- Middle East
Israelis bid farewell to mother, two young sons killed in captivity in Gaza
Tel Aviv: Holding flags, orange balloons and signs that said “forgive us”, tens of thousands of Israelis lined highways as the bodies of a mother and her two young sons, killed in…
- Middle East
Hamas to release four hostage bodies in exchange deal
Cairo: Hamas will return the bodies of four dead Israeli hostages on Thursday in exchange for Israel’s release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, the group said, just days before the first phase…
- Middle East
Sudan military plane crashes, killing at least 46 people
Khartoum: A Sudanese military aircraft crashed in the city of Omdurman, killing at least 46 people, military and health officials said on Wednesday. The Khartoum Media Office said the crash also injured…
- Middle East
Medics say 6 babies died from cold in Gaza as displaced people shelter in tents, rubble
Deir al-Balah: At least six infants have died from hypothermia in the last two weeks in the Gaza Strip, where hundreds of thousands of people are living in tent camps and war-damaged…
- Business
Bitcoin slides under USD 90,000, erasing some of gains made under Trump
Washington: The price of bitcoin fell below $90,000 and other cryptocurrencies saw large drops Tuesday morning, erasing some of the gains digital assets have made since President Donald Trump took office on…
- World
21 federal tech staffers resign rather than help Musk, DOGE slash size of govt
Washington: More than 20 civil service employees resigned Tuesday from billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, saying they were refusing to use their technical expertise to “dismantle critical public…
- Middle East
Coca-Cola struggles as Midle East conflict boosts demand for Chat Cola
Order a Coke to wash down some hummus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank these days and chances are the waiter will shake his head disapprovingly — or worse, mutter “shame, shame” in…
- Middle East
Palestinians struggle to restart their lives in ruins of Gaza
Beit Lahiya: When night falls over northern Gaza, much of the cityscape of collapsed buildings and piled wreckage turns pitch black. Living inside the ruins of their home, Rawya Tamboura’s young sons…
- World
Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s ‘Explain or be Fired’ ultimatum
Washington: Attorneys for federal workers said Monday in a lawsuit that billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk had violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being…
- World
Ukraine’s prez says ready to give up presidency if it brought peace, NATO membership
Kyiv: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday he would be ready to give up the presidency if doing so would achieve a lasting peace for his country under the security umbrella of…
- Middle East
Watch: Thousands attend funeral of Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
Beirut: Tens of thousands of people packed into a stadium in Beirut early Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, Hassan Nasrallah, nearly five months after he was killed in…
- Middle East
Israeli forces to remain in some West Bank camps for ‘coming year’: Defence minister
Tel Aviv: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said Sunday he has instructed the military to prepare to remain in some of the occupied West Bank’s urban refugee camps “for the coming year”.…
- Middle East
Thousands set to attend funeral of late Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
Beirut: Tens of thousands of people gathered in Beirut early Sunday to attend the funeral of Hezbollah’s former leader, nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on a…
- World
New FBI Director Kash Patel will also be named acting head of the ATF, official says
Washington: New FBI Director Kash Patel is expected to be named the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, a Justice Department official said Saturday. Patel could be…
- World
Musk gives all federal workers 48 hours to explain what they did last week
New York: Hundreds of thousands of federal workers have little more than 48 hours to explain what they accomplished over the last week as part of billionaire Elon Musk’s crusade to slash…
