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October 1, 2024 6:30 PM

US warns foreign operators may be using Boeing 737s with suspect rudder control parts

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has said more than 40 foreign operators of Boeing 737 airplanes may be using planes with rudder components that could pose safety risks, though it did not identify which airlines could be affected. The N...

October 1, 2024 6:14 PM

Nepal declares three days of mourning after natural disaster claims hundreds of lives

Nepal’s Prime Minister, K P Sharma Oli, has announced three days of national mourning following the tragic loss of hundreds of lives due to recent natural calamities. The announcement came during a press conference held on Tuesday in Singhdurbar....

October 1, 2024 5:14 PM

Israeli bombardment kills at least 31 in Gaza as fighting rages

Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 people in Gaza on Tuesday, local medics said and fighting ramped up, as the Israeli military said it had been targeting command centres used by its Islamist militant foe Hamas. Palestinian health officials said ...

October 1, 2024 4:34 PM

Russia says it won’t discuss new nuclear treaty with US in current form

Russia will not discuss signing a new treaty with the United States to replace an agreement limiting each side's strategic nuclear weapons that expires in 2026 as it needs to be broadened and expanded to cover other states, the Kremlin said on Tuesda...

October 1, 2024 3:55 PM

Former US president Jimmy Carter celebrates 100th birthday

Nobel laureate Jimmy Carter, who has lived longer than any U.S. president in history, celebrates his 100th birthday on Tuesday. Carter, a Democrat, served a single term as president from January 1977 to January 1981. His decades of humanitarian work...

October 1, 2024 3:27 PM

PM Modi inaugurates ‘Jamaica Marg’ in Delhi, hopes for closer India-Jamaica relations

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that the road in front of the Jamaica High Commission in New Delhi has been named 'Jamaica Marg', highlighting strong India-Jamaica ties. During a joint press conference with Jamaican Prime Minister ...

October 1, 2024 1:14 PM

Death toll increases to 223 in Nepal flood disaster

The death toll in the landslide and flooding caused by the recent nonstop rainfall reached 223 and 143 persons were injured. All security agencies have been mobilized for all-out efforts of search, rescue and relief distribution. The injured ones a...

October 1, 2024 2:11 PM

“Confident his visit will give new energy to our bilateral relations”: PM Modi welcomes Jamaican counterpart Holness

Hailing India-Jamaica ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the relations between the two nations is based on a shared history, and added that Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been a long-standing friend of India. PM Modi expresse...

October 1, 2024 11:55 AM

UN peacekeepers patrol southern Lebanon – what is their mandate?

United Nations peacekeepers were deployed to patrol Lebanon's southern border with Israel in 1978 after Israel invaded south Lebanon. The mandate for the operation - known as the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon or UNIFIL - is renewed annually by the 1...

October 1, 2024 11:17 AM

Scientists explain Mount Everest’s anomalous growth

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift that dates back to their birth roughly 50 million ye...

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