13-09-2024 GENEVA/ NEW DELHI: Indian Foreign Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that there has been “some progress” with China on the boundary issue. The minister said that approximately 75 percent of the “disengagement” problems has been resolved. Jaishankar, who is in Geneva, Switzerland for bilateral meetings, said this at an …

13-09-2024 NAIROBI: Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport after workers went on strike in protest at a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday morning as flights were delayed and cancelled. Union leaders on …

13-09-2024 TOKYO: Japan’s governing Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has named the nine candidates who will run in a leadership race scheduled for September 27 to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, whose three-year term was tarnished by scandals. The record number of contenders named on Thursday include former Environment Minister Shinjiro …

13-09-2024 UNITED NATIONS/ GAZA STRIP: About a quarter of the people wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza – at least 22,000 Palestinians have injuries that are “life-changing”, according to the World Health Organization. Israel’s military has bombed the United Nations-operated al-Jaouni school in central Gaza for a fifth time since …

13-09-2024 PYONGYANG: North Korea has fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast, according to South Korea and Japan. The launches took place at about 7:10am on Thursday (22:10 GMT, Wednesday), days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to put his nuclear force fully ready for battle …

13-09-2024 SINGAPORE CITY: Pope Francis, on a visit to Singapore, has warned of the negative effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on society and called for “fair” wages for migrant workers. The comments by the head of the Catholic Church came on Thursday as the high-tech city-state became his final stop …

12-09-2024 WASHINGTON: Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in a fiery debate their first of the 2024 US presidential election. They debated policy but personal attacks also dominated the 90 minute event. Harris said people leave Trump rallies early “out of exhaustion and boredom” he said people don’t go to …

12-09-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ GUWAHATI: Internet and mobile data services were suspended for five days and an indefinite curfew imposed in some parts of India’s northeastern state of Manipur on Tuesday after student protests over continuing ethnic strife turned violent. After a brief lull, fighting broke out …

12-09-2024 WARSAW/ BERLIN: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has denounced as “unacceptable” Germany’s decision to extend temporary controls to all its land borders as part of its response to irregular migration. He is one of several figures from neighboring countries to criticize the move. Restrictions already in place at some …

12-09-2024 BRAZZAVILLE: Medical staff on the front line of the battle against mpox in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have told media they are desperate for vaccines to arrive so they can stem the rate of new infections. At a treatment centre in South Kivu province that the media visited …