Iranian delegation set to visit Saudi Arabia this week
TEHRAN: Iran’s foreign ministry said on Sunday a delegation will visit Saudi Arabia by Friday to pave the way for reopening its diplomatic missions there following a similar move by Riyadh. The announcement comes a day after a Saudi delegation arrived in Tehran on a similar diplomatic trip, and follows a historic meeting between the […]
Tensions high in Israel after deadly attacks
An Italian tourist was killed and five people were wounded in a car ramming in Tel Aviv on Friday that came hours after two Israeli sisters were killed in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank. The attacks, after a night of crossborder strikes in Gaza and Lebanon, added to an atmosphere of heightened […]
More than 350 arrests in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa compound: Israel police
Israeli police arrested more than 350 people during the early hours of Wednesday after clashes at Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque, a police spokesperson said. In a statement, police said they had “arrested and removed over 350 individuals that violently barricaded” themselves inside the mosque in the Old City of annexed east Jerusalem. Those arrested included […]
Union govt sanctions Z+ security cover to Apni Party chief
New Delhi; The Union government has sanctioned a Z+ category VIP security cover to Jammu and Kashmir politician and Apni Party president Altaf Bukhari, sources said Wednesday. The Union home ministry has accorded the cover of armed commandos that will be jointly provided by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and the Jammu and Kashmir […]
Finland to become 31st Nato member, says Stoltenberg
BRUSSELS: Finland’s flag will be hoisted outside Nato headquarters on Tuesday (today) when it becomes the newest member of the Western alliance, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. “Tomorrow we will welcome Finland as the 31st member,” Stoltenberg told reporters on the eve of a historic meeting of Nato foreign ministers in Brussels. Russian President Vladimir […]
Eight killed while crossing into US from Canada
MONTREAL: Eight people, including two children, were found dead in a marsh near the Canada-US border after trying to cross illegally into the United States, police said on Friday. Their bodies were discovered near a capsized boat belonging to a missing man from the Akwesasne Mohawk community, officials reported. “A total of eight bodies have […]
Lok Sabha polls 2024: BJP seeks to take on Grand Alliance in Bihar with ‘rare’ social coalition
New Delhi: The BJP is eying a rare social coalition including ‘upper’ castes and a majority of backward classes in Bihar to power its bid to vanquish in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls the formidable RJD-JD(U) alliance, which had inflicted a crushing defeat on it in the 2015 assembly elections. While Lalu Prasad Yadav’s Rashtriya […]
Melting Antarctic could impact oceans ‘for centuries’
SYDNEY: Rapidly melting Antarctic ice threatens to dramatically slow deep-water currents in the world’s oceans, scientists say, impacting the spread of fresh water, oxygen and life-sustaining nutrients for centuries. New modelling points to faster Antarctic ice melts driving a “substantial slowdown” of water circulation in the ocean depths if global carbon emissions remain high, researchers […]
UK unveils plans to house asylum seekers in military bases
LONDON: The UK plans to temporarily house asylum seekers in disused military bases and could use ferries and barges in the future in a bid to reduce hotel bills, immigration minister Robert Jenrick announced on Wednesday. He told MPs that the government planned to house “several thousand” asylum seekers at repurposed barracks buildings and portable […]
Thirty-nine killed in fire at Mexico migrants facility
CIUDAD JUAREZ: At least 39 migrants from Central and South America died after a fire broke out at a migrant holding centre in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, the government’s National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the blaze apparently broke out after migrants set […]