Clashes in Lebanon camp kill six Palestinians
SIDON: At least six people have been killed and dozens wounded in clashes in a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Lebanon, first responders said on Monday as fighting raged for a fifth day. Violence broke out late on Thursday in the Ain al-Helweh camp on the outskirts of the coastal city of Sidon, just weeks […]
Fire in illegal housing block kills 74 in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG: A fire that tore through a five-storey building taken over for illegal housing killed 74 people including 12 children in central Johannesburg overnight, South African authorities said on Thursday. An additional 61 were injured and treated in hospital in one of the deadliest fires worldwide in recent years. Bodies were discovered piled up at […]
Kishida slams China over stone-throwing at embassy, schools
TOKYO: Japan’s prime minister hit out at Beijing on Monday over what he said were instances of stones being thrown at diplomatic missions and schools in China, following the release of wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear plant. Last week, China banned all seafood imports from its neighbour after Japan began releasing cooling water from the […]
Trump will skip Republican presidential debates
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump said on Sunday he will skip this week’s first Republican presidential debate, arguing that Americans know him well so there’s no need for a public showdown with his rivals for the White House. In a message on his platform Truth Social, Trump touted what he called a hugely successful record as president […]
North Korea claims ‘racial discrimination’ drove US soldier to defect
Travis King defected to North Korea to escape “mistreatment and racial discrimination in the US Army”, state media said on Wednesday, Pyongyang’s first official confirmation they were holding the American soldier. A private second class with a chequered disciplinary record, King was due to fly back to America in July but instead slipped out of […]
India will be truly successful only when women occupy equal space in society: Rahul
New Delhi: India will be truly successful only when women occupy equal space in the society, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday. Gandhi also said women must take their rightful place in politics and shape India’s destiny. The former Congress chief also shared a link for applying for the Indira Fellowship named after former […]
Niger junta says it will prosecute ousted president for treason
The military junta that seized power in Niger in a coup last month has said it will prosecute ousted President Mohamed Bazoum for high treason over his exchanges with foreign heads of state and international organisations. The coup leaders have imprisoned Bazoum and dissolved the elected government, drawing condemnation from global powers and West Africa’s […]
Heat threatens millions of children across South Asia: Unicef
ISLAMABAD: South Asia has the highest percentage of children exposed to extreme high temperatures, compared to all other regions, according to a Unicef analysis released on Monday. Unicef estimates that 76 per cent of children under-18 in South Asia — 460 million — are exposed to extreme high temperatures where 83 or more days in […]
SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking SIT probe into Manipur violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a fresh PIL on the Manipur violence seeking among other things a SIT probe into alleged poppy cultivation and narco-terrorism. It asked for a “more specific” petition and said this one was “very difficult” to entertain because it blamed only one community. Senior advocate Madhavi […]
Nearly half a million evacuated as typhoon batters China
BEIJING: Typhoon Doksuri hit southeastern China on Friday morning, bringing high winds and battering rains to coastal areas after the deadly storm bypassed Taiwan on its way from the Philippines. Wind speeds of up to 175 kilometres per hour (110 miles per hour) were recorded as the storm reached the coast of Fujian province around […]