Sabotage at nuclear site thwarted, says Iran
DUBAI: Iranian state television reported on Monday that security forces had thwarted planned sabotage at the country’s major Fordow nuclear site by a network recruited by Israel, and that the forces had made several arrests. Iran has accused Israel of carrying out several attacks on facilities linked to its nuclear programme and of killing its […]
Seven dead in Delhi slum fire
As many as seven people, including an 11-year-old child, were charred to death in a major fire that broke out at Gokalpuri village of the national capital, an official said on Saturday. The official informed that they received a call about the fire incident around 1.00 a.m. near pillar no 12, Gokalpuri village in north […]
China locks down Changchun amid surge in Covid cases
SHANGHAI: A Chinese city of nine million was ordered into lockdown on Friday and Shanghai shut its schools as authorities scrambled to halt a Covid-19 outbreak that has pushed nationwide cases to their highest levels in two years. Changchun, the capital of northeastern Jilin province and an important industrial base, ordered residents to stay at […]
Thank you sir: Kejriwal after Modi congratulates AAP for its victory in Punjab
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he congratulated the Aam Aadmi Party for its victory in the Punjab Assembly elections. In a tweet, the prime minister had on Thursday night congratulated the AAP. “I would like to congratulate AAP for their victory in the Punjab elections. I assure […]
Iran says US complicating nuclear talks
TEHRAN: Iran on Thursday accused the United States of working to “complicate” efforts to restore a 2015 nuclear deal, after new Russian demands linked to its invasion of Ukraine raised concerns of further delays. It came on the day Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say in major state policies, stressed […]
PM Modi likely to join celebrations at BJP HQ
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to visit party headquarter in Delhi on Thursday evening to celebrate the party’s performances in Assembly polls. PM Modi is expected to visit the party office by 6.30 p.m. The security arrangements are being made at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg located BJP office for PM’s visit. According to reports, […]
US has biolabs with plague, anthrax in Ukraine: Russia
Russia said on Wednesday that the United States must explain what Moscow claims was a military biological programme in Ukraine — an allegation Washington has already dismissed as “absurd” misinformation. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said evidence of the alleged programme had been uncovered by Russia during what it calls its military operation in […]
Australia flood toll rises to 20
SYDNEY: The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia’s east coast rose to 20 on Tuesday, after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in floodwaters in Sydney. Police said the pair were believed to be a missing mother and son whose car was abandoned in a storm-water canal. Tens of thousands […]
No safe corridor, just a plank for those fleeing to Kyiv
IRPIN: The rickety plank is barely 50 centimetres wide and half submerged in icy water, but already 10,000 people have used it to cross a river and flee Russian bombardment. Moving ever closer behind the citizens of Irpin come Russian tanks and guns, and ahead of them — over this last crowded obstacle — lies […]
Ukraine accuses Russian troops of rape, backs creation of special tribunal
LONDON: Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Friday accused Russian troops of raping women and backed a call for the creation of a special tribunal to punish Moscow’s aggression. “We have numerous cases of, unfortunately, when Russian soldiers rape women in the Ukrainian cities,” Kuleba told a briefing at London’s Chatham House think-tank. He did […]