Record 76m internally displaced worldwide, says monitor

Conflict in Sudan and Gaza pushed the number of internally displaced people (IDPs) worldwide to a record 75.9 million at the end of 2023, an NGO monitor said Tuesday
14 May 2024

14 killed as billboard falls during dust storm in Mumbai

At least 14 people were killed and 74 injured when a billboard collapsed during a dust storm and unseasonal rains in Mumbai's Ghatkopar locality yesterday, civic officials said today
14 May 2024

Melinda Gates to leave Gates Foundation, keeps $12.5b for her work

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates announced Monday she was leaving the nonprofit foundation she established with her ex-husband Bill Gates -- an organization that has become one of the most influential in the world
14 May 2024

Collapsed Baltimore bridge blasted into pieces in effort to clear wreckage

US crews in Baltimore set off controlled explosions on Monday to allow them to remove a portion of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge from the bow of the massive container ship that toppled the span in March
14 May 2024

Israel push into Gaza from north, south

Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza’s northern edge yesterday to recapture an area where they had claimed to have defeated Hamas months ago, while at the opposite end of the enclave tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah.
13 May 2024

UK charges three for allegedly assisting HK intel services

UK police said yesterday that they had charged three men for allegedly assisting Hong Kong intelligence services, with the suspects due to appear in court later in the day.
13 May 2024

62.9pc turnout in fourth phase

India yesterday voted in the fourth phase of a seven-week long general election as the campaign rhetoric became more strident over economic disparities and religious divisions.
13 May 2024

India, Iran sign deal to develop port project

India and Iran yesterday signed a 10-year contract to develop and equip the strategic Chabahar port in Iran as India seeks to grow trade in west and central Asia.
13 May 2024

Survivors hunt for the missing

Survivors of flash floods in Afghanistan’s northern Baghlan province were still searching for the missing yesterday, days after torrents of water ripped through villages, killing hundreds.
13 May 2024

Hezbollah claims strikes that hurt Israeli soldiers

Lebanon’s Iran-backed Hezbollah group yesterday claimed responsibility for a strike that Israel said wounded four soldiers in the country’s north, the latest cross-border fire in more than seven months of clashes.
13 May 2024

‘We will make Pakistan wear bangles’

Mincing no words, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday attacked the opposition INDIA bloc, calling its leaders “cowards” who were “scared of Pakistan’s nuclear power”.
13 May 2024

1,000 Hamas members hospitalised in Turkey

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday that more than 1,000 members of the Palestinian group Hamas were being treated in hospitals across Turkey, reiterating his stance that Hamas was a “resistance movement”.
13 May 2024

Vladimir Putin taps economist to run defence

Russian President Vladimir Putin tapped a civilian economist as his surprise new defence minister on Sunday in an attempt to gird Russia for economic war by trying to better utilise the defence budget and harness greater innovation to win in Ukraine.
13 May 2024

Protesters occupy univ buildings in Dutch cities

Pro-Palestinian protesters yesterday occupied university buildings in the Dutch cities of Amsterdam, Groningen and Eindhoven, condemning Israel’s offensive in Gaza, the Dutch protest group behind the action said in a statement.
13 May 2024

Gaza officials warn health system 'hours from collapse' due to fuel shortage

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that the besieged Palestinian territory's health system is "hours away" from collapse, after fighting has blocked fuel shipments through key crossings
13 May 2024

US sanctions test China's 'no limits' friendship with Russia

China's trade with Russia has hit record highs in recent years, drawing accusations that it is helping buoy its longtime ally's economy, with President Vladimir Putin due to visit Beijing in May.
13 May 2024

First human to receive transplanted pig kidney dies

Slayman, 62, of Weymouth, Massachusetts, received the transplant in March in a four-hour surgery that the hospital at the time called "a major milestone in the quest to provide more readily available organs to patients."
13 May 2024

Japan to introduce online booking for Mount Fuji trail

An online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular trail was announced on Monday by Japanese authorities trying to fight overtourism on the active volcano
13 May 2024

Biden in the line of fire over Israel arms ultimatum

US President Joe Biden is facing backlash from lawmakers in both parties over his ultimatum that a major Israeli offensive in the city of Rafah would result in a shut-off of some US weapons
13 May 2024

Putin removes defence minister Shoigu

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday moved to replace defence minister Sergei Shoigu in a major shake-up to Russia's military leadership more than two years into its Ukraine offensive
13 May 2024