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Small plane crashes into US mobile home park, several dead 02 Feb 2024 - 10:06 am

Miami: A small plane crashed into a mobile home park in the southeastern US state of Florida on Thursday killing several people, local...

LIVE UPDATES: UNRWA warns funding suspension may force shutdown in operations 02 Feb 2024 - 09:39 am

Doha, Qatar: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced that it may have to...

UNRWA's Middle East Humanitarian operations in peril amid funding suspension 02 Feb 2024 - 09:02 am

Gaza: The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) announced that it may have to stop...

UN experts decry killing, silencing of journalists in Gaza 02 Feb 2024 - 08:46 am

Geneva: UN rights experts voiced alarm yesterday at soaring numbers of journalists killed in the Gaza war, decrying an apparent “deliberate” Israeli strategy...

Biden imposes sanctions over 'intolerable' Israeli settler violence 01 Feb 2024 - 11:19 pm

Washington: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on four Israeli settlers as President Joe Biden said violence against Palestinian civilians in the...

US approves $4 billion drone deal for India 01 Feb 2024 - 10:51 pm

Washington: The United States on Thursday approved a $4 billion sale of state-of-the-art drones to India, offering a new edge to the growing...

US defense chief apologizes for secrecy over cancer 01 Feb 2024 - 09:21 pm

Washington: US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin apologized on Thursday for concealing his prostate cancer diagnosis and hospitalization from President Joe Biden, the...

Indian police released a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after 8 months in bird lockup 01 Feb 2024 - 04:11 pm

New Delhi: Indian police cleared a suspected Chinese spy pigeon after eight months' detention and released it into the wild Tuesday, news agency...

UK police manhunt after 'corrosive substance' attack on family 01 Feb 2024 - 03:11 pm

London: UK police were on Thursday hunting a suspect who attacked a woman and her two young daughters with a corrosive substance on...

Tens of thousands grounded in German airport security staff strike 01 Feb 2024 - 03:04 pm

Frankfurt, Germany: Tens of thousands of passengers were grounded on Thursday as airport security staff across Germany staged a walkout, the latest industrial...

Two dead, at least five hurt in Philippine fireworks factory blast 01 Feb 2024 - 02:13 pm

Manila: A firecracker factory blew up near the Philippine capital on Thursday, killing two people and leaving at least five others with serious...

Sri Lanka price hike after tax rises for IMF bailout 01 Feb 2024 - 11:20 am

Colombo: Prices spiked more than six percent in Sri Lanka last month after it hiked taxes in line with IMF conditions to maintain...

Japanese airliners 'clip wings', no injuries 01 Feb 2024 - 10:54 am

Tokyo: The wing tips of two passenger jets "scratched" each other at a Japanese airport on Thursday morning, an airport operator said, with...

Biden will visit Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment nearly a year ago 31 Jan 2024 - 07:56 pm

Washington:President Joe Biden will visit the eastern Ohio community that was devastated by a fiery train derailment in February 2023 that displaced thousands...

First human receives implant from Neuralink, says Elon Musk 31 Jan 2024 - 01:04 pm

New York: According to Elon Musk, the first human received an implant from his computer-brain interface company Neuralink over the weekend. In a...

Fujitsu CFO apologises over UK post office scandal 31 Jan 2024 - 12:54 pm

Tokyo: Fujitsu's finance chief apologised Wednesday over a huge scandal in Britain that led to hundreds of local postmasters being wrongly convicted of...

New Zealand to ban 'forever chemicals' in make-up 31 Jan 2024 - 11:08 am

Wellington: New Zealand is set to become one of the first countries to ban harmful "forever chemicals" from cosmetic products, environment watchdogs said...