Russia proposes UN resolution on banning weapons in space, after vetoing similar UN-Japan draft
United Nations: Russia has circulated a UN resolution calling on all countries to take urgent action to prevent putting weapons in outer space “for all time” a week after it vetoed a US-Japan resolution to stop an arms race in space. The Russian draft resolution, obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press, goes further than the […]
It would take until 2040 to repair all homes destroyed so far in Gaza, UN report says
Jerusalem: If the Israel-Hamas war stopped today, it would still take until 2040 to rebuild all the homes that have been destroyed in nearly seven months of Israel’s bombardment and ground offensives in the territory, according to United Nations estimates released Thursday. The United States has pressured Israel to increase aid deliveries during the war, […]
Death toll in China highway collapse jumps to 48
Beijing: The death toll in the collapse of a section of a mountainside expressway in China’s Guangdong province doubled to 48 on Thursday, the official media reported, as more than 20 vehicles tumbled down a slope. The disaster involving a large number of vehicles was caused on Wednesday by a landslide at the Chayang section […]
Blinken urges Israel and Hamas to move ahead with a cease-fire deal and says “the time is now”
Tel Aviv (Israel): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was meeting with Israeli leaders on Wednesday in his push for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas, saying “the time is now” for an agreement that would free hostages and bring a pause in the nearly seven months of war in Gaza. He said Hamas […]
Police clear pro-Palestinian protesters from Columbia University while clashes break out at UCLA
New York, May 1 (AP) Duelling groups of protesters clashed on Wednesday at the University of California, Los Angeles, grappling in fistfights and shoving, kicking and using sticks to beat one another. Hours earlier, police carrying riot shields burst into a building at Columbia University that pro-Palestinian protesters took over and broke up a demonstration […]
24 killed in highway collapse in China
Beijing: At least 24 people were killed when a section of a highway collapsed early Wednesday, the start of a five-day long Labour Day holiday, in China’s rain hit Guangdong province. The cave-in occurred at around 2am in Dabu County of Guangdong’s northern Meizhou City. Nearly 18 metres of the mountainous highway crumbled into the […]
Netanyahu vows to invade Rafah ‘with or without a deal’ as cease-fire talks with Hamas continue
Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged Tuesday to launch an incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are sheltering from the 7-month-long war. Netanyahu said Israel would enter Rafah to destroy Hamas’ battalions there “with or without a deal.” Israel and Hamas are negotiating a cease-fire […]
Protesters take over Columbia University’s Hamilton Hall in escalation of anti-war demonstrations
New York: Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday, barricading the entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag out of a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war that have spread to college campuses nationwide. Video footage showed protesters on Columbia’s Manhattan campus locking […]
Unwarranted, unsubstantiated imputations: India on Washington Post report on Pannun case
New Delhi: A day after The Washington Post named an Indian official for allegedly plotting to assassinate Sikh extremist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, India on Tuesday said the report made “unwarranted and unsubstantiated” imputations on a serious matter and that investigation into the case was underway. The newspaper, citing unnamed sources, named a Research and Analysis […]
Israeli airstrikes on Rafah kill at least 22 people, Palestinian health officials say
Jerusalem: Israeli airstrikes on the southern Gaza city of Rafah have killed at least 22 people, including six women and five children, Palestinian health officials said. One of the children killed in the strikes overnight into Monday was just 5 days old. Israel has regularly carried out airstrikes on Rafah since the start of the […]
