DOHA/TEL AVIV: Israeli forces bombed areas in the southern border town of Rafah, home to more than half of Gaza’s population, on Thursday, a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal to end the war in the Palestinian…
DHAKA: Bangladesh said on Wednesday it would not allow more Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to enter the country because supporting the huge numbers already there threatened its own security. The Muslim Rohingya have faced persecution in Buddhist-majority Myanmar for decades,…
DOHA: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that total victory in Gaza was within reach, rejecting the latest offer by Hamas for a cease-fire to secure the return of hostages still held in the besieged enclave. Netanyahu renewed…
MACO: Rescue operations are underway after a landslide buried houses and two buses in a southern Philippine province, killing at least six people and injuring 31, disaster officials said on Wednesday (Feb 7). A landslide hit outside a gold mining…
Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera tragically lost his life in a helicopter crash in the Los RĂos region. Interior Minister Carolina Tohá confirmed the grim news on Tuesday, revealing that Piñera was among four people on board the helicopter when…
RAFAH: Displaced again and again by Israel’s military offensive on Gaza, Mahmoud Amer and his family have now pitched their tent near gravestones in a Rafah cemetery, the last place of relative safety in the devastated strip of land. The…
LONDON: Britain’s King Charles was seen in public on Tuesday for the first time since it was revealed he was suffering from a form of cancer. Meanwhile, his estranged younger son Prince Harry flew to London to see him. Buckingham…
WEB DESK: Honda announced Tuesday that it is recalling 750,000 vehicles in the United States over a defect related to airbags that can deploy unintentionally in a crash. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the problem stems…
WASHINGTON: The US House of Representatives rejected a Republican-led bill that would have given Israel $17.6 billion as Democrats said they wanted to vote instead on a broader measure that would also provide aid to Ukraine, international humanitarian funding and…
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has communicated to the United States its position that there will be no diplomatic relations with Israel unless an independent Palestinian state is recognized on the 1967 borders with East Jerusalem and Israel’s “aggression” in the Gaza…
DOHA/RIYADH: Palestinians huddled under bombardment in Gaza said on Monday they hoped a visit by the US secretary of state to the region would finally bring a ceasefire in time to avert a looming new Israeli assault on the last…
NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has described India’s Hindu nationalist government as “Vishvamitra” or “friend of the world”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has on several occasions referred to his country as “Vishvamitra” or “friend of the world” –…
LONDON: Britain’s King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and will suspend public duties, Buckingham Palace said in a statement on Monday. Charles, 75, who became king in September 2022 after the death of his mother Queen…
UN: Russia on Monday accused President Joe Biden of carrying out airstrikes in Iraq and Syria to boost his image as the presidential campaign “heats up” – not in retaliation for a deadly attack on US troops. The United States…
Former US President and Republican predecessor Donald Trump has revealed again who will be his running mate after securing his party’s nomination for the November showdown with Democrat Joe Biden.In an interview with Fox News Sunday, he did not name…
Intense forest fires in central Chile have left many dead and destroyed about 1,000 homes, with President Gabriel Boric declaring a state of emergency. Firefighters battled dozens of wildfires in central Chile on Saturday, with at least 51 people dead…
