RIYADH: Saudi Arabia today roundly condemned a deadly Israeli bombing of Gaza’s largest refugee camp that killed dozens of people — including, Israel says, a Hamas commander. Israel said it had targeted a Hamas tunnel complex under the densely populated Jabalia camp yesterday, killing local battalion commander Ibrahim Biari, who […]
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BENGALURU: Shares of Wipro dropped to a three-month low and weighed on other Indian IT companies on Thursday after the country’s fourth-largest IT services provider forecast the slide in IT services revenue would get worse this quarter. Shares of Wipro, which also posted an unexpected drop in revenue in the […]
The streaming platform also gave fans a glimpse of other characters from the Fire Nation, including Uncle Iroh and Princess Azula Back in June this year, Netflix delighted fans after giving them a first look at the main characters from the upcoming live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series. Four months […]
GENEVA: Gaza, reeling under Israel’s massive response to Hamas’ October 7 bloody border incursion, needs huge amounts of humanitarian aid, around 100 trucks per day, UN sources said Wednesday. “We need to start with a serious number of trucks going in and we need to build up to 100 trucks […]
Afghanistan coach Jonathan Trott said they could have given New Zealand a run for their money in Wednesday’s World Cup game if they had not dropped several catches. Afghanistan were punished for their sloppy fielding after flooring four catches and also missed a stumping opportunity as New Zealand maintained their […]
JAKARTA : Indonesia will seek China’s help for renewable energy and infrastructure projects when President Joko Widodo attends the upcoming Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, a cabinet minister said. Any partnership with China would be parallel with the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) – a $20 billion deal Indonesia […]
BEIJING: China supports the “just cause of the Palestinian people in safeguarding their national rights”, foreign minister Wang Yi told his Iranian counterpart yesterday as Beijing takes an increasingly clear stance on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Israeli forces have staged thousands of air raids in the Gaza Strip in recent days, […]
WASHINGTON: Any move by Israel to occupy the Gaza Strip again would be a “big mistake,” US President Joe Biden said in an interview released yesterday, as Israeli troops prepared for a ground invasion. Israel, seeking vengeance for an attack by Hamas on October 7, has declared war on the […]
Afghanistan’s remarkable 69-run win over defending champions England at the World Cup will give them the belief they can go toe-to-toe with cricket’s leading nations for years to come, coach Jonathan Trott said. Afghanistan posted 284 after half centuries from Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil, before bowling out England for […]
SINGAPORE : The dollar was on the front foot on Monday in cautious trade as tensions in the Middle East escalated, while investors awaited a speech by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later this week for further clues on the U.S. central bank’s rate outlook. The Israeli shekel fell to […]