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Houthi attack kills 3 crew members in Gulf of Aden


Dubai: A missile attack by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on a commercial ship in the Gulf of Aden on Wednesday killed three of its crew members and forced survivors to abandon the vessel, the U.S. military said. It was the first fatal strike in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel’s war on...

Election Blues: Rishi Sunak government announces tax cuts


London: British Treasury chief Jeremy Hunt sought Wednesday to bolster spirits within his Conservative Party with another tax cut for 27 million working people, hoping it can turn the political tide ahead of a general election this year. But with the tax cut trailed in advance and no major surprises in Hunt’s economic statement to...

Truce before Ramadan highly unlikely in Gaza


- Gaza cease-fire talks fail to achieve any breakthrough - Pressure grows on Israel to open more aid routes             - Hostage crisis poses dilemma for Israel   Cairo: Hamas said Thursday that its delegation has left Cairo and that talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release will resume next week, making...


Consul General of India in New York Binaya Srikanta Pradhan met Mr. Haridas Kothawala, President of Indian Diamond and Colorstone Association, Secretary Mr Manoj Bhandari and Exec. Director Ash Chalisa and discussed about the growth in this sector which is a big ticket item in US-India bilateral trade

Children starving to death in northern Gaza hospitals: WHO chief


Geneva: An aid mission to two hospitals in northern Gaza found horrifying scenes of children dying of starvation, amid dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines, the World Health Organization said. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency's visits over the weekend to the Al-Awda and Kamal Adwan hospitals "were the first since...

Russia, China considering nuclear power unit on the Moon: Report


Moscow: Russia and China are considering putting a nuclear power plant on the moon from 2033-35, Yuri Borisov, the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos said, something he said could one day allow lunar settlements to be built. Borisov, a former deputy defense minister, said that Russia and China had been jointly working on...

UN pushed to back ‘immediate’ Gaza ceasefire to free hostages


New York: The United States has revised language in a draft United Nations Security Council resolution to back “an immediate ceasefire of roughly six weeks in Gaza together with the release of all hostages". The third revision of the text — first proposed by the US two weeks ago — now reflects blunt remarks...

Sri Lankan fishermen protest against Indian counterparts for alleged poaching


Colombo: Hundreds of Sri Lankan fishermen protested against their Indian counterparts for their alleged poaching in the island nation’s waters by sailing to the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in their trawlers. The fishermen from Jaffna, Mullaitivu, and Mannar districts are agitated by the alleged recurring illegal fishing by their counterparts from India. They urged...

Nepal’s PM fails to reach consensus with allies on power-sharing deal


Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ failed to reach a consensus with allies on a power-sharing deal as their talks ended inconclusively, giving rise to speculation about the stability of his government following his dramatic move to terminate the alliance with the Nepali Congress Prachanda, a former guerilla leader, forged a new alliance...