Israel must take steps to prevent genocide: World Court
THE HAGUE - The World Court on Friday ordered Israel to take action to prevent acts of genocide as it wages war in the Gaza Strip, but it stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. Ruling on...
Gaza war death toll touches 25,000
The health ministry in Gaza said Sunday at least 25,105 people have been killed in the Palestinian territory since October 7.A ministry statement said some 62,681 people were also wounded in the...
New rounds of India-Oman FTA talks from Jan 16
New Delhi: The new round of talks for the proposed free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Oman will start on January 16 and the negotiations for the pact are progressing well, according to...
US regulator orders inspections on MAX 9 planes
Washington - The US air safety regulator announced Saturday it was grounding some Boeing 737 MAX 9 airplanes pending inspections, a day after a panel blew out of one of the planes over the western...
Arab Parliament condemns Gaza ceasefire silence
CAIRO: The Arab Parliament has unequivocally expressed its unwavering support for the Palestinian cause, denouncing the international community's silence and the Security Council's failure to issue a...
Violent storm kills 14 in Argentina
Buenos - A powerful storm packing heavy rain and fierce winds killed at least 14 people in Argentina and two more in Uruguay, authorities said Sunday.The storm-packing winds clocked at up to 150...
Fossil focus: Key points of the COP28 deal
Paris - After nearly three decades of dancing around the chief driver of global warming, UN climate negotiations in oil-rich United Arab Emirates on Wednesday called for the first time for the world...
Munich flights cancelled due to snow
Long-distance trains and hundreds of flights in and out of the German city of Munich were cancelled on Saturday because of heavy snowfall, according to statements by Deutsche Bahn and Munich...
Israel-Hamas truce enters final day with talk of extension
The truce between Israel and Hamas entered its final 24 hours on Monday, with both sides willing to extend the pause.The pause that began Friday has seen dozens of hostages freed, with over 100...
War rages on in Gaza as truce delayed
War raged on in Gaza on Thursday, as a proposed truce and release of hostages was delayed for at least another day.Columns of black smoke could be seen rising above northern Gaza's war zone from...
Four-hour daily pause in Gaza battle; no ceasefire
Gaza: Israel has agreed pauses in its offensive in northern Gaza that will allow some civilians to flee heavy fighting, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ruled out any broader ceasefire as a...
Smog-ridden Delhi extends schools shut down
Primary schools in India's capital city will remain closed until Nov. 10 due to high pollution levels, a Delhi government minister said in a post on social media platform X. "As pollution levels...
Oman condemns Israeli strike on Gaza UN school
The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Saturday that at least 12 people had been killed when Israel struck a United Nations school where thousands of displaced Palestinians were sheltering.The...
At least 128 dead in Nepal earthquake
Kathmandu - At least 128 people were killed in an overnight earthquake that struck a remote pocket of Nepal, officials said Saturday, as security forces deployed to assist with a frantic rescue...
Oman condemns Israeli strikes on ambulance in Gaza
An Israeli air strike on an ambulance being used to evacuate the wounded from besieged northern Gaza killed 15 people and injured 60 others on Friday, the health ministry said.The Ministry of Foreign...
Messi wins Ballon d'Or award
Lionel Messi won the eighth Ballon d'Or of his remarkable career at a glittering ceremony in Paris on Monday, while Spain's World Cup-winning star Aitana Bonmati took the women's prize.For Messi, the...
UN agency warns of 'halt' to Gaza aid operations
A UN agency warned it could be forced to stop aid operations in war-riven Gaza on Wednesday due to dwindling fuel supplies, as calls mounted for a humanitarian "pause" in fighting. After 18 days of...
Gaza's children bear the brunt of Israeli attacks
Muscat: A 14-month-old Palestinian baby Wateen was injured in an Israeli strike that killed her mother and injured her twin brother Ahmed.At least 2,000 children have been killed in Gaza over the past...
Around 140 killed in Israel's night strikes on Gaza
RAFAH- Gaza's government said Tuesday that Israeli air strikes on the besieged territory during the night killed at least 140 people. A statement from the government's media office said that more than...
'Sliver of hope' as Hamas releases hostages, but Gaza aid stalled
RAFAH: Hamas released two American hostages held in Gaza, offering a "sliver of hope" to desperate families, as Israel pounded the densely-populated territory where millions waited for promised aid...