic proportions, scientists have discovered that the global COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020 had a measurable effect not...

How drought from extreme heat in Russia could hit global wheat supply

MOSCOW: Russia, the world's largest wheat exporter, is facing a critical situation as severe drought conditions threaten to significantly impact its 2025 grain harvest. Agricultural...

India, US may sign pact on critical minerals to bolster trade ties

NEW DELHI: India and the United States are likely to sign an initial pact for cooperation on critical minerals this week, two government sources...

Global leaders, groups react to Israel’s assassination of Hezbollah’s Hassan Nasrallah

BEIRUT: Israel said on Saturday it had killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburbs on Friday. Israel’s attack...

Israel bans gatherings of over 1,000 people in central region

TEL AVIV: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have announced a ban on gatherings of more than 1,000 people in central Israel. The IDF’s Home Front...

Who was Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader killed in Israeli strike?

BEIRUT: Hassan Nasrallah, the longtime leader of Hezbollah, was killed in a massive Israeli air attack on Beirut on Friday evening, the Lebanon-based group...

Israel on alert

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Saturday Israel is on high alert for a broader conflict after it claimed to have killed Hezbollah leader...

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei moved to secure location

DUBAI: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been transferred to a secure location inside the country with heightened security measures in place, two...

EAM Jaishankar reiterates India’s dedication to boost ties with BIMSTEC

NEW YORK: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reiterated India’s dedication to strengthening ties with BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic...

US to conclude military mission in Iraq by 2025 under new deal

WASHINGTON: The US has announced an agreement with Iraq to end the military mission of the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (ISIS) by...

7 things to keep in mind before connecting to a public Wi-Fi

New Delhi: There are several obvious advantages to using public Wi-Fi. Consider this – you are at a railway station and your mobile data...

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