Kochi: Thirtytwo students and one teacher were killed and many injured when a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar.Several children are feared to be trapped under the rubble, BBC reported.He told the BBC the roof of an upper-floor classroom had collapsed, causing ceilings below to cave in as well.It appears that
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Kochi: Twelve people were killed and over 300 injured when Houthis attacked King Khalid International Airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh.The dead included four from Saudi Arabia, two Bangladesh and one each from the US, Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Sudan and Egypt, BBC quoting Saudi civil aviation authority said.Several Gulf airlines had cancelled their flights to
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Kochi: US and Russia have reached a deal onto “immediately release” diesel to the US and globally, BBC quoting President Donald Trump has said.Trump said the proposed release of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of Russian diesel, in tranches, would reduce diesel prices.It is understood the US Treasury is suspending sanctions on Russian diesel exports
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Kochi: Indian origin South African judge Navanethem “Navi” Pillay, 85, on Friday won the Nobel Peace Prize “for her efforts to promote peace and international law”, media reports quoting the Norwegian Nobel Committee said.The peace prize is the fifth Nobel awarded this week, after literature, chemistry, physics and medicine.The Nobel Peace Prize, of about $1.2
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Kochi: Yemen, one of the poorest countries in the world, has announced an all out war to take all its territory held by the Shia majority Iran-backed terror outfit Houthis since 2014.Yemeni President Rashad al-Alimi said in a televised address about the government’s decision, BBC reported.Exchange of strikes between the Houthis and the Saudi-led coalition in
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Kochi: Dubai Crown Prince, Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, greeted Indian pilot Smit Machchhar who saved the lives of 172 passengers and crew members by foiling a terror plot to crash a Flydubai aircraft bound for Israel.The prince “appreciated and praised” the pilot for foiling the possible terror attack by neutralising the
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Kochi: Flydubai Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchha, who was attacked by his co-pilot of Oman in the Dubai-Tel Aviv aircraft in an alleged bid to take control of the aircraft, said he opened the cockpit to save 182 passengers on Wednesday.Smit Machchhar said as he was lying on the ground injured and was still being
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Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the Flydubai Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar who fought off an apparent hijack attempt on Flydubai. Modi said described Captain Smit as a “her”. India is proud of him, Modi posted on X.The pilot and passengers foiled attempt by the accused pilot who attacked Capt Smit in a bid
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Kochi: A total of 150 passengers, most of them jews, and crew of a flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv escaped a possible accident after a pilot was stabbed on Wednesday.The flight was diverted to Saudi Arabia after the attack, Israeli officials have told local media.The Flydubai plane signalled emergency two hours after it took
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Kochi: Release of five British youth arrested on suspicion of explosives offences and terrorism on bail has irritated US President Donald Trump.The British youths who are suspects in the alleged RAF Fairford terror attack plot in Gloucestershire were released on bail for insufficient terror materials seized from them, media reports said.The Counter-terror police said that
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Kochi: Iran has made a new offer to the United States to find a final resolution to the nearly seven-month-long war.Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters in Washington that the offer is towards reopening the Strait of Hormuz and restarting broader talks to end the conflict.“We have introduced a plan to the United States
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Kochi: A court in the US has ordered the Trump administration to urgently reinstate press access for three news organisations barred from the building.Issuing the temporary order against the ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico, the District of Columbia court directed restoration of their access in 14 days.The three outlets had moved the court
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Kochi: The US President Donald Trump has banned scribes representing Politico, CNN and MS HOW from entering the White House accusing them of generating “fiction or lies” about the Trump administration.All three outlets have spoken out against the decision, accusing Trump of violating their constitutional rights to free speech and freedom of the press.Trump did
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Kochi: Five policemen were among 16 killed in an explosion in a mosque in north-western Pakistan, media reports said.The explosion occurred when a vehicle loaded with explosives rammed into the mosque, BBC quoting a senior police official in Peshawar reported.A battle is still ongoing between attackers and security forces at the site in the Kohat
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Kochi: Saudi Arabia has accused terror outfit Houthis of targeting the holy city of Mecca on Wednesday even as the Iran-backed terror outfit has rejected the allegations which it said were as a lie, DW news said.“The security of the Two Holy Mosques and the pilgrims is a red line, and the Joint Forces Command
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Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday sought team work across the Global South to solve geopolitical tensions which disrupts supply chains and climate crises.Delivering a valedictory address on the two-day BRICS summit of 11 leading developing nations, he warned against “weaponization of technology and critical minerals”.”The number of conflicts and tensions in the world
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Kochi:The BRICS summit on Saturday called for reforms of multilateral institutions, including a “structural update” of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and condemned terrorism.Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the New Delhi Declaration which denounced “unilateral acts of war” and stressed the need to ensure safety of seafarers and commercial navigation amid the ongoing military
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Kochi: In a move to make cross-border financial settlements easier, BRICS countries getting closer to find a solution to the issue respecting national priorities.The Finance Ministers and Central Bank governors have said in a statement that easier payments will promote trade settlements and investments using BRICS local currencies.BRICS called for continued work on cross-border payment mechanisms
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Kochi: Saudi Arabia to shut down a critical oil pipeline which was hit in a drone attack from Iraqi territory giving speculation to retaliation by Riyadh.Saudi has shut down the East-West pipeline giving indications to further disruption in energy supplies even as the global price of oil briefly jumped to about $110 a barrel, NY
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Kochi: Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the BRICS Summit in New Delhi on September 12 and 13.Jinping, who had last visited India in 2019, is expected to meet for bilateral talks on the sidelines of the summit in New Delhi.A large delegation will be accompanied by Xi including Politburo member and Foreign Minister Wang
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