Skydivers’ plane kills man on Mexico beach during emergency landing
A plane carrying four Canadian skydivers made an emergency landing on a beach in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca on Sunday, the state civil defence’s office said, resulting in the death of a 62-year-old man who was on the beach at the time. The plane was forced to land on a populated section of […]
UN chief sets up body to probe Israeli allegations
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General António Guterres established an independent body on Monday to scrutinise allegations regarding neutrality of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA). Guterres, in consultation with UNRWA Commissioner General Philippe Lazzarini, has assigned the leadership of this crucial review to Catherine Colonna, a former foreign affairs minister […]
Retreating Myanmar troops enter Bangladesh for ‘self-protection’
TUMBRU: Fighting in Myanmar raged close to the Bangladesh border on Sunday, with terrified residents reporting bullets crossing the frontier, medics treating patients and the government saying guards had fled seeking shelter. Aid agency Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said its medics in Cox’s Bazar had “received a large number of patients, following fighting at the […]
Biden says he’s decided response to Jordan strike
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he had decided on a response to a drone strike that killed three American troops in Jordan but said he did not want a wider war in the Middle East. Facing growing pressure in an election year, Biden said he held Iran responsible for supplying the weapons […]
Families seek bodies after deadly attack in Iran’s Saravan
LAHORE: While the protesting families of five Pakistani labourers killed in Iran demanded the government repatriate the remains of their loved ones for burial in their native towns, Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran Mudassir Tipu said on Sunday two Pakistanis injured in the Saravan attack would be discharged soon from the hospital. The protesting families of […]
Japanese craft makes successful, pin-point Moon landing
TOKYO: Japan’s “Moon Sniper” craft made a pin-point lunar landing despite last-minute engine problems, the space agency said on Thursday as it released the first images from the mission. A photo taken by a mini-rover showed the boxy yellow lander sitting intact at a slight angle on the rocky grey surface, lunar slopes rising in […]
More US senators back ceasefire move in Congress
WASHINGTON: Five US Senators have endorsed an amendment that could link military aid to Israel, aligning with increasing calls for a Gaza ceasefire. This follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s outright rejection of a Palestinian state. The new supporters include Democratic Senators Tina Smith, Raphael Warnock, LaPhonza Butler, Tammy Baldwin, and Jon Ossoff, bringing the […]
Dozens buried, 8 killed in southwest China landslide
Dozens of people were buried and eight confirmed killed when a landslide struck a remote and mountainous part of southwestern China on Monday. The pre-dawn landslide buried 18 homes and sparked the evacuation of more than 200 people when it struck in Zhenxiong County, Yunnan province, state media said. Eight people are confirmed dead and […]
Hamas rejects Israeli efforts to decide Gaza’s future
GAZA STRIP: Palestinian resistance group Hamas said on Sunday its October 7 raid in southern Israel was a “necessary step” against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories. But the fighter group admitted in a 16-page report justifying the attack that “some faults happened … due to the rapid collapse of the Israeli security and military […]
Israel claims killing ‘dozens of militants’ in ‘close-quarters combat’
• Aid shipment reaches Gaza after Qatar-France deal • Refugee camp in occupied West Bank sees violence for second day running GAZA CITY: Israel claimed killing “dozens of militants” in “close-quarters combat” in Khan Yunis on Thursday, as it intensified operations in southern Gaza’s biggest city. Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant said the army was […]
