12 Palestinians killed and 25 wounded in Israel’s 2-day West Bank operation
Jerusalem: The Israeli military said Thursday it has completed a two-day operation in the occupied West Bank that the Palestinian Health Ministry says killed 12 Palestinians and wounded 25. Rippling tensions from the Israel-Hamas war were also felt in the Red Sea, where a missile splashed down in the water near the crucial Bab el-Mandeb […]
Missile splashes into the Red Sea, causing no damage in latest suspected Yemen Houthi rebel attack
Dubai: A missile splashed down in the waters of the Red Sea on Thursday, but caused no damage to a passing commercial vessel in an attack likely carried out by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said. The Houthis did not immediately claim the attack, though it can take hours or even days for them to acknowledge […]
Czech Constitutional Court rejects Indian national Nikhil Gupta’s petition against US extradition in Pannun case
London: The Czech Constitutional Court has rejected a petition by Indian national Nikhil Gupta, detained in a prison in Prague, against his extradition to the US to face murder-for-hire charges in an alleged assassination attempt on a Khalistani extremist on American soil. Gupta, 52, was charged by US federal prosecutors in an indictment unsealed in […]
UN will vote on commemorating the 1995 Srebrenica genocide annually — which Serbs vehemently oppose
United Nations: The UN is scheduled to vote on Thursday on establishing an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide of more than 8,000 Bosnian Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, a prospect that has sparked vehement opposition from Serbs who fear it will brand them all as “genocidal” supporters of the mass killing. The General Assembly […]
Norway, Ireland and Spain say they are recognizing a Palestinian state, deepening Israel’s isolation
Tel Aviv (Israel): Norway, Ireland and Spain said on Wednesday they are recognizing a Palestinian state, in a historic but largely symbolic move that deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza. The announcements came as the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is seeking arrest […]
Iran’s supreme leader prays for late president and others killed in helicopter crash
Dubai: Iran’s supreme leader prayed Wednesday over the coffins of the country’s late president, foreign minister and other officials who were killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. Later, hundreds of thousands of people followed a procession honouring the dead down Tehran’s main boulevard. Iran’s Shiite theocracy views mass demonstrations as crucial evidence of […]
Four Indians accused of killing Khalistan separatist Nijjar appear before Canadian court
Ottawa: Four Indian nationals accused of killing Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar last year in Surrey were ordered by a Canadian court to have no contact with several people in the community, as they made their first joint appearance before it in the case that has severely strained ties between India and Canada. Three of […]
Israel tries to contain the fallout after some allies support ICC prosecutor’s request for warrants
Jerusalem: Israel sought Tuesday to contain the fallout from a request by the chief prosecutor of the world’s top war crimes court for arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, a move supported by three European countries, including key ally France. Belgium, Slovenia and France each said Monday they backed the decision by International Criminal […]
US unable to assist in probing Iranian President Raisi’s chopper crash due to ‘logistical reasons’: State Dept
Washington: The Iranian government has requested the US to assist in probing the deadly helicopter crash that killed President Ebrahim Raisi, his foreign minister, and six others but Washington won’t assist Tehran largely due to “logistical reasons”, according to a senior American diplomat. Raisi, 63, a possible successor for Iran’s supreme leader, the 85-year-old Ayatollah […]
EU seals deal on using profits from frozen Russian assets to help arm Ukraine
Brussels: European Union countries announced on Tuesday that they have reached an agreement to use the profits earned from frozen Russian assets to provide military support to Ukraine and help rebuild the war-torn country. The 27-nation EU is holding around 210 billion euros ($225 billion) in Russian central bank assets, most of it frozen in […]
