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September 27, 2024 11:09 AM

LDP leadership election candidates: Who’s vying to be Japan’s next PM?

Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party votes on Friday in leadership election to replace Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Here are the leading contenders based on public opinion polls. SHIGERU ISHIBA, 67 The former defence minister is making his fifth and, he says, final bid to lead a party that ha...

September 26, 2024 4:40 PM

Israeli foreign minister rejects ceasefire proposal, Lebanon on edge

Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Thursday rejected proposals for a ceasefire with Hezbollah after the United States and France called for a 21-day halt in the fighting that has alarmed Lebanon and raised fears of a ground invasion. "There will be no ceasefire in the north. We will continue t...

September 26, 2024 3:11 PM

World looks up to India through Make in India

The ‘Make in India’, one of the flagship initiatives of the Modi government completed ten years. This not only illustrates a decade of India’s transformational growth but also a defining moment for the nation as it positions itself as a global manufacturing hub. The ‘Make in India’ initiat...

September 26, 2024 11:55 AM

Second phase of J-K polls records turnout of 57.03 pc till 11:45 pm: ECI

The second phase of J-K assembly polls records turnout of 57.03 pc till 11:45 pm, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said in a press release. The ECI said that Budgam recorded 62.98 percent voter turnout till 11.45 pm, Ganderbal recorded 62.51 percent voter turnout, Poonch recorded 73.80 percent...

September 25, 2024 10:50 AM

India-China relationship key to Asia’s future: EAM Jaishankar

India's External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar emphasized the pivotal role of the India-China relationship in shaping the future of Asia and the world during his address at the Asia Society Policy Institute in New York on Tuesday. In a rapidly evolving "multipolar" world, Jaishankar said that the d...

September 25, 2024 10:49 AM

Israel kills senior Hezbollah commander; Lebanon says only US can stop fighting

An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East and Lebanon said only Washington could help end the fighting. Hezbollah early on Wednesday confirmed senior commander I...

September 24, 2024 4:52 PM

Israel and Hezbollah launch new attacks after deadly day in Lebanon

Israel struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon and the Iran-backed group attacked military facilities in northern Israel on Tuesday, increasing fears of a full-blown conflict after Lebanon suffered its deadliest day in decades. Israel's military said it hit dozens of Hezbollah targets overnigh...

September 24, 2024 2:06 PM

West Africa becomes global terrorism hotspot as Western forces leave

Having slipped undetected into Mali's capital weeks ago, the jihadis struck just before dawn prayers. They killed dozens of students at an elite police training academy, stormed Bamako's airport and set the presidential jet on fire. The Sept. 17 attack was the most brazen since 2016 in a capital ci...