Israel army says top Islamic Jihad commander killed in West Bank

Israel's army said Friday it had killed Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad's top commander for the Nur Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank.
11 October 2024, 05:14 AM

Israel strikes central Beirut, killing 22

An Israeli air strike killed at least 22 people in central Beirut on Thursday as Israeli ground troops in Lebanon were accused of firing on the UN's peacekeeping headquarters, injuring two Blue Helmets.
11 October 2024, 05:08 AM

28 killed in Israeli strike on Gaza school

An Israeli airstrike on a school sheltering displaced people in central Gaza killed at least 28 people, including women and children, yesterday, while three hospitals in the north were told to evacuate putting patients’ lives at risk, medics say.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Overshooting 1.5C risks ‘irreversible’ climate impact

Any breach of what climate scientists agree is the safer limit on global warming would result in “irreversible consequences” for the planet, said a major academic study published on Wednesday.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Trump vows to unleash American energy

White House hopeful Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed during a pair of speeches in crucial battleground Pennsylvania to unleash American energy and “drill, baby, drill” as he misrepresented America’s blockbuster record on fossil fuel production.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Israeli troops fire at 3 UNIFIL positions

Israeli troops opened fire at three positions held by UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon yesterday, said a UN source, adding that one of the locations fired at was UNIFIL’s main base at Naqoura.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

India prepares to build two nuke-powered attack subs

India approved on Wednesday plans to construct two of a new class of nuclear-powered attack submarines, two defence officials said, in a project estimated to cost about 450 billion rupees.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Myanmar peace efforts ‘substantially inadequate’

Southeast Asian leaders yesterday condemned Myanmar’s efforts to implement a plan to end the country’s civil war as “substantially inadequate”, according to a draft summit statement seen by AFP.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Hurricane Milton batters Florida

Hurricane Milton marched across Florida yesterday, whipping up tornadoes, destroying homes and knocking out power to millions before blowing out into the Atlantic.
10 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Monster Hurricane Milton makes landfall, walloping coast of Florida

Hurricane Milton crashed into the Florida coast Wednesday, packing furious winds and triggering life-threatening storm surges across a region still reeling from another massive storm two weeks before
10 October 2024, 04:59 AM

Biden, Netanyahu had 'productive' talks: White House

US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris held "productive" talks Wednesday with Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu about Israel's response to last week's missile attack by Iran, the White House said
9 October 2024, 19:23 PM

Hezbollah pushes Israeli troops back

Hezbollah said yesterday its fighters had pushed back advancing Israeli troops in clashes along the length of the border, a day after Israel said it had killed two successors to the Lebanese movement’s slain leader.
9 October 2024, 18:32 PM

Work on proteins: Nobel chemistry prize goes to trio

US Scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry yesterday for work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones, yielding advances in areas such as drug development.
9 October 2024, 18:20 PM

Soldier killed after abduction in India’s J&K

A soldier was abducted by suspected militants and killed in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), police said yesterday, hours after results were announced for the disputed region’s first local elections in a decade.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Japan’s new PM dissolves House for snap polls

New Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba yesterday dissolved parliament ahead of October 27 snap polls, banking on his honeymoon popularity and a fragmented opposition to lead his scandal-tainted party to victory.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Take ‘concrete action’ to stop bloodshed

Southeast Asian leaders pressed Myanmar’s junta and its opponents yesterday to take “concrete action” to stop the bloodshed in the country’s civil war and sought to kick-start faltering diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Harris holds slight edge nationally over Trump: poll

Kamala Harris has taken a slim lead over Donald Trump in their bitterly contested US presidential race, according to a new poll released Tuesday which shows the Democrat gaining support among Republican voters.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Hurricane Milton upgrades to Category 5 storm

Hurricane Milton tore towards Florida’s Gulf Coast yesterday, leaving residents with one final day to evacuate or hunker down before the “catastrophic” Category 5 storm is predicted to hit, triggering a life-threatening storm surge.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

400,000 trapped in northern Gaza

An Israeli military operation in northern Gaza is leaving at least 400,000 Palestinians trapped in the area, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said yesterday.
9 October 2024, 18:00 PM

Turkish Airlines pilot dies mid-flight, forcing emergency landing

A Turkish Airlines pilot died after collapsing mid-flight, forcing the Turkish national carrier to make an emergency landing in New York, the airline said on Wednesday
9 October 2024, 12:57 PM