International

04-01-2024 BEIRUT: Senior Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri has been martyred in an Israeli drone strike on Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, the Palestinian group and Lebanese media outlets say. Al-Arouri was killed on Tuesday in a “treacherous Zionist strike”, Hamas said on its official channel. Hamas politburo member Izzat al-Sharq …

04-01-2024 TOKYO: At least 48 people have been reported dead after a massive earthquake hit the coast of central Japan on New Year’s Day. Authorities raised the death toll on Tuesday afternoon. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has warned that the damage is “widespread,” and with rescue teams struggling to access …

04-01-2024 WASHINGTON/ JERUSALEM/ GAZA CITY: Rights advocates in the United States are urging President Joe Biden to end his administration’s “complicity” in Israeli rights abuses after key members of Israel’s government backed the idea of pushing Palestinians out of Gaza. Far-right Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich said this …

03-01-2024 TEHRAN: State media in Iran says the death toll from twin blasts near the grave of slain Revolutionary Guards general Qasem Soleimani has risen to 103 people, after some who were injured died of their wounds. The official IRNA news agency also says that 141 people were wounded in …

03-01-2024 GAZA CITY: Shelling and missile strikes continued into Tuesday and its impact was felt across the Gaza Strip. Nearly three months of Israeli occupation aggression have claimed almost 22,000 lives in Gaza and devastated much of the infrastructures in the country. On Monday night into Tuesday morning, eyewitnesses reported …

03-01-2024 SEOL: South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck Tuesday during a visit to the southern city of Busan to tour the site of a proposed airport, according to party and fire officials. After receiving emergency treatment and CT scans, Lee was airlifted from …

03-01-2024 JERUSALEM: The Israeli military has said it expects the conflict in Gaza to continue throughout 2024. In a new year’s message, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman said troop deployments were being adjusted to prepare for “prolonged fighting”. Daniel Hagari said some troops especially reservists would be withdrawn to …

03-01-2024 DHAKA: A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labor laws. Prof Yunus’ supporters say the case is politically motivated. The acclaimed economist and three colleagues from Grameen Telecom – one of the firms he founded were …

03-01-2024 ADDIS ABABA: Ethiopia has taken the first legal steps on a path that could one day enable the landlocked country to gain access to the sea, its government says. It has signed what is known as a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the self-declared republic of Somaliland to use …

03-01-2024 JERUSALEM: Israel’s Supreme Court has struck down a controversial judicial reform that triggered nationwide protests last year against the Netanyahu government. The change would have limited the power of the Supreme Court in overturning laws it deemed unconstitutional. Critics say it would have severely undermined the country’s democracy by …