Hezbollah aims to inflict pain on Israel

Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Naim Qassem said yesterday his group has adopted “a new calculation” to inflict pain on Israel, even as he called for a ceasefire.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Two TV channels stop showing living things

At least two TV channels in a northern Afghan province stopped showing images of living beings during their broadcasts, journalists told AFP yesterday, in line with orders from morality police.
15 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel kills at least 40 in Gaza, tanks deepen raid in the north

The operation has raised concerns among Palestinians and U.N. agencies that Israel wants to clear residents from the north of the crowded enclave, a charge it has denied.
15 October 2024, 08:40 AM

Israel strikes Lebanon after Netanyahu vows no mercy for Hezbollah

Hezbollah said its "fighters clashed with" Israeli troops Tuesday who were trying to infiltrate on the outskirts of Rab Tlatin village.
15 October 2024, 04:46 AM

North Korea blows up roads connecting it to the South

The roads and railways have long been shuttered, but destroying them sends a clear message that Kim is not prepared to negotiate with the South, experts said.
15 October 2024, 04:28 AM

Trudeau slams India as tensions soar over Sikh separatist's murder

A grave Trudeau branded New Delhi's actions as "unacceptable" during a press conference in Ottawa on the diplomatic expulsions, which saw tensions reach a new height after the 2023 murder of Canadian citizen Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
15 October 2024, 04:16 AM

IMF says global public debt to top $100 trillion, growth may accelerate

Released a week before the IMF and World Bank hold annual meetings in Washington, the Fiscal Monitor said there are good reasons to believe future debt levels could be well higher than currently projected, including a desire to spend more in the US, the world's largest economy.
15 October 2024, 04:02 AM

Cuban president leads pro-Palestinian march in Havana

Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island, marched in Havana on Monday to express solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza
15 October 2024, 04:02 AM

After recalling envoy, India expels 6 Canadian diplomats

India today expelled six senior Canadian diplomats after announcing its decision to withdraw its High Commissioner Sanjay Kumar Verma and other "targeted" diplomats and officials in Canada
14 October 2024, 19:35 PM

Nasa launches probe to Europa in search for life

Nasa yesterday launched a spacecraft from Florida on a mission to examine whether Jupiter’s moon Europa has conditions suitable to support life, with a focus on the large subsurface ocean believed to be lurking beneath its thick outer shell of ice.
14 October 2024, 19:00 PM

Trump pledges 10,000 extra border agents

Donald Trump pledged on Sunday evening to hire an extra 10,000 border patrol agents if he is reelected as president, as he intensifies his attacks on Kamala Harris on the issue of immigration.
14 October 2024, 18:42 PM

Hezbollah fires rockets at Israeli targets

Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli naval base yesterday, a day after a drone strike killed four soldiers in the deadliest attack on Israel since the war in Lebanon began.
14 October 2024, 18:41 PM

Taliban vow to enforce media ban

Afghanistan’s Taliban morality ministry yesterday pledged to implement a law banning news media from publishing images of all living things, with journalists told the rule will be gradually enforced.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel steps up military pressure in north Gaza

Palestinian medics said yesterday that at least 10 people were killed and 30 injured by Israeli tank shells that hit a food distribution centre in northern Gaza’s Jabalia, with casualties including women and children.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Ukraine destroys army transport plane in Russia

Kyiv said yesterday its forces had destroyed a Russian military transport plane stationed at an airfield deep inside Russian territory over the weekend, the latest Ukrainian claim of an attack behind Moscow’s lines.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

China ends day of ‘warning’ drills around Taiwan

China ended a day of military drills around Taiwan yesterday in which it deployed fighter jets and warships in what Beijing said was a “stern warning” to “separatist” forces on the self-ruled island.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Pak capital in lockdown ahead of SCO summit

Pakistan’s capital was under strict security lockdown as Chinese Premier Li Qiang landed in the city yesterday ahead of a heads-of-government gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation this week.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

India to recall top envoy to Canada

India said yesterday it was withdrawing its envoy to Canada because Ottawa was investigating him and other diplomats as “persons of interest”, after the killing last year of a Sikh separatist leader.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

US deploying anti-missile system, troops to Israel

The Pentagon said Sunday it will deploy a high-altitude anti-missile system and its US military crew to Israel to help the ally protect itself from potential Iranian missile attacks.
14 October 2024, 18:00 PM

India withdraws high commissioner, diplomats from Canada

'We have no faith in the current Canadian government's commitment to ensure their security. Therefore, the government of India has decided to withdraw the High Commissioner and other targeted diplomats and officials,' says the Indian Ministry of External Affairs
14 October 2024, 14:52 PM