Cease-fire talks face delays after Netanyahu’s fiery speech
Officials from Egypt, Israel, the United States and Qatar were expected to meet Thursday in Doha with the aim of resuming talks for a proposed three-phase cease-fire to end the war between Israel and Hamas and free the remaining hostages. But an Israeli official said Israel’s negotiating team was delayed...
-
Protestors burn US flag near Congress
26 July 2024 | PTI -
Netanyahu will meet with Biden and Harris
26 July 2024 | AP -
Biden says he quit re-election bid to save US democracy
26 July 2024 | PTI -
Chinese scientists find traces of water in lunar soil
25 July 2024 | PTI -
Sudan paramilitary leader to attend ceasefire talks
25 July 2024 | AP -
Taiwan prepares for typhoon amid worsened Philippines monsoon, 13 people die
25 July 2024 | AP -
N Korean balloon drops litter on South's presidential compound
25 July 2024 | AP
‘Pak Army officers visited London to convince Nawaz Sharif to return’
(): Pakistan’s powerful army sent its officers to London in 2022 to convince former prime minister Nawaz Sharif to return to the country to “save” it from destruction under Imran Khan’s regime, the ruling PML-N supremo’s son-in-law claimed on Wednesday. Nawaz, 74, had returned from London in October last year after...
Philippines, S’pore broaden defense ties with a new pact
The Philippines and Singapore signed a defense pact Wednesday that will allow their militaries to broaden their engagement, but few details were given about how the agreement could help address their security concerns in a region rife with conflicts. Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr signed the memorandum of understanding with...
B’desh crawls back to normalcy
Bangladesh crawled back to normalcy on Wednesday after a five-day nationwide violent student protest over quotas in government jobs with rush hour traffic returning to streets in the capital, and limited reopening of banks, garment factories and internet services. A nationwide internet blackout since last Thursday has restricted the flow...
SCO conducts anti-terror drills with member states in China
Security officials from the member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) held a joint anti-terrorism drill in China focussing on live drills and specialised operations such as the “eradication of terrorist groups,” China’s Ministry of Public Security has said. The ‘Interaction-2024’ joint counter-terrorism exercises were held recently in northwest...
Crowdstrike blames bug for letting bad data slip through, leading to global tech outage
Crowdstrike is blaming a bug in an update that allowed its cybersecurity systems to push bad data out to millions of customer computers, setting off last week’s global tech outage that grounded flights, took TV broadcasts off air and disrupted banks, hospitals and retailers. Crowdstrike also outlined measures it would take...
British soldier stabbed near barracks
A masked attacker on a motorcycle stabbed and seriously injured a British army officer in daylight near a barracks in southeast England, witnesses and police said Wednesday. A 24-year-old man was arrested soon after on suspicion of attempted murder, Kent police said. Police said the assailant acted alone and the stabbing...
Starmer faces first House of Commons grilling from lawmakers
Newly elected British leader Keir Starmer faces a House of Commons milestone on Wednesday, fielding lawmakers’ queries at the boisterous weekly Prime Minister’s Questions session. It’s the first such session since Starmer’s Labour Party won a landslide election victory on July 4, returning to power after 14 years. The centre-left...
