Ottawa, April 29 (IANS) The ruling Liberal Party of Canada has been projected as the winner in the elections by the Canada Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) as the early results showed a strong lead for the party.CBC News said that it...
Jerusalem, April 29 (IANS) Ronen Bar, head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency, announced that he would resign over his failure to prevent the Hamas-led surprise attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023.Bar made the announcement on Sunday...
Ottawa, April 29 (IANS) The ruling Liberal Party showed an early lead in Canada’s election, capturing 19 of the first 25 seats results announced at 7 a.m. Tuesday (9:30 p.m. local time) as the counting continued for the remaining 313...
New York, April 29 (IANS) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has reiterated that India would likely be among the “first” to sign a trade deal with the US following President Donald Trump’s demands for realigning economic relations under the threat...
Cairo, April 29 (IANS) A meeting was held in Cairo between Egyptian officials and an Israeli security delegation, led by Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, to discuss a new proposal aimed at achieving a ceasefire in Gaza, informed Egyptian...
Sanaa, April 28 (IANS) At least eight people were killed in US airstrikes on Yemen's Houthi-held capital Sanaa, Houthi-run health authorities said in a statement.Dozens of people were wounded, according to initial estimates, as rescuers continue to search for survivors...
Cairo, April 28 (IANS) Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty held separate phone talks with his Omani and Iranian counterparts and US special presidential envoy to the Middle East, during which they discussed the third round of negotiations between the US...
Khartoum, April 28 (IANS) At least 31 civilians were killed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Omdurman, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum, volunteer groups reported."An RSF force carried out a horrific massacre, executing 31 people from the...
Gaza, April 28 (IANS) A Hamas delegation met with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan in the Qatari capital Doha over the latest developments in the Gaza Strip.Hamas said in a press statement that the delegation was headed by Muhammad Darwish,...
Beirut, April 28 (IANS) Israeli forces carried out an airstrike on a building in Hadath area in Beirut's southern suburbs.The "powerful strike" targeted "infrastructure where Hezbollah had stored precision missiles," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz...
Seoul, April 27 (IANS) North Korea has criticised Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba for making a ritual offering to a controversial war shrine in Tokyo, saying it again demonstrated Japan's pursuit of militarisation.The North's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) issued...
Tehran, April 27 (IANS) At least 8 people were killed and 750 others injured in a huge explosion that occurred at a port in Iran's southern province of Hormozgan, the official news agency IRNA reported.Six people went missing in the...
Jerusalem, April 27 (IANS) Two Israeli soldiers were killed in the northern Gaza Strip, according to separate statements issued by the Israel Defense Forces and the Israel Police.The two are Ido Voloch, 21, an armored corps officer and platoon commander,...
Tehran, April 27 (IANS) Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi expressed satisfaction with the latest round of indirect talks between Iran and the US. He made the remarks on Saturday while speaking to reporters at the end of the third...
Sanaa, April 27 (IANS) Three Russian sailors were injured when US forces conducted airstrikes on a vessel at Yemen's Ras Isa oil port in the country's province of Hodeidah on the Red Sea, the Houthi group announced. In a statement...