NEW DELHI: Indian voters headed to the polls on Friday for the first phase of the world’s biggest general election, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is aiming for a rare third consecutive term. More than 968 million people are registered to vote, with polling taking place over the next six weeks, as results are … Read more
AL-MUKALLA: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi militia vowed on Sunday to target more UK ships in the Red Sea, despite growing worldwide outrage over the sinking of a vessel carrying thousands of tonnes of fertilizer. Hussein Al-Ezzi, the group’s deputy foreign minister, said that its forces would continue sinking ships in the Red Sea, even if it … Read more
Gaza Health Ministry says over 29,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel-Hamas war RAFAH, Gaza Strip: Israel’s assault in Gaza has killed more than 29,000 Palestinians since Oct. 7, the territory’s Health Ministry said Monday, marking another grim milestone in one of the deadliest and most destructive military campaigns in recent history.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin … Read more
BEIRUT: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has warned that an expansion of the war in Gaza into a wider regional conflict, especially one that involves Lebanon, must be prevented. “It is imperative to avoid regional escalation in the Middle East,” he said during a press conference in Beirut on Saturday with Lebanese Foreign Minister … Read more
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s permanent representative to the UN filed a formal complaint before the UN Security Council on Friday, following “the attack on a residential area in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh,” which killed Hamas official Saleh Al-Arouri on Tuesday. The submitted complaint emphasized the severity of the incident, labeling it “the most dangerous escalation since … Read more
LONDON: The suspected targeted strike by Israel on senior Hamas operative Saleh Al-Arouri in Beirut’s southern suburbs this week was an unexpected escalation in the regional conflict, especially given that it happened in a Hezbollah stronghold. The attack is not without precedent, however. Israel has a long history of carrying out operations and assassinations around … Read more
BEIRUT: Soon after top Hamas official Saleh Al-Arouri was killed in a suspected Israeli strike in Beirut’s Hezbollah-held Dahieh on Tuesday evening, people in salons and on social media forums took to asking the same question: what next? The region’s residents — already experiencing extreme levels of anxiety since the Oct. 7 attacks and subsequent … Read more
Review: ‘Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget’ sees cinema’s favorite poultry heroes in fine form LONDON: There is something very heart-warming about the fact that Aardman Animation’s unique style of filmmaking continues to find a huge international audience, even in this age of photorealistic computer-generated imagery and breath-taking digital volume sets. The British studio has … Read more
BEIRUT: It only took 20 minutes of rain in Beirut on Tuesday afternoon to flood the Rafic Hariri International Airport with water. The airport weather station recorded 47 mm of rainfall in 20 minutes, causing water to flow into the premises and surround it from the outside. The surrounding roads and airport parking lot turned … Read more