14-04-2024 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM/ BEIRUT/ DAMASCUS: Iran has launched dozens of aerial drones and missiles at Israel, marking a widely anticipated reprisal attack. It is the first such direct clash between the two enemies, who have been engaged in a years-long shadow war, with Iran using proxy forces. The Israeli military …

15-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: In a campaign video clip, India’s ruling party credits Prime Minister Narendra Modi for halting the Russia-Ukraine war two years ago so the government could rescue and repatriate nearly 20,000 stranded Indian students. In the video, a young woman rushes to her middle-aged …

14-04-2024 BEIRUT: Hezbollah said it has fired “dozens of rockets” at Israeli artillery positions in response to the Israeli military’s strikes in southern Lebanon, in one of its largest assaults since the start of the war on Gaza. The Iran-aligned armed Lebanese group confirmed in a statement late on Friday …

14-04-2024 KHARTOUM: The woman with sad eyes and a quiet voice is just one of the millions of people living in camps for those forced to flee their homes in Sudan, where a civil war broke out a year ago between the army and an armed paramilitary group. The country …

14-04-2024 WASHINGTON: Vice-President Kamala Harris lambasted Donald Trump over abortion restrictions as she held a campaign rally in Tucson, Arizona on Friday. The state was pushed to the front of the US abortion battle this week after the state’s Supreme Court upheld an 1864 law banning almost all abortions. “Donald …

14-04-2024 CANBERRA: Australia’s foreign minister has suggested the country could recognize Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum towards peace. However, Hamas could have no role in its governance, Penny Wong said. Both Australia’s opposition and the Zionist Federation of Australia say such a move would be premature. Canberra has long said …

14-04-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden says he expects Iran to attack Israel “sooner than later”, as fears grow of Iranian retaliation over an air strike that killed top commanders early this month. Israel has not admitted attacking an Iranian consulate in Syria but is widely believed to have been …

14-04-2024 BERLIN: The German parliament has passed a law making it easier for citizens and residents to legally change gender. It’s also introducing hefty fines in specific circumstances for disclosing someone’s prior registered name or gender without consent. Previously, changing your registered gender required a doctor’s certificate and the approval …

14-04-2024 LONDON/ MOSCOW: The Russian justice ministry has labelled two prominent journalists BBC Russian correspondent Ilya Barabanov and science reporter Asya Kazantseva – as “foreign agents”. Barabanov has written extensively about Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Wagner mercenary group. The BBC condemned the ministry’s move against him. “The BBC …

13-04-2024 TEHRAN/ JERUSALEM: Iranian armed forces have seized a container ship near the Strait of Hormuz amid rising tensions across the region after a deadly Israeli attack on Iran’s consulate in Syria. The ship was commandeered by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite force that lost seven members, …