22-04-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI/ MANIPUR: India, staging the world’s biggest election, will rerun voting at 11 polling stations in the northeastern state of Manipur on Monday after reports of violence and damage to voting machines in the state torn by months of ethnic clashes. The election authorities …

22-04-2024 SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE: Thousands of people protested in Tenerife on Saturday, calling for the Spanish island to temporarily limit tourist arrivals to stem a boom in short-term holiday rentals and hotel construction that is driving up housing costs for locals. Holding placards reading “People live here” and “We …

22-04-2024 NEW DELHI: Elon Musk postponed a planned trip to India where he was to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, citing obligations at his Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab automaker and saying he aimed to reschedule the visit for later this year. “Unfortunately, very heavy Tesla obligations require that the …

22-04-2024 TEL AVIV/ JERUSALEM: Thousands of Israeli demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday to call for new elections and demand more action from the government to bring the hostages held in Gaza home, in the latest round of protests against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The protests have continued as …

22-04-2024 WASHINGTON: Shareholders of the International Monetary Fund agreed this week on the importance of addressing challenges faced by low-income countries, many of which are facing unsustainable debt burdens, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday. Multiple reports from the IMF and the World Bank this week sounded the …

22-04-2024 WEST BANK/ NUR SHAMS/ GAZA CITY: Israeli forces martyred dozens more Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was also dead as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said. Israeli forces …

22-04-2024 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN/ DUBAI: An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. The overall damage done to Nevatim air base in southern Israel was …

21-04-2024 GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN: By the time Donald Trump took to the stage for his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, some of his most ardent supporters had spent the night in their cars amid frigid temperatures to see the man they hope to once again elect as president. As Lee …

21-04-2024 LONDON/ ACCRA: The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is today’s Ghana on a six-year loan, Ghanaian negotiators have said. The artefacts, comprising 15 items from the British Museum and 17 from the Victoria …

21-04-2024 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh held talks in Istanbul on Saturday, Turkish media reported. The meeting at the Dolmabahce Palace started shortly after 2:30 pm, media reported. Erdogan has sought but failed to establish a foothold as a mediator in the Palestinian conflict …