“Hezbollah’s (governing) Shura Council agreed to elect… Sheikh Naim Qassem as secretary general of Hezbollah,” the resistance group said in a statement, more than a month after Nasrallah’s killing. Hashem Safieddine, the head of Hezbollah’s executive council, was initially tipped to succeed Nasrallah. But he too was killed in an Israeli strike on Beirut’s southern […]
Indian police detained two people Tuesday after a temple fireworks show erupted into a ferocious explosion, leaving almost a hundred people in hospital, eight in critical condition. Hundreds were crowded around a Hindu temple at Nileshwaram in the southern state of Kerala on Monday evening to watch the fireworks, videos posted by Indian newspapers showed. […]
Mahathir Mohamad has been dubbed the world’s oldest serving leader after helming office twice, first holding the position as the Southeast Asian country’s fourth national leader from 1981 until 2003. Mahathir, who served as prime minister for more than two decades, has a history of heart problems and has been in and out of hospital […]
More than 41 million Americans have already cast early ballots ahead of Election Day on November 5, in what is expected to be one of the tightest elections of modern times. Outgoing President Joe Biden will join them in casting his vote Monday, the White House said. On the campaign trail, both candidates return to […]
A statement from government spokesman Bassim Alawadi said the letter condemns “the Zionist entity’s blatant violation of Iraq’s airspace and sovereignty by using Iraqi airspace to carry out an attack on the Islamic Republic of Iran on October 26”. Early on Saturday, Israel struck military sites in Iran saying it was retaliating against Tehran’s strikes […]
The proposal includes exchanging four Israeli hostages held in Gaza for Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and would be followed by more negotiations within 10 days, Sisi said at a news conference in Cairo. He did not say whether the plan had been formally presented to either Israel or Hamas. Sisi’s intervention came with Israel […]
The price of North Sea Brent for delivery in December fell by 4.05 percent to $72.97, while West Texas Intermediate plunged by 4.19 percent to $68.77. Israel said it hit Iranian missile factories and military facilities across several provinces at the weekend. “Israel’s strike, carefully avoiding energy sites, has softened fears of a full-scale conflict […]
The ministry announced the final results of its investigation after claiming that South Korean drones flew over Pyongyang at least three times this month to distribute anti-North leaflets. KCNA has also published photos of what it described as a crashed South Korean military drone. During an analysis of the drone’s flight control programme, North Korean […]
Beyonce, a Houston native, walked on stage to roaring applause from the crowd of some 30,000 attending Vice President Harris’ abortion rights-themed rally, alongside fellow former Destiny’s Child member Kelly Rowland. Instead of singing, she addressed the crowd for several minutes. “I’m not here as a celebrity. I’m not here as a politician. I’m here […]
The proposed settlement was filed in federal court in Manhattan and requires the approval of U.S. District Judge George Daniels. The lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleged that Alibaba claimed it did not violate anti-monopoly or unfair competition laws, despite requiring merchants to choose only one distribution platform. The settlement covers investors in Alibaba’s American depositary […]
