Gunmen kill 7 customs officials in two attacks

Unknown gunmen killed two customs officers in western Pakistan, officials said yesterday, following the killing of five other customs officials in the area in recent days.
21 April 2024

Iran’s Khamenei praises ‘success’ of military

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei praised the country’s armed forces for their “success” in his first public comments since Tehran launched an unprecedented direct attack on Israel last week.
21 April 2024

India to re-run election at 11 places

India, staging the world’s biggest election, will re-run voting at 11 polling stations in the northeastern state of Manipur today after reports of violence and damage to voting machines in the state torn by months of ethnic clashes.
21 April 2024

Ukraine aid sends Kremlin powerful message

The passage of $60 billion aid by the US House of Representatives will send a powerful message to the Kremlin that the United States will stay with Kyiv, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday.
21 April 2024

‘Not safe’

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday alleged that the BJP is targeting her and her nephew and TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and they do not feel safe.
21 April 2024

Israel holds Palestinian economy captive: analysts

The Gaza offensive is speeding up Israel’s “annexation” of the Palestinian economy, say analysts, who argue it has been hobbled for decades by agreements that followed the Oslo peace accords.
21 April 2024

Baby in Gaza saved from womb of mother killed in Israeli strike

A baby girl was delivered from the womb of a Palestinian killed along with her husband and daughter by an Israeli attack in the Gaza city of Rafah, where 19 people died overnight in intensified strikes, Palestinian health officials said
21 April 2024

Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 34,097

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday that at least 34,097 people have been killed in the territory during more than six months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants
21 April 2024

58 die after boat capsizes in Central Africa: rescuers

At least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded river boat capsized in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the head of civil protection said on Saturday
21 April 2024

Israel holds Palestinian economy captive, say analysts

The Gaza war is speeding up Israel's "annexation" of the Palestinian economy, say analysts, who argue it has been hobbled for decades by agreements that followed the Oslo peace accords
21 April 2024

Bill to ban TikTok in US moves ahead in Congress

The US House of Representatives approved a bill Saturday that would force the wildly popular social media app TikTok to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market
21 April 2024

Iran, Israel appear to pull back from brink as US approves military aid

Iran and Israel appeared to step back from the brink of broader conflict as lawmakers in the United States approved new Israeli military aid on Saturday despite growing criticism of its ally's war in Gaza
21 April 2024

US House passes $95b Ukraine, Israel aid package

The US House of Representatives on Saturday with broad bipartisan support passed a $95 billion legislative package providing security assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, over bitter objections from Republican hardliners...The legislation now proceeds to the Democratic-majority
20 April 2024

58 die after boat capsizes in C.Africa: rescuers

At least 58 people going to a funeral died after their overloaded river boat capsized in the Central African Republic's capital Bangui, the head of civil protection said yesterday
20 April 2024

Quest For 400: Modi banking on Ram Mandir hype, south surge

Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party has set the bar high by coining the slogan “Ab ki baar, 400 paar”,
20 April 2024

Iran, Israel ‘pull back’ from brink of war

Iran has dismissed as akin to child’s play Israel’s reported retaliation for an unprecedented Iranian strike, as both sides yesterday appeared to step back from wider conflict stemming from the war in Gaza.
20 April 2024

Blast hits Iraq base housing pro-Iranian armed groups

One person was killed and eight wounded in an overnight explosion at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups, officials said Saturday.
20 April 2024

Another 29 killed in Afghan floods

Ongoing downpours have killed another 29 people in Afghanistan over the past four days, the government disaster management department said yesterday.
20 April 2024

China unveils new cyber force

China announced the creation of a new military cyber corps on Friday, saying it would bolster Beijing’s capacity to “fight and win” wars.
20 April 2024

Israel kills ‘10 militants’ in West Bank

The Israeli army yesterday said troops had killed 10 militants in an ongoing raid around Nur Shams, a refugee camp in the north of the occupied West Bank.
20 April 2024