Australian ports reopen after cyberattack

Major ports handling 40 percent of Australia's freight trade have reopened, operator DP World said Monday, three days after they were crippled by a cyberattack
13 November 2023, 05:16 AM

UN flags at half-mast for staff killed in Gaza

Flags flew at half-mast at United Nations compounds across Asia on Monday, as staff observed a minute's silence in memory of colleagues killed in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas conflict
13 November 2023, 04:58 AM

Gaza hospitals out of fuel, caught in Israel-Hamas fighting

Israeli troops waged fierce battles against Hamas on Sunday near Gaza's biggest hospital, where thousands were trapped and officials said a lack of fuel caused deaths of premature babies and critical patients
13 November 2023, 03:22 AM

Outcry grows as ‘situation dire’ in Gaza hospitals

Major hospitals remained cut off yesterday as Israel pressed on with its offensive in north Gaza where doctors said thousands of Palestinians were trapped in dire conditions.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Three Russian officers killed in Melitopol blast

Ukraine said yesterday a blast triggered by “local resistance movements” in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol the previous day killed Russian military officers at a headquarters of the occupation authorities.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Canada will always stand for rule of law

In his fresh remarks on the diplomatic face-off with India, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said that the world will become “more dangerous” for everyone “if bigger countries can violate international law without consequences”.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM

128 rescued off the coast of Libya

The Ocean Viking rescue vessel has picked up 128 stranded migrants in three operations off the coast of Libya, the Marseille-based SOS Mediterranee which runs the ship said on Saturday.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Israeli fighter jets pound Lebanon after Hezbollah attack

Israeli fighter jets pounded Hezbollah hideouts in southern Lebanon with air strikes yesterday, after an incoming anti-tank missile wounded Israeli civilians near the border, the army said.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Gaza’s post-war governance uncertain

Who will govern Gaza when Israel’s military offensive against Hamas ends? After five weeks of fighting, the answer remains shrouded in confusion.
12 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Titanic menu sells for £84,000 at UK auction

The menu, for a meal served on April 11, 1912, is decorated with a red White Star Line burgee but the original gilt lettering is no longer visible
12 November 2023, 15:24 PM

Gaza city hospitals cut off by Israel's war on Hamas

Three newborns now reported dead in Al Shifa Hospital
12 November 2023, 15:17 PM

Displaced Gazans live in dust, fear and hunger

"I don't even have a morsel of bread to feed my kids," said Umm Yaaqub. "Since six in the morning, I have been looking everywhere."
12 November 2023, 14:58 PM

Israel-Hamas battles create havoc in Gaza hospitals

Heavy fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas trapped thousands of people in Gaza's hospitals on Sunday, with medics and aid workers warning patients will die in the crippled facilities unless there is a pause in the battle.
12 November 2023, 06:15 AM

London police arrest over 120 as pro-Palestinian rally draws counter-protests

More than 300,000 pro-Palestinian demonstrators marched through central London on Saturday, with police arresting over 120 people as they sought to stop far-right counter-protesters from ambushing the main rally
12 November 2023, 05:36 AM

Israel says it's ready to evacuate babies from Gaza hospital as fighting rages

Israel's military said it was ready to evacuate babies from Gaza's largest hospital on Sunday, where Palestinian officials said two newborns died and dozens more were at risk after fuel ran out amid intense fighting in the area
12 November 2023, 05:34 AM

Netanyahu rules out role for current Palestinian Authority in post-war Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday ruled out a role for the current Palestinian Authority government in Gaza once the war between Israel and Hamas is over
12 November 2023, 03:23 AM

Arab and Muslim leaders demand immediate end to Gaza war

Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries called on Saturday for an immediate end to military operations in Gaza, rejecting Israel's justification of its actions against Palestinians as self-defence
12 November 2023, 03:08 AM

Gaza hospital turned into war zone

Two premature babies died due to power cuts at Gaza’s largest hospital, Physicians for Human Rights Israel said yesterday, citing doctors there, as fighting rages around the Al-Shifa complex.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Attenborough echidna spotted after six decades

An elusive echidna feared extinct after disappearing for six decades has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia, on an expedition.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM

Moscow targets Kyiv after long period of calm

A missile targeted Kyiv yesterday, ending nearly two months of relative calm in the Ukrainian capital, while frontline regions fended off waves of drone attacks overnight.
11 November 2023, 18:00 PM