International

TEHRAN: Iran marked 45 years since its Islamic revolution with a ceremony on Sunday in which President Ebrahim Raisi condemned arch foe Israel over the Gaza attack and demanded it be expelled from the United Nations. Since Iran’s 1979 revolution that overthrew the US-backed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the region’s main power has had deeply hostile relations with Israel, the …

MANILA: The death toll from a massive Philippine landslide near a gold mine abruptly rose to 54, with the recovery of 19 more bodies from beneath the rubble in the southern mountain village of Masara on Sunday, local officials said. Sixty-three other miners and residents still missing, said the municipality of Maco, and provincial disaster official Randy Loy. The landslide buried a …

GAZA STRIP: The threat of an Israeli incursion into Gaza’s southernmost town of Rafah persisted on Sunday, but Hamas warned Tel Aviv that such an offensive into the city, crowded with displaced Palest­inians, would threaten talks about the release of prisoners. Though Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised “safe passage” to civilians displaced in Rafah, a leader in the Palestinian …

Tributes flowed on Monday for Kenyan running sensation Kelvin Kiptum after the marathon world record-holder was killed in a car crash at the age of 24 in his home country. The favourite for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics was driving from Kaptagat to Eldoret in western Kenya around 11 pm on Sunday when his car rolled. Kiptum and his Rwandan …

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin has been admitted to the critical care unit as he undergoes treatment for a bladder issue, the Pentagon said late on Sunday, in a statement citing his doctors. “Tonight, after a series of tests and evaluations, the secretary was admitted into the critical care unit at Walter Reed National Military Medical Centre for supportive care …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Faisal Niaz Tirmizi, has said technology is changing demands for various skills and there is dire need to be innovative in meeting changing labour demands. Speaking at the concluding session of the ministerial consultation of the Abu Dhabi Dialogue on Sunday, Mr Tirmizi said time has come for diversifying skill sets and …

PARIS: Tens of millions of people across the world are thought to suffer from long Covid, but four years after the pandemic was declared, this elusive condition still cannot be tested for — let alone treated. However research could be finally starting to find early clues on the trail of long Covid, raising hopes of future breakthroughs that may also …

GAZA STRIP: Six-year-old Hind Rajab pleaded to be rescued, after her family’s car came under fire in war-ravaged Gaza City, leaving her alone, frightened and injured, surrounded by the bodies of her dead relatives. “I am so scared,” she had said in a desperate phone call to the Palestine Red Crescent Society. “Call someone to come get me, please.” But …

DURBAN: Firebrand leftist politician Julius Malema on Saturday accused the ruling ANC of neglecting the country’s ills as he launched the party’s electoral campaign ahead of a hotly contested poll that could cost the ruling party its parliamentary majority. Through the crippling power cuts (locally known as loadshedding) South Africa’s President Cyril “Ramaphosa is continuing to kill our people” he …

BEIRUT: A senior Hamas officer survived on Saturday an Israeli assassination attempt in Lebanon, Palestinian and Lebanese security sources said, with officials reporting two killed in the attack south of Beirut. Israeli forces and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily fire since Oct 7. But the Israel-Lebanon violence has been largely contained to the border area, …