Damascus, Sep 27 (UNI) Twenty-three Syrian refugees, mostly women and children, were killed on Thursday in an airstrike on Lebanon’s Younine area, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said. In a statement, the ministry said the airstrike was launched just hours before Israeli forces struck the Matrabah border crossing between Lebanon and Syria, injuring several refugees fleeing…
Tel Aviv, Sep 27 (UNI) Air raid sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and central Israel, a Sputnik correspondent reported. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) also reported sirens sounding in central Israel. “Sirens sounded in multiple areas in central Israel,” the IDF said on Telegram.
Ankara, Sep 27 (UNI) BRICS and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) provide Turkey with an opportunity to develop economic cooperation, but this does not mean Ankara abandoning NATO, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “We cannot ignore the fact that we have ties with continental Europe and America to the same extent…
Mumbai, Sept 26 (UNI) The BSE Sensex remained on top for another session on Thursday, surging 666.25 pts to close at 85,836.12 on strong global cues. The Nifty of the National Stock Exchange ( NSE) rose 211.90 pts at 26,216.05. The Sensex opened in red at 85,167.56, easing 2 pts. During the day it declined…
New Delhi, Sep 26 (UNI) The central government in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday released the calendar for raising Rs 6.61 lakh crore through market borrowings in the October-March period (second half or H2) of the current financial year 2024-25. All the auctions covered by the calendar will have the…
Dhaka, Sep 26 (UNI) Bangladesh’s garment factory owners have agreed to all 18 demands of workers, including a Tk 225 attendance bonus and the implementation of a minimum wage by October, media reports said on Thursday. The decision was made after extensive discussions between Readymade Garment (RMG) owners and workers at a meeting held in…
Moscow, Sep 26 (UNI) Russia will continue cooperation with the United Nations (UN) to ensure access to Russian food products on global markets, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin said on Wednesday. Speaking to RIA Novosti, a Russian news agency, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly High-Level Week 2024 in New York, Vershinin…
Beijing, Sep 26 (UNI) The Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy will dispatch the frigate Xuchang for a navy festival in Cape Town, South Africa, in early October, a Chinese defence spokesperson said Thursday. Zhang Xiaogang, a spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence, said at a press conference that the frigate will participate in…
Washington, Sep 26 (UNI) Pulitzer Prize-winning Jhumpa Lahiri has declined to accept an award from New York City’s Noguchi Museum after it fired three employees for wearing keffiyeh head scarves, an emblem of Palestinian solidarity, media reports said. The museum, founded nearly 40 years ago by Japanese-American designer and sculptor Isamu Noguchi, announced in August…
Dhaka, Sep 26 (UNI) Bangladesh Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who is sheltered in India, should be extradited if she has committed crimes, media reports said. “Why shouldn’t she? If she has committed crimes, she should be extradited and brought to justice,” he said in response to a…
