Kabul: As many as 150 Taliban and 30 civilians were killed in airstrikes by the US and Afghan forces on the militant group’s drug labs in western Afghanistan, officials said on Monday. The Sunday raids, which were aimed at choking the militant group’s revenue flow from illicit drugs, left 150 suspected Taliban dead, Efe news […]
Jerusalem: Gaza militants fired hundreds of rockets into southern Israel, killing at least four Israelis and bringing life to a standstill across the region in the bloodiest fighting since a 2014 war. As Israel pounded Gaza with airstrikes, the Palestinian death toll rose to 23, including two pregnant women and two babies. The bloodshed marked […]
Washington/Beijing: China’s top trade envoy is preparing to travel to the US for crucial talks, a senior Chinese official said Monday despite President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement, threatening to impose more punishing taxes on USD 200 billion worth of Chinese products due to slow progress in negotiations. The brief statement from Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng […]
Gaza City: Palestinian leaders in Gaza agreed to a ceasefire with Israel on Monday to end a deadly two-day escalation in violence that threatened to widen into a fourth war between them since 2008. An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the deal, but there appeared to have been no rocket fire or Israeli […]
Gaza/Jerusalem, May 5 (Xinhua): Two Palestinians were killed in Israeli overnight attacks in the conflicts between Israel and the Palestinian military factions for the third day in a row, medic sources said. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesman of Gaza Health Ministry, said in a press statement that Mahmoud Issa, 29, and Fawzi Bawadi, 24, were killed in […]
Dhaka: At least 14 people were killed and 63 others injured as severe cyclone Fani barrelled into Bangladesh on Saturday, a day after leaving a trail of destruction in neighboring India, media reports said on Saturday. Bangladesh authorities said that more than1.6 million people have been shifted to safer places as about 36 villages were […]
Colombo: Madrasas in Sri Lanka should be regulated by the Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs Ministry and not by the Education Ministry, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, days after the country’s worst terror attack killed over 250 people. Authorities are on high-alert in the country after nine suicide bombers carried out a series of […]
Gaza City: Three Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, were killed by Israeli military action in the Gaza Strip Friday, authorities in the enclave said, after Israel said two of its soldiers were wounded in a shooting on the border. One of the Palestinians was shot dead during clashes along the frontier while two Hamas fighters were […]
London: WikLeaks co-founder Julian Assange has been sentenced to 50 weeks in prison for breaching his bail conditions in the UK. Speaking on the steps of Southwark Crown Court on Wednesday, WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson said the sentence was an “outrage” and noted that it was “almost double the sentencing guideline”, said an Euronews report. […]
Srinagar: China is continuing to modernize its armed forces in order to transform its military into a major global power and using espionage to steal cutting edge technology for military purposes, according to a newly released Pentagon report on China’s military. “China uses a variety of methods to acquire foreign military and dual-use technologies, including […]
