Four injured, one arrested after clashes at Iran protest in London
London, May 25 (IANS/DPA) Four people were injured and one was arrested following a clash between pro-Iran supporters and anti-Iranian government protesters in London. The Metropolitan Police said officers were called at 6.21 p.m. (1720 GMT) on Friday following reports of disorder. An event was taking place to mark the death of the President of […]
Hezbollah leader threatens ‘surprise’ attacks against Israel
Beirut, May 25 (IANS) Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has threatened to launch “surprise” attacks against Israel after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he has “surprising” military plans for Lebanon. “You must expect surprises from our resistance,” the Hezbollah leader said during a televised speech on Friday. Nasrallah also claimed that “the resistance” is […]
Over 300 people buried after huge landslide hits Papua New Guinea
Sydney, May 25 (IANS) More than 300 people were buried after a massive landslide hit a remote region in northern Papua New Guinea (PNG), local media reported. Aimos Akem, a member of parliament for the Lagaip open electorate in Enga province, confirmed to the PNG Post-Courier that the landslide buried more than 300 people and […]
Deputy commander of Hamas killed in airstrike, says IDF
Tel Aviv, May 25 (IANS) A Deputy Commander of Hamas has been killed in an airstrike in the central Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) have announced. The IDF in a statement on Friday night identified the killed Hamas commander as Tziad al-Din al-Sharfa. The statement said that he was killed in an Israel […]
Israel rejects order by UN court to ‘immediately’ halt Rafah assault
Tel Aviv/Amsterdam, May 25 (IANS/DPA) In a move rejected by Israeli officials, the UN’s top court on Friday ordered Israel to “immediately” halt its military assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah, saying the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory was “disastrous”. The ruling read aloud by Judge Nawaf Salam at the International Court […]
UN Security Council adopts resolution on protection of humanitarian personnel
United Nations, May 25 (IANS) The Security Council has adopted a resolution that calls on all states to respect and protect humanitarian personnel and UN and associated personnel. Resolution 2730, adopted on Friday, won the support of 14 of the 15 members of the council. Russia abstained, Xinhua news agency reported. The resolution also calls […]
German Chancellor calls on climate activists to end their hunger strike
Berlin, May 25 (IANS/DPA) German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on the climate activists taking part in a hunger strike in Berlin to end it. “It is my greatest wish that the action be stopped,” Scholz said on Friday at the Democracy Festival in Berlin. “I think it is a mistake to use violence against […]
Gaming firm Nazara logs Rs 17 crore in net profit in Q4, revenue drops 8 pc
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Gaming and sports media platform Nazara Technologies on Saturday announced net profit from its continued operations at Rs 17.1 crore in the January-March quarter of FY24, up 43.6 per cent compared to Rs 11.9 crore in the same period in the last fiscal year. The operating revenue was at Rs […]
WhatsApp exports your user data every night: Elon Musk
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday slammed Meta-owned WhatsApp for allegedly exporting users’ data every night. An X user posted that WhatsApp exports user data nightly, which is “analysed and used for targeted advertising, making users the product, not the customer”. Musk replied that “WhatsApp exports your user […]
After Murthy & Nilekani, another Indian tech leader receives global outsourcing honour
Bengaluru, May 25 (IANS) Chocko Valliappa, Founder and MD of New York and Bengaluru co-headquartered tech and IT services firm Vee Technologies, has been inducted into the ‘IAOP Leadership Hall of Fame,’ joining the ranks of Indian IT industry veterans N. R. Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani, Dewang Mehta, Raman Roy and Tiger Thyagrajan. The induction […]
