HYDERABAD‘Sept 20: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai highlighted the growing challenge of cybercrime and urged Indian Police Service (IPS) trainees to specialise in technical aspects to counter such crimes. Speaking at the passing out parade of the 76th batch of IPS probationers at the Sardar Vallabhbhai …

20-09-2024 BERIUT: Hezbollah’s leader has said bomb attacks using thousands of the Lebanese armed group’s pagers and radios “crossed all red lines”, and accused Israel of what he said represented a declaration of war. In a much-anticipated speech, Hassan Nasrallah acknowledged Hezbollah had suffered an “unprecedented blow”, but he vowed …

20-09-2024 JERUSALEM: An Israeli citizen has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a plot by Iran to assassinate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials, Israel’s security services say. Israeli police and domestic intelligence said the man was twice smuggled into Iran and received payment to carry …

20-09-2024 SRINAGAR: Voters have begun casting their ballots in regional elections in Indian-administered Kashmir. Kashmiris lined up outside polling stations on Wednesday morning to vote in a local government election for the first time since the disputed territory lost its semi-autonomous status in 2019. Nine million registered voters will choose …

20-09-2024 BEIJING: China has imposed sanctions on nine US defence firms over sales of military equipment to Taiwan. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing announced the measures on Wednesday. The move comes as China continues to raise the pressure on Taiwan and demands that Washington end support for its …

20-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution calling on Israel to end its illegal occupation of the Palestinian territories within a year, a move that Palestine hailed as “historic”. The nonbinding measure passed a 124-12 vote on Wednesday, with 43 countries abstaining. The …

20-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ CHENNAI: For the past 11 days, about 1,500 workers of South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics have been striking work in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, leading to major disruptions in production. The plant in Chennai city, one of Samsung’s two …

20-09-2024 BOGOTA: Water levels in many of the rivers in the Amazon basin have reached their lowest on record amid a continuing drought, the Brazilian Geological Service (SGB) says. The Madeira River, a major tributary to the Amazon, had fallen to just 48cm in the city of Porto Velho on …

20-09-2024 BRASILIA/ NEW YORK: Some X users in Brazil have said they can once again access the social media website, media has learned. This comes after the platform, formerly known as Twitter, was banned in the country on 30 August. The change was made possible after the company, which is …

20-09-2024 WASHINGTON/ TEHRAN: Iranian hackers distributed hacked information about Donald Trump’s electoral campaign to people linked to the Biden campaign, according to the FBI and US intelligence agencies. US officials now believe that information taken from the Trump campaign was sent in unsolicited emails to people linked to the campaign …