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July 12, 2024 4:01 PM

Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive, leaving dozens of bodies, rescue service says

Israeli forces retreated from some Gaza City districts overnight after a fierce, week-long military offensive, leaving dozens of dead and wrecked homes and roads in the Palestinian enclave's biggest urban area, residents and rescue service said on Fr...

July 12, 2024 3:59 PM

PM Modi reaffirms India’s commitment to BIMSTEC, supports Thailand for upcoming summit

The foreign ministers of BIMSTEC member states convened for a joint meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, focusing on enhancing regional cooperation across various sectors. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Union Minister of Sta...

July 12, 2024 2:57 PM

Imran Khan’s party wins reserved seats in Pakistan’s parliament

Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party was eligible for over 20 extra reserved seats in the national legislature, ramping up pressure on the country's weak coalition government. Khan's Pakistan ...

July 12, 2024 2:27 PM

SC refuses to entertain PIL seeking probe into Hathras stampede

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking the appointment of a five-member expert committee under the supervision of a retired top court judge to investigate the Hathras stampede incident, which resul...

July 12, 2024 1:17 PM

How war has changed Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy

Intense. Impatient. Sleep-deprived. Step into the relentless world of Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's wartime president. The 46-year-old said his ambition when he was elected in 2019 had been to help Ukraine become a modern democracy, before that mis...

July 12, 2024 12:34 PM

Seventeen US Congress Democrats call on Joe Biden to end his reelection bid

A growing number of Democrats in Congress are publicly calling on Democratic President Joe Biden to end his reelection bid after the 81-year-old incumbent's halting debate performance against Republican rival Donald Trump. While many lawmakers have ...

July 12, 2024 11:58 AM

Delhi CM Kejriwal to remain in jail despite interim bail from SC

The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the now-scrapped excise policy case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). However, Kejriwal will remain in detention because of his arrest last m...

July 12, 2024 11:45 AM

Natural disasters cost China $13 bln in January-June

China suffered direct economic loss worth 93.16 billion yuan ($12.83 billion) in the first half of this year due to natural disasters, the government said on Friday. This is the deepest first-half disaster-related loss since 2019, according to data ...

July 12, 2024 11:29 AM

Krejcikova rides Rybakina punches to reach Wimbledon final

Barbora Krejcikova produced a superb comeback to reach her first Wimbledon final, showing stubborn resilience in the face of a relentless attacking barrage from former champion Elena Rybakina to triumph 3-6 6-3 6-4 on Thursday (July 11). Kazakhstan'...

July 12, 2024 11:22 AM

Ben Stokes joins elite club with 6,000 runs and 200 wickets in Tests

England all-rounder Ben Stokes on Thursday joined the ranks of cricket legends Garry Sobers of the West Indies and Jacques Kallis of South Africa by becoming the third player, and the first from England, to achieve the milestone of over 6,000 runs an...

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