Four injured in Greek oil refinery fire
Athens, Sep 18 (IANS) Four people were slightly injured as a fire broke out at the Motor Oil refinery complex near the city of Corinth, 70 km west of Athens, local authorities said. The fire was brought under control shortly after sunset, but firefighters would continue working overnight to extinguish remaining hotspots and prevent the […]
Will meet fantastic man PM Modi during his US visit, says Trump
New York, Sep 18 (IANS) Former President Donald Trump has said he will meet “fantastic man” Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week when he visits the US. “He happens to be coming to meet me next week, and Modi, he’s fantastic. I mean, fantastic, man,” Trump said on Tuesday at a town hall meeting in […]
Trump says he got ‘very nice call’ from Harris; she says she told him ‘no place for political violence’
New York, Sep 18 (IANS) Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that he got “a very nice call” from his Democratic adversary Kamala Harris on Tuesday following the second assassination attempt. “Today, a little while ago, I got a very nice call from Kamala,” he said on Tuesday, mispronouncing her name as “Kamaala”. “It was […]
Trump to meet PM Modi next week
Washington/New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said at a campaign event that he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, media reports said. Trump announced the meeting while addressing the people in Flint, Michigan, while he was speaking about US trade with India. He gave no details […]
Israel on alert for Hezbollah retaliation over pager attacks
Jerusalem, Sep 18 (IANS) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was braced for a response after Hezbollah accused Israel of being behind a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least nine and injured thousands. Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, the IDF’s Chief of Staff, on Tuesday, insisted Israel remains ready “for attack and defence in all […]
‘This is unacceptable’, says WHO chief after Israeli tanks fired on Gaza aid convoy
United Nations, Sep 18 (IANS) The head of the World Health Organisation, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said Israeli tanks fired on an aid convoy on a mission to northern Gaza. Posting on X on Wednesday, he wrote that a WHO-led convoy encountered two Israeli tanks while on the way back from a mission last Saturday. […]
Gaza publishes identities of 34,344 Palestinians killed in war with Israel
Ramallah, Sep 18 (IANS) Gaza’s Health Ministry has identified 34,344 Palestinians killed by Israeli attacks in the territory, publishing a list of names, age, gender and ID numbers that cover more than 80 per cent of Palestinians killed in the war so far, Ministry officials said. The remaining 7,613 people included in its death toll, […]
N.Korea fires multiple short-range ballistic missiles: JCS
Seoul, Sep 18 (IANS) North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles in a northeastern direction on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, further ratcheting up tensions already heightened by its rare disclosure of a uranium enrichment facility last week. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launches at about 6:50 a.m. from the […]
Harris ‘entirely supportive’ of hold on large munitions while standing by Israel’s right to self-defence
Washington, Sep 18 (IANS) US Vice-President Kamala Harris has said that she supports the decision in May this year made by President Joe Biden to withhold a shipment of 2,000-pound bombs from Israel but reiterated her support for Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas. “One of the things that we have done that I’m […]
Hezbollah vows retaliation after exploding pagers kill at least 9, leave 3,000 injured
Beirut, Sep 18 (IANS) Hezbollah has vowed to retaliate against Israel after pagers used by its members exploded across Lebanon simultaneously, killing at least nine people and leaving almost 3,000 injured in a dramatic and unprecedented attack at a time of heightened tensions in the Middle East. There was no immediate comment from the Israeli […]
