Tehran bombs US allies in Middle East and tells Iranians to cut electricity use after attacks on power infrastructure William Christou and agencies The US hit bridges, energy facilities and a key Iranian port on Friday, expanding its aerial campaign against Iran, and prompting swift Iranian strikes against US allies in the Middle East. US airstrikes hit…
Meeting of 32 member states comes at crucial time for alliance after tensions with US over Iran and Greenland Dan Sabbagh in Ankara Nato leaders will gather in Ankara on Tuesday after a turbulent six months. And as the US continues to pressure its allies to increase defence spending, the other 31 members of the alliance will…
KOHIMA, July 6 (NEPS): The Government of Nagaland on Monday announced that it will convene a Special Session of the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to enact legislation for the constitution of the Frontier Nagaland Territorial Authority (FNTA), while assuring that the proposed law will be framed in consultation with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and…
In Venezuela, a rescue operation in La Guaira has succeeded in getting a toddler out alive from under the rubble, six days since the double-earthquake disaster. The miraculous story of the three-year-old’s rescue in the worst-hit northern region came as tens of thousands of people remained without adequate shelter, after the 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude…
Researchers say Moscow acted with ‘substantial impunity’ in 144 incidents, including over RAF Lakenheath Dan Sabbagh Defence and security editor The Kremlin orchestrated a concerted surveillance campaign using drones launched from shadow fleet vessels over an 18-month period which targeted nuclear sites in the UK, France, Belgium and the Netherlands, researchers have said. Analysis by the International…
People in Nabatieh mourn the recent dead in religious ceremony held amid empty streets and shattered buildings William Christou in Nabatieh As the procession wound its way through mounds of rubble, the crowd chanted and beat their chests, their lamentations echoed by the dull thud of shelling in the foothills just beyond the city. “This is…
Speculation grows over a potential split in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena’s Lok Sabha unit. Sanjay Raut claims some MPs are being offered ₹50 crore. ByShailesh Gaikwad X As speculation mounts over a possible split in the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Lok Sabha unit, senior party leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday alleged that some MPs…
Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi data Damian Carrington Environment editor The rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the “race against extinction” faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic…
Global officials are calling on world leaders to finalise a crucial international agreement aimed at preventing future pandemics, according to a joint letter issued on Monday. Penned by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the message underscored a shared global responsibility to protect humanity from repeating such devastation seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, which claimed…
As Sudan’s conflict enters a fourth year, civilians are increasingly trapped not only by frontline violence but by fear, disappearance and detention, according to an update by the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan to the 62nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Both sides in the conflict – the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the…