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UN chief urges safeguarding indigenous peoples’ rights to live in peace, dignity

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for safeguarding the rights of indigenous people to live in peace and dignity, in his message...

Hamas chief’s assassination: US deploys more jets, warships as Iran threatens Israel

NEW DELHI: Amid heightened tensions in the Middle East following Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh’s assassination in Tehran, the United States is reinforcing its military...

Venezuelan electoral body confirms Maduro’s victory in presidential elections

CARACAS: Venezuela’s National Electoral Council has confirmed that President Nicolas Maduro won last week’s elections with 51.95 per cent of the vote. With 96.87 per...

US revokes plea deal for 9/11 plotters; death penalty back on table

WASHINGTON: United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea deal agreed with three plotters of the September 11, 2001 attacks on...

China begins observation experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in Mt Everest region

BEIJING: China has begun an observation experiment on land-atmosphere interactions in the Mount Everest Region in Tibet to study the interaction between the land...

Airlines including Air India avoid some Mideast airspace, cancel Israel flights as tensions mount

NEW DELHI: Airlines are avoiding Iranian and Lebanese airspace and cancelling flights to Israel and Lebanon, as concerns grow over a possible conflict in...

Turkey blocks Instagram

ANKARA: Turkey has blocked access to Instagram, the national communications authority said, after a top government official slammed the social media platform for “censoring”...

Putin meets Russians freed after prisoner swap Moscow airport

MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin met Russian citizens, who were detained in foreign countries and returned to their homeland after a prisoners’ exchange deal, at...

Guterres calls killing of Hamas, Hezbollah leaders ‘dangerous escalation’

UNITED NATIONS: Calling the twin strikes by Israel killing senior leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah during a 24-hour period a “dangerous escalation”, UN Secretary-General...

President Xi calls for hi-tech ‘smart system’ to boost China’s border defence

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater use of technology and the deployment of a “smart system” for border defence to meet...

Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami, its student wing

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir under anti-terrorism law following nationwide unrest, citing the threat posed...

‘Is she Indian or Black?’ Trump questions Harris’ racial identity

WASHINGTON: Former US President Donald Trump has triggered a controversy by raising questions on the racial identity of his Democratic rival Kamala Harris during...

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Iran

TEHRAN: Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political office of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, has been assassinated in Tehran, according to a statement from...

Hamas vows revenge

GAZA: The Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has pledged to take revenge after its political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in the Iranian...

UN report says Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities faced torture, mistreatment

GENEVA: The UN human rights office issued a report Wednesday saying Palestinian detainees taken by Israeli authorities since the Oct. 7 attacks have faced...

Trump campaign launches new ads, calls Kamala ‘dangerously liberal’

WASHINGTON: The Trump campaign has launched a new ad in battleground states alleging that dangerously liberal Kamala Harris failed to stop the invasion of...

Iranian President warns about ‘conspiracies’ against Iran-Saudi ties

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned against conspiracies by “enemies and ill-wishers” to sow discord between Iran and Saudi Arabia. He made the remarks...

Kamala worse presidential candidate than Biden, says Trump

WASHINGTON: Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called his likely Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, a “worse candidate” than President...

McDonald’s sales fall globally for first time in over three years

CHICAGO: McDonald’s has reported its first drop in global sales in over three years as inflation-weary consumers seek out cheaper options and cut back...

What is the Golan Heights and who controls it?

DOHA: Israel and Lebanon-based Hezbollah are locked in a tense standoff after a rocket attack on the Druze town of Majdal Shams killed at...

No country should dominate others: Quad

Vows to work towards free and peaceful Indo-Pacific TOKYO: India and other Quad member nations reaffirmed their steadfast commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific...

Airlines cancel flights at Lebanon’s airport amid Israel-Hezbollah tensions

BEIRUT: Flights at Beirut airport have been cancelled or delayed with Lebanon’s Middle East Airlines (MEA) saying disruptions to its schedule were related to...

President Muizzu thanks India, China for helping Maldives’ fragile economy

BEIJING: President Mohamed Muizzu has thanked India and China for helping strengthen the Maldives’ fragile economy, highlighting the importance of the two countries in...

EAM Jaishankar holds talks with US Secretary of State Blinken in Tokyo

TOKYO: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Sunday held "wide-ranging" talks with his American counterpart Antony Blinken against the backdrop of an unease in...

Biden’s exit from presidential race a ‘coup’ by Democratic Party: Trump

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said incumbent US President Joe Biden was forced to exit the presidential race, describing it a "coup"...

Mobile internet restored in violence-hit Bangladesh

DHAKA: The mobile internet connection was restored in Bangladesh on Sunday, 10 days after it was shut down by the authorities across the country...

Biden tells Americans he quit race to ‘unify his party’

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden told Americans in an Oval Office address that he ended his re-election campaign to “unify my party” with the...

World’s 1% richest record $42-trillion surge in wealth in last decade: Oxfam

NEW DELHI: Wealth of the richest 1% globally surged by a staggering $42 trillion in the last decade, according to a recent report by...

582 mn people will be chronically undernourished in 2030: UN report

UNITED NATIONS: About one in 11 people or 733 million people globally faced hunger in 2023, according to the latest State of Food Security...

Protests erupt outside US Congress as Netanyahu defends Gaza war

WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his country's war in Gaza, telling the US Congress that "our enemies are your enemies" and...

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