Canada alleges Amit Shah behind plot to target Sikh separatists

The Indian government has dismissed Canada's prior accusations as baseless, denying any involvement.
30 October 2024, 06:05 AM

Biden faces backlash for calling Trump supporters 'garbage'

US President Joe Biden came under fire Tuesday for appearing to refer to Republican Donald Trump's supporters as "garbage" during an election campaign call
30 October 2024, 05:18 AM

Conspiracy theories and threats: the new reality in US elections

Never mind that in 2020 the Republican got 82 percent of the votes cast in Esmeralda County -- whose 700-or-so people make it one of the least populated in the United States.
30 October 2024, 04:57 AM

Canada must investigate Indigenous children disappearances: report

An estimated 150,000 children were sent to the schools between 1831 and 1996. Many of them did not return.
30 October 2024, 04:44 AM

'Worst fear': Trump, US Capitol riot loom over Harris rally

Harris's closing argument to voters took place on the same spot where Donald Trump gave a fiery speech on January 6, 2021 to his backers, who then rioted at the Capitol building to try to undo President Joe Biden's election win.
30 October 2024, 04:26 AM

Gulf states condemn Israel's UNRWA ban

Israel's parliament on Monday overwhelmingly voted to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNRWA, from working in Israel and annexed east Jerusalem.
30 October 2024, 03:40 AM

Israel army chief vows to hit Iran 'very hard' if it retaliates

Addressing military personnel who took part in the weekend strike, Halevi said that certain targets had been set aside "because we may be required to do this again".
30 October 2024, 03:35 AM

Indian army kills 3 rebels in J&K

Indian troops shot dead three suspected rebels in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) hours after gunmen sprayed a military convoy and an ambulance with bullets, the army said yesterday.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli strike kills 93 in north Gaza town

At least 93 Palestinians were killed and missing and dozens wounded in an Israeli strike on a residential building in the northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya yesterday, the Gaza health ministry said.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

For many, economy is personal and they blame Democrats

Tiesha Blackwell, 24, voted for Joe Biden in 2020 but says she is casting her ballot for Republican former president Donald Trump this year, and high food and housing prices are a chief reason.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Canada, UK, EU slap new sanctions on Myanmar

The EU, UK, and Canada yesterday announced fresh sanctions targeting the Myanmar junta’s access to “military materiel, equipment and funds”.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Russia takes two Ukrainian towns

Russia said yesterday it had taken two eastern Ukrainian towns and open-source data indicated that Moscow’s forces were advancing at their fastest pace in at least a year amid signs the conflict is drawing in new players such as North Korea.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Houthis target 3 ships in Red Sea, Arabian Sea

Yemen’s Houthis said on Monday that they targeted three ships in the Red Sea and Arabian Sea, attacks they called part of their efforts to enforce a naval blockade on Israel.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

60 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley

Israeli strikes on Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley overnight killed more than 60 people across a dozen towns, the district governor said yesterday, the deadliest day yet in the area in more than a year of hostilities.
29 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Sexual violence on 'staggering' scale in Sudan civil war: UN probe

Children are not spared the abuse, while women and girls are being abducted for sexual slavery, the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan says in a new report x
29 October 2024, 10:14 AM

Ballot boxes burnt in US's Washington, Oregon; police suspect arson

Two separate blazes erupted Monday in Portland, Oregon, damaging three ballots, and Vancouver, Washington, destroying hundreds
29 October 2024, 09:25 AM

Hezbollah elects Naim Qassem to succeed slain head Nasrallah

Since Nasrallah's killing, Qassem has given three televised addresses, including one on Oct. 8 in which he said the armed group supported efforts to reach a ceasefire for Lebanon
29 October 2024, 09:13 AM

Indian forces kill 3 militants in 27-hour clash near Jammu border

Indian security forces today killed two militants in a forest near a village in the Akhnoor area of Jammu and Kashmir, bringing the total number of militants killed in the 27-hour gun battle near the disputed Pakistan border to three, officials said.
29 October 2024, 08:43 AM

Outcry as Israel bans main UN Palestinian aid agency

Despite objections from the United States and warnings from the UN Security Council, Israeli lawmakers overwhelmingly passed the bill banning the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, from working in Israel and occupied east Jerusalem.
29 October 2024, 05:55 AM

Over 150 injured in firecracker explosions at Kerala temple

More than 150 people were injured, including eight critically, as firecrackers exploded at a religious festival in a temple of India's Kerala late last night, according to police.
29 October 2024, 05:40 AM