Fire at Coptic church in Cairo kills 41, hurts 14: Officials
Cairo: A fire ripped through a packed church during morning services in Egypt’s capital on Sunday, killing at least 41 worshippers and injuring 14. The church quickly filled with thick black smoke, and witnesses said several trapped congregants jumped from upper floors to escape. “Suffocation, suffocation, all of them dead,” said a distraught witness, who […]
India’s generous and multi-faceted assistance to Sri Lanka heartening: Commonwealth Secretary General
New Delhi: India’s “generous” and “multi-faceted” assistance to Sri Lanka to help it deal with its unprecedented economic crisis is “heartening”, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland said here. In an interview to PTI, Scotland also talked about India’s prominent role in combating the global food crisis and said that the Commonwealth is working towards bringing about […]
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and able to talk
New York: Salman Rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and was able to talk, a day after the Mumbai-born author was stabbed, in what US authorities said was a “targeted, unprovoked, preplanned” attack. Rushdie, who faced Islamist death threats for years after writing “The Satanic Verses”, was stabbed by a 24-year-old New Jersey resident […]
US to take ‘calm & resolute’ steps to support Taiwan amidst China’s intimidation: White House
Washington: China’s actions to “intimidate and coerce” Taiwan following US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei are fundamentally at odds with the goal of peace and stability, the White House has said, asserting that the US would take “calm and resolute” steps to support the self-ruled island. China’s ruling Communist party has long claimed […]
Salman Rushdie on ventilator, likely to lose an eye; suspect in custody
New York: Salman Rushdie was on a ventilator with damaged liver and may lose an eye after the Mumbai-born controversial author was stabbed in the neck and abdomen by a man at a speaking event in New York state, sending shockwaves across the literary world which condemned the incident as an attack on freedom of […]
India expresses concern over reports of shelling near Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant
United Nations: India has expressed concern over reports of shelling near the spent fuel storage facility of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine that could have “potentially serious consequences” for the people and called for mutual restraint to ensure that safety and security of nuclear facilities in the war-torn country are not endangered. The […]
Militant’s death brings Gaza toll from latest fighting to 49
Gaza City: Palestinian mourners held a funeral Friday for a militant who succumbed to wounds suffered during three days of heavy fighting between Israel and Gaza militants last weekend. His death brings the total number of Palestinians killed in the flare-up to 49, including 17 children, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The body of Anas […]
China renews Taiwan threats, island cites ‘wishful thinking’
Beijing: China on Thursday renewed its threat to attack Taiwan following almost a week of war games near the island. Taiwan has called Beijing’s claims to the self-governing democracy “wishful thinking” and launched its own military exercises. Taiwan’s “collusion with external forces to seek independence and provocation will only accelerate their own demise and push […]
Death toll from weekend Israel-Gaza fighting rises to 47
Gaza City (Palestine): The death toll from last weekend’s fighting between Israel and Gaza militants has risen to 47, after a man died from wounds sustained during the violence, the Health Ministry in Gaza said on Thursday. Israeli aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group fired more than […]
‘Most regrettable’ that evidence-based proposals to blacklist world’s notorious terrorists being put on hold: India at UNSC
United Nations: Taking a dig at China, India has told a UN Security Council meeting chaired by Beijing that it was “most regrettable” that genuine and evidence-based proposals to blacklist some of the world’s “most notorious terrorists” are being placed on hold, saying such “double standards” are rendering credibility of the Council’s sanctions regime at […]
