NEW DELHI: Indian police blocked roads on Monday to stop farmers marching to Delhi to seek better crop prices promised in 2021, as thousands of growers camped out on major highways leading to the nation’s capital. Some government ministers are…
THE HAGUE: An appeals court in The Hague has said Israel does not take sufficient account of the consequences for civilians when it carries out its attacks against Hamas militants. Israel has previously denied accusations of war crimes. The Dutch…
GAUZE: Israel freed two Israeli-Argentine hostages in Rafah on Monday under cover of airstrikes that local health officials said killed 67 Palestinians and wounded dozens in the southern Gaza city, the last refuge of about a million displaced civilians. A…
JAKARTA: At an Indonesian presidential campaign event, 22-year-old voter Irene Putri Aisyah was busy uploading everything she saw – from cute dances to cooking demonstrations – to short video app TikTok. To court young voters like Irene, all three candidates…
NEW DELHI: Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday at the enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small Indian state, the culmination of a years-long effort including her own case before the nation’s Supreme Court. “I…
TEHRAN: Iran marked 45 years since its Islamic revolution with a ceremony Sunday in which President Ebrahim Raisi condemned arch foe Israel over the Gaza war and demanded it be expelled from the United Nations. Since Iran’s 1979 revolution that…
TAIPEI: With fireworks, feasts and red envelopes stuffed with cash for the kids, numerous Asian nations and overseas communities have welcomed Saturday the Lunar New Year. It begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15…
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who is battling prostate cancer, has transferred his duties to his deputy, Kathleen Hicks, hours after he was taken to hospital with an “urgent bladder problem”, a spokesman said. Undersecretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks “assumed…
MANILA: The death toll from a landslide in the southern Philippines has risen to 54, the provincial government said Sunday, as rescue workers dug more bodies out of the mud. A landslide hit near a gold mine in Maco town…
TEHRAN: Iran marked 45 years since its Islamic revolution with a ceremony on Sunday in which President Ebrahim Raisi condemned Israel’s arch-enemy for the Gaza attack and called for its expulsion from the United Nations, AFP reported. Since the 1979…
LONDON: Britain’s King Charles thanked supporters on Saturday after his cancer diagnosis, his first public comment since Buckingham Palace announced he would postpone some engagements for treatment. “I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the many messages…
BENGALURU: Moody’s downgraded Israel’s credit rating on Friday, citing substantial political and fiscal risks to the country from the war with the Palestinian militant group Hamas. The impact of the conflict increases political risk and weakens Israel’s executive and legislative…
The chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee has deplored the fact that all political parties and candidates were denied meaningful participation in the recent general elections in Pakistan. “While I appreciate those in Pakistan who cast their ballots…
NEW DELHI: The death toll from violence linked to the demolition of “illegal structures” in a city in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has risen to five despite strict restrictions for the third straight day, officials said on Saturday.…
BAGHDAD: Repeated US attacks on Iran-backed armed groups in Iraq are pushing the Baghdad government to end the US-led coalition’s mission in the country, the prime minister’s military spokesman said on Thursday. The US military said one such strike on…
TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken sought to advance a deal to secure the release of Israeli prisoners in Gaza in talks with Israeli moderates on Thursday as he wrapped up a Middle East tour without securing a…
