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India to probe fire at Tata plant making components for Apple iPhones

The factory, for which Sunday was a weekly holiday, is unlikely to receive state permission to resume production by Monday, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter.
29 September 2024, 09:14 AM

Israel says killed another top Hezbollah official in Lebanon strike

Hezbollah has not yet commented on Kaouk's fate, but supporters have been posting mourning messages for him since Saturday.
29 September 2024, 08:54 AM

Israel strikes 'dozens' of Hezbollah targets in Lebanon after Nasrallah killing

The strikes targeted "buildings where weapons and military structures of the organisation were stored"
29 September 2024, 06:55 AM

UK Conservatives assemble to find a new leader and future direction

Kemi Badenoch, Robert Jenrick, James Cleverly and Tom Tugendhat will all make pitches from the stage in the main hall at the International Convention Centre in Britain's second-largest city.
29 September 2024, 04:43 AM

More than 60 dead from storm Helene as rescue, cleanup efforts grow

Helene slammed into Florida late Thursday as a Category 4 hurricane and surged north, gradually weakening but leaving a path of destruction.
29 September 2024, 03:59 AM

Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's penetration of Hezbollah

Nasrallah's killing in a command HQ on Friday came barely a week after Israel's deadly detonation of hundreds of booby-trapped pagers and radios. It was the culmination of a rapid succession of strikes that have eliminated half of Hezbollah's leadership council and decimated its top military command.
29 September 2024, 03:49 AM

101 dead in Nepal floods after relentless monsoon rains

The Kathmandu valley recorded 240 millimetres (9.4 inches) of rain in the 24 hours to Saturday morning, the country's weather bureau told the Kathmandu Post newspaper.
29 September 2024, 03:42 AM

World’s first 3D-printed hotel takes shape in Texas

It looks like any other 3D printer - except it’s the size of a crane and is, layer by layer, building a hotel in the Texan desert.
28 September 2024, 18:09 PM

Who is Nasrallah?

Slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah, whose death was confirmed yesterday by his Iran-backed movement, wielded great power in Lebanon but led a life in hiding to avoid assassination by his group’s arch-enemy, Israel. 
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Khamenei moved to a secure location

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been transferred to a secure location inside the country with heightened security measures in place, two regional officials briefed by Tehran told Reuters. 
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel kills Hezbollah chief

Israel killed Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in a powerful airstrike in Beirut, dealing a huge blow to the Iran-backed group as it reels from an escalating campaign of Israeli attacks.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Storm Helene death toll hits 47

Authorities across a wide swath of the southeastern United States yesterday faced the daunting task of cleaning up from Hurricane Helene, one of the most powerful to hit the country, as the death toll continued to rise.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

At least 9 die as boat sinks off Spanish island

At least nine migrants died and 48 are missing after their boat capsized early yesterday near the Spanish island of El Hierro, rescue services said, in what threatens to be the deadliest such incident in 30 years of such crossings to the Canary Islands.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Russian strike on Ukraine hospital kill 9

Russian forces hit a medical center in Sumy in northeastern Ukraine yesterday morning then struck again as the building was being evacuated, killing nine people and injuring 20 others, Ukrainian officials said.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Harris to fix ‘broken’ immigration system

Kamala Harris pledged Friday she would tighten the border and fix America’s broken immigration system on her first visit to the US-Mexico frontier as a presidential candidate.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

12 dead in air strikes on pro-Iranian fighters in Syria

Twelve pro-Iranian fighters have been killed in air strikes of unknown origin in eastern Syria, a war monitor said yesterday, adding that a large number of people were wounded.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Blinken questions China’s sincerity

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday questioned China’s sincerity in seeking peace in Ukraine as he directly pressed his counterpart over exports that boost Russia’s military.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Gunmen kill 7 in southwest Pakistan

Gunmen killed seven workers in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan late on Saturday, police said.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Israel to press Lebanon offensive until ‘objectives’ met

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed at the UN to press his country’s offensive against Lebanon’s Hezbollah, dashing hopes for a 21-day truce proposed by France and the United States this week.
28 September 2024, 18:00 PM

Shooting leaves 17 dead in eastern South Africa

South African police said Saturday they were launching a manhunt after 17 people were shot dead in a town in the east of the country
28 September 2024, 17:20 PM