Adani team seeks new investment opportunities, dues

Representatives of Adani Group met Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali at the secretariat yesterday and discussed new investment opportunities in Bangladesh
30 May 2024, 05:31 AM

Xi promises fairness, justice to Arabs in solving hot spot issues

China wants to work with Arab nations to resolve hot spot issues in ways conducive to upholding fairness, justice and achieving long-term peace and stability, President Xi Jinping said in a speech today that also highlighted the Gaza crisis
30 May 2024, 05:18 AM

Car ramming attack kills two Israeli soldiers in West Bank: army

A car ramming attack killed two Israeli soldiers near the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, the Israeli army said early Thursday
30 May 2024, 04:21 AM

Myanmar's ethnic armies consolidate strongholds as junta weakens, reports say

Myanmar's ruling junta has lost control over vast tracts of territory, including access to much of its international borders, allowing ethnic armed groups to expand and consolidate regions under their control, two reports assessing the conflict said on Thursday
30 May 2024, 03:35 AM

Trump trial jurors finish first day of deliberations without a verdict

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial finished their first day of closed-door deliberations on Wednesday without reaching a verdict that would decide the fate of the only US president to be charged with a crime
30 May 2024, 02:04 AM

Jurors deciding Trump's fate at criminal trial request transcripts

Jurors in Donald Trump's hush money trial asked for transcripts of some witness testimony on Wednesday as they weighed the fate of the first US president to be charged with a crime
29 May 2024, 20:23 PM

Nine killed in series of missile attacks: Ukraine

Ukraine yesterday reported nine people had been killed in four regions of the war-battered country, as Russia presses gains on the front line where Kyiv’s troops are struggling.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

UK police arrest 40 people after pro-Gaza rally

UK police yesterday said that 40 people had been arrested and three officers injured after protesters refused to disperse following a demonstration in London over Israel’s latest offensive in Gaza.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

S Africa votes with ANC dominance under threat

South Africa’s ruling ANC was fighting yesterday to defy expectations that it could lose its three-decade-long exclusive grip on power, as voters turned out for a watershed general election.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Delhi temp hits highest ever in India

Temperatures in India’s capital soared to a national record-high of 52.3 degrees Celsius yesterday, figures from the government’s weather bureau showed, as it warned of dangerous heat levels in the megacity.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

UP holding the key to PM Modi’s re-election

All eyes are on the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP), as India votes to elect a new government. Spread over an area roughly the size of Britain, the state packs in nearly four times as many people.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Biden’s blurred red lines under scrutiny

Joe Biden’s red lines over Israel’s assault on Rafah have kept shifting, but the US president faces growing pressure to take a firmer stance after a deadly strike in the southern Gaza city.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Take united action over Israel’s offensive in Gaza

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday hit out at the United Nations and called on the “Islamic world” to take united action following the latest Israeli strikes on Gaza.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Japanese researchers build world’s first wooden satellite

The world’s first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Yemen’s Houthis target six ships in three seas

Yemen’s Houthis targeted six ships in three different seas, including the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Laax that was damaged after reporting a Houthi missile attack off the coast of Yemen, the Iran-backed group said yesterday.
29 May 2024, 18:00 PM

Iran's Khamenei seeks trusted hardliner to replace Raisi in June vote

Iran fires the starting gun this week on an election to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, whose death in a helicopter crash could complicate efforts by the authorities to manage a task of even greater consequence - the succession to the supreme leader
29 May 2024, 16:34 PM

Nikki Haley writes 'finish them' on Israeli shell: lawmaker

Former US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley has been photographed writing "Finish Them" on an Israeli shell as she toured sites near the northern border with Lebanon
29 May 2024, 16:26 PM

Taiwan to work with US to face 'authoritarian expansionism': President Lai

President Lai Ching-te told visiting US lawmakers today that Taiwan would work with the United States to counter "authoritarian expansionism", days after China staged major military drills around the self-ruled island
29 May 2024, 16:08 PM

Pakistan bus crash kills at least 27 people: hospital

At least 27 people were killed on Wednesday when a bus plunged off the road into a deep ravine in southwestern Pakistan, hospital and government officials said
29 May 2024, 06:55 AM

World's first wooden satellite built by Japan researchers

The world's first wooden satellite has been built by Japanese researchers who said their tiny cuboid craft will be blasted off on a SpaceX rocket in September
29 May 2024, 05:47 AM