15-09-2024 VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis has called both major US presidential candidates “against life” and advised Catholic voters to choose the “lesser evil” when casting their ballots in the November election. The pontiff said not welcoming migrants seemingly referring to Trump is a “grave” sin, and compared Kamala Harris’s stance …

15-09-2024 WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has announced new sanctions against the Russian media channel RT, accusing it of being a “de facto arm of Russia’s intelligence apparatus”. The top US diplomat told reporters on Friday that RT is part of a network of Russian-backed media outlets which …

14-09-2024 PYINGYANG/ SEOUL: North Korea for the first time showed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs on Friday, as leader Kim Jong Un visited a uranium enrichment facility and called for more weapons-grade material to boost the arsenal. The state media report on Kim’s visit …

14-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS: The United States supports creating two permanent United Nations Security Council seats for African states and one seat to be rotated among Small Island developing states, US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced on Thursday. The move comes as the US seeks to repair ties with …

14-09-2024 NEW DELHI/ GUWAHATI/ DHAKA: More than 100 Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar including women and children have been on hunger strike since Monday to protest at their indefinite detention at a camp in northeastern India, authorities told media. More than one million Rohingya refugees fled to countries including Bangladesh and …

14-09-2024 DAKAR: Senegal President Bassirou Diomaye Faye on Thursday dissolved the opposition-led national assembly, clearing the way for early legislative elections on Nov. 17. In an evening address, Faye, who came to power in April, said working with the assembly had grown difficult after members refused to start discussions on …

14-09-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israel’s military continued to pound Gaza, killing 40 more Palestinians as international condemnation mounted over an Israeli attack that killed at least 18 people at a United Nations-run school, including six aid workers. UN chief Antonio Guterres reiterated his demand for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza following …

14-09-2024 DAMASCUS/ JERUSALEM: Details are emerging of an apparent raid by Israeli Special Forces on a “Hezbollah missile production facility” in Syria. Israel’s government has said nothing about the operation which, according to US media reports, took place at the beginning of the week. Syrian state media say 18 people …

14-09-2024 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has ruled out another presidential debate against his rival Kamala Harris before November’s election. He said on Thursday two days after the pair’s first showdown in Philadelphia – that Harris only wanted a rematch because he “clearly” won. Several instant polls taken after Tuesday’s contest indicated …

13-09-2024 FRANKFURT: The European Central Bank (ECB) t provided almost no clues to its next step, even as investors bet on steady policy easing in the months ahead. The ECB lowered its deposit rate by 25 basis points to 3.50% in a widely telegraphed move, following up on a similar …