Drones cut carbon emissions by 66% at Saudi reserve
RIYADH, 30 September: The use of drones has resulted in a 66 percent decrease in carbon emissions at the Imam Turki bin Abdullah Royal Nature Reserve, its development authority said on Sunday. According to the authority, there has been a substantial increase in vegetation cover, which grew to 8.5 percent from 1.4 percent in 2018. […]
3 airlines fined for health violations in Madinah
RIYADH, 30 September: The Ministry of Health has fined three airlines for violating health surveillance regulations on arriving at Prince Mohammad bin Abdulaziz International Airport in Madinah, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. The penalties, which have been issued in accordance with the general provisions of the executive regulations of the health surveillance law […]
Muslim World League chief discusses law, religion at Harvard event
RIYADH, 30 September: Secretary-General of the Muslim World League Dr. Mohammed bin Abdulkarim Al-Issa has delivered the lecture “Law and Religion: Prospects for Peace and Combating Societal Divisions” at Harvard Law School. The event was attended by faculty members, policymakers and students, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Sunday. Al-Issa focused on the diverse interpretations […]
Three killed in Israeli airstrike on residential building in Beirut
Beirut, Sep 30 (IANS) Three people of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting a residential building in the al Cola area in Beirut. This marked Israel’s first attack on the capital since the outbreak of the Hezbollah-Israel conflict on October 8, 2023. Previously attacks concentrated on […]
UN agency says sanitary, living conditions across Gaza ‘inhumane’
Gaza, Sep 30 (IANS) The health and living conditions in the Gaza Strip are “inhumane,” the UN agency for Palestine refugees said. “Sanitary and living conditions across Gaza are inhumane,” The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on social media platform X on Sunday. “Mountains of […]
Three dead in helicopter crash in Spain
Madrid, Sep 30 (IANS) Three people died when the helicopter they were travelling in collided with power lines near a town located in Spain. The accident happened on Sunday at around 10 a.m. local time close to the town of Pucol in a hilly area, as the three were inspecting electric cables there, Xinhua news […]
Bangladesh records highest daily dengue cases
Dhaka, Sep 30 (IANS) A total of 1,221 people were diagnosed with dengue fever in Bangladesh the highest number in a single day so far this year, according to the Ministry of Health. This was recorded in the past 24 hours, on Sunday. In the same period, eight people died due to the mosquito-borne disease, […]
EAM Jaishankar arrives in Washington, to hold bilateral talks with Blinken
Washington, Sep 30 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar is set to meet US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, where a range of bilateral and global issues will be on the agenda. Among the key topics expected to be discussed are the Russia-Ukraine conflict and the ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. […]
Sex-party scandal undermines Indian-American doctor who led New York’s Covid fight
New York, Sep 30 (IANS) The Indian-American doctor, Jay Varma, who received accolades for steering the city through the pandemic as the “Covid Czar” now finds his reputation in tatters after he boasted about hosting a sex party while the city was locked down on his instructions and people were ordered to socially distance. A […]
Hezbollah confirms death of senior leader Ali Karaki in Israeli airstrikes
Beirut, Sep 30 (IANS) Hezbollah has confirmed that the group’s senior leader Ali Karaki, head of the southern front, was killed, along with top leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, in the Israeli airstrikes targeting Beirut’s southern suburbs. Hezbollah said on Sunday in a statement that Karaki “was martyred with a group of his jihadist brothers in […]
