Trump testimony in doubt after sick juror postpones E. Jean Carroll trial
Donald Trump wants to testify in writer E. Jean Carroll’s latest civil defamation case, but his ability to do so was in doubt after the presiding judge on Monday postponed the trial because one juror and a parent of one of Trump’s lawyers became ill. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan in Manhattan sent one of […]
Strike on busy market kills 25 in eastern Ukraine
MOSCOW: A strike on a crowded market in the Russian-occupied city of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine left at least 25 people dead and 20 wounded on Sunday, Moscow-backed officials said. Both Moscow and Kyiv have accused each other of a sharp escalation in attacks on civilian areas in the past two months. Shattered storefronts and […]
Tel Aviv steps up Gaza strikes after medicine-aid deal
• Hamas says Israel must not inspect vehicles carrying the drugs • Khan Yunis sees ‘the most difficult night’ since outbreak of hostilities GAZA CITY:: Tel Aviv stepped up air strikes on Wednesday over the Gaza Strip’s south, where medicines were expected to be delivered for Israeli prisoners in exchange for humanitarian aid under a […]
Nagaland People Should Feel Equal To All Others In Country: Rahul Gandhi
Kohima, Jan 16: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said people of Nagaland should feel at par with others in the country despite hailing from a “small state”. Addressing a rally in the heart of Nagaland’s capital Kohima, as part of his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’, he said the idea of the march is to […]
Lander problem threatens US moon mission
WASHINGTON: A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a propulsion system issue on its way to the moon on Monday, upending the first US soft lunar landing attempt in over 50 years as mission managers scrambled to fix its position in space. Space robotics firm Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lunar lander had launched successfully […]
Fire leaves 7,000 Rohingya homeless in Bangladesh camp
DHAKA: A fire swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southeastern Bangladesh in the early hours of Sunday, destroying about 800 shelters and rendering thousands homeless, officials said. Fire service officials and Rohingya volunteers brought the blaze under control around three hours after it hit Camp 5 in Cox’s Bazar, a border district with Myanmar, […]
US, France condemn Israeli plan to deport Gazans
WASHINGTON: The United States and France have issued strong condemnations of Israel’s controversial plan to forcibly displace Palestinians from Gaza, leading to an escalating diplomatic standoff. US Ambassador to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, reiterated the unequivocal rejection of the plan, cautioning against any mass displacement and addressing inflammatory statements by Israeli ministers Bezalel Smotrich and […]
Vanishing ministers, ousted officials rattle top Chinese brass
BEIJING: A sweeping purge of Chinese generals has weakened the People’s Liberation Army, exposing deep-rooted corruption that could take more time to fix and slow Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s military modernisation drive amid geopolitical tensions, analysts say. China’s top lawmakers ousted nine senior military officers from the national legislative body on Friday, state media reported, […]
US military launches secretive space plane
CAPE CANAVERAL: The US military’s secretive X-37B robot space plane blasted off from Florida on Thursday night on its seventh mission, the first launched atop a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket capable of delivering it to a higher orbit than ever before. The Falcon Heavy, composed of three liquid-fuelled rocket cores strapped together, roared off its […]
UN expert calls Israeli conduct in Gaza ‘institutionalised impunity’
UNITED NATIONS: The UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, has called for establishing a new special tribunal if the International Criminal Court (ICC) does not take swift measures to prosecute the war in Gaza. In a post on the X platform, Rajagopal wrote: “What has happened in Gaza is the […]