Category: World

Israel has told the British consulate in East Jerusalem ​that it must close and that diplomats assigned ‌there will lose their accreditation within 30 days, an Israeli official and two sources familiar with the matter said. British representatives ​assigned to a US-led Gaza coordination mission in ​Israel, as well as British diplomats based in ⁠Ramallah,...

MIAMI: At least five people were killed when an Amazon cargo plane overshot a runway after it landed on Sunday at Miami International Airport, crashed into vehicles and caught fire, officials said. Miami-Dade County fire chief Ray Jadallah told reporters that in addition to five fatalities, three people were transported to trauma centers “in critical...

ARABSALIM: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun urged Washington and the international community to help stop Israeli attacks after strikes on Sunday killed at least seven people despite a truce and an Israel-Lebanon deal. Mr Aoun said Sunday’s strikes, which damaged government premises and destroyed an out-of-service hospital, were “a dangerous escalation… reaching Lebanese state institutions” and...

Two hydropower workers were pulled from a tunnel buried by debris in Nepal on Friday, more than a week after catastrophic flooding swept through the area, government ministers said. Rescuers cheered as one man was pulled from a muddy opening, video released by the energy ministry showed. He was helped to his feet by rescuers. A photograph...

The US House of Representatives passed legislation on Thursday to block federal aid for universities that boycott Israel, the latest Republican-backed ​pro-Israel measure amid growing Democratic criticism of the Israeli government over ‌the assault in Gaza. The Republican-majority chamber voted 237-169 in favour of the “Protect Economic and Academic Freedom Act”, which would have to pass the...

The US Pentagon has issued detailed guidance for a new, mandatory testosterone deficiency screening policy for active-duty and ​reserve service members aged 30 and older, a follow-up ‌to US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth’s July announcement. The guidance, which was issued on Wednesday and is effective immediately, establishes standardised screening and treatment pathways for men and women...

KABUL: The Taliban government defended on Wednesday its ban on protests that has drawn condemnation from rights groups, saying the order complies with Islamic law. Demonstrations in Afgh­a­­nistan have been rare since the Taliban returned to power just over five yea­rs ago, but the government last month introduced a rule holding that “all types of protests are...

Iran pushed ahead with strikes targeting American interests around the Middle East on Wednesday after vowing “severe” consequences to a fresh wave of US attacks. The latest flare-up is part of a cycle of retaliation that followed US strikes on Iran, with fighting over the Hormuz strait expanding to Washington’s Gulf allies, military bases and commercial...

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar met Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Tuesday and stressed that the “sincere implementation” of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was the only way forward amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to the Foreign Office (FO). They shared these views as they met...