04-08-2024 TEHRAN: The IRGC-affiliated media has vehemently rejected a report by the New York Times regarding the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, which claimed he was killed by an explosive device hidden in his room two months before the hit. “These lies are being propagated while the results of …
Read More »Trump agrees to debate with VP Kamala Harris
04-08-2024 WASHINGTON: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he will debate Democratic U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Fox News on Sept. 4, in a post on Truth Social late on Friday, though the Harris campaign did not confirm the event. “Rules will be similar to the rules of my …
Read More »Plea deal with accused 9/11 plotters revoked
04-08-2024 GUANTANAMO BAY: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked a pre-trial agreement reached with men accused of plotting the 11 September 2001 attacks. In a memo on Friday, Austin also said he was revoking the authority of the officer overseeing the military court who signed the agreement on Wednesday. …
Read More »US to send jets and warships as Iran threatens Israel
04-08-2024 WASHINGTON: The US will deploy additional warships and fighter jets to the Middle East to help defend Israel from possible attacks by Iran and its proxies, the Pentagon said. Tensions remain high in the region over the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and a key commander …
Read More »Dozens of children killed in Bangladesh protests: UNICEF
04-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS: At least 32 children have died during student protests that engulfed Bangladesh last month, the UN’s children’s agency has said. The youngest child killed had yet to turn five years old, a UNICEF spokesperson said, adding that most of those who died were bystanders. They were among …
Read More »IDF failures led to aid workers’ deaths: Australia
03-08-2024 CANBERRA: An Australian government review has found that “serious failures” by the Israeli military led to drone strikes on an aid convoy that killed seven workers in Gaza. The strike on 1 April killed charity workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK) from Australia, Canada, Poland, the UK and …
Read More »Killing of Hamas leader ‘doesn’t help’ ceasefire talks: Biden
03-08-2024 WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has said that the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh “doesn’t help” talks over a potential ceasefire in Gaza. Haniyeh was killed during a visit to Iran’s capital, Tehran, on Wednesday. Iran and its allies have blamed Israel, although Israel is yet to comment …
Read More »North Korea wants to restart nuclear talks if Trump wins
03-08-2024 PYONGYANG: North Korea wants to reopen nuclear talks with the United States if Donald Trump is re-elected as president and is working to devise a new negotiating strategy, a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea told Reuters. The escape of Ri Il Gyu from Cuba …
Read More »Rain in India kills dozens, hundreds missing
03-08-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: Emergency workers rescued nearly 1,000 people who were stranded in different parts of the Himalayas following torrential rainfall in northern India, which caused widespread damage and left at least 12 people dead, officials said on Thursday. The capital Delhi received intense rainfall late …
Read More »UN fears all-out war after Haniyeh killing in Iran
03-08-2024 UNITED NATIONS: Countries of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have condemned the assassination of Hamas’s political chief Ismail Haniyeh in Iran and called for stepped-up diplomatic efforts to prevent an all-out war in the Middle East. The UNSC’s emergency meeting on Wednesday came as Iran and Hamas, the …
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