GAZA CITY: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes and gunfire killed at least 14 people including three children in the war-stricken Palestinian territory on Sunday. Civil defence spokesman Mahmud Bassal told AFP that 13 people died in air strikes at four locations around the Gaza Strip, and another from Israeli fire near an…
Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang started selling shares this week for the first time since September © Ann Wang/Reuters Nvidia insiders have sold more than $1bn of the company’s stock over the past 12 months including a recent surge in trading as they cash in on investors’ enthusiasm for artificial intelligence. More than $500mn of the…
Rafael Grossi raises concern over Iran’s stockpile of 60 percent enriched uranium, just below weapons grade. Iran may be able to restart uranium enrichment in a matter of months despite a wave of attacks by the United States and Israel that targeted its nuclear infrastructure, according to the head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog,…
BHUBANESWAR: A sudden crowd surge at a Hindu festival in India’s coastal state of Odisha on Sunday triggered a stampede that killed at least three people and injured several others, local government officials said. Thousands of devotees had gathered near Gundicha temple in the city of Puri for celebrations of an annual Hindu chariot festival….
Rafael Grossi says he hopes negotiations can still happen in the future, despite Iran cutting ties with the IAEA Iran has the capacity to start enriching uranium again – for a possible bomb – in “a matter of months”, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog has said. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic…
ISTANBUL: An Israeli airstrike on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) headquarters in northern Alborz province has killed at least 41 people, the group confirmed Saturday. The attack reportedly claimed the lives of both civilians and conscripted soldiers. The Israeli military stated Monday that it had targeted the Basij paramilitary forces and internal security units…
VENICE: At least 500 protesters flooded Venice’s streets on Saturday, voicing opposition to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ high-profile wedding to journalist Lauren Sanchez. The event, marked by luxury and celebrity attendance, has sparked criticism in the historic city, where locals accuse the billionaire of exploiting Venice for personal extravagance. Chants of “Bezos, out of the…
People raise their hands as they take part in the Budapest Pride parade in the Hungarian capital on June 28 © AFP via Getty Images Hundreds of thousands of people defied a government ban by marching at Budapest Pride on Saturday, the largest demonstration ever against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, who has intensified his…
Ukraine’s Security Service said it deployed special drones to attack the Russian Kirovske military airfield in Crimea. Ukraine said it carried out an overnight drone strike on the Kirovske airfield in Crimea and claimed that multiple Russian helicopters and an air defence system were destroyed in the strike. According to a Ukraine Security Service (SBU)…
Donald Trump’s week began with an on-air expletive as he lost his cool over his mounting frustrations with Iran and Israel’s shaky ceasefire. It ended with a beaming US president holding court at the White House – not once, but twice – as he celebrated a series of significant political victories at home and abroad….
