Iran on Saturday banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, according to local media. This comes weeks after Israel allegedly attacked Lebanon with pager attacks, killing at least 39 people.
India slammed Bangladesh over the attacks on Hindu temples during the ongoing Durga Puja festival. The Ministry of External Affairs expressed concerns about the attack on a Puja mandap in Dhaka’s Tanti Bazar, and theft at the revered Jeshoreshwari Kali temple at Satkhira. It further called them “deplorable events” in a statement.
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Weeks after Israel allegedly hit Lebanon with pager attacks, Iran on Saturday (Oct 12) banned pagers and walkie-talkies on all flights, local media reported.
India has expressed “serious concerns” about the attack on a Puja mandap in Dhaka’s Tanti Bazar, Bangladesh on Saturday (Oct 12) amid the ongoing Durga Puja festival. New Delhi also shared concerns over the theft at the revered Jeshoreshwari Kali temple at Satkhira, and called them “deplorable events”, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement.
The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) reported on Saturday that an unknown gunshot hit a peacekeeper the previous day, marking the fifth injury near the Israeli border in southern Lebanon within two days.
At least seven people died after the wall of a private company collapsed on them at a construction site in the Indian state of Gujarat’s Mehsana district on Saturday (Oct 12), India Today reported.
Excerpts from the memoir of the late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny have been released, where he expressed his belief that he would die behind bars. The New Yorker magazine published these excerpts on Friday (Oct 11), ahead of the upcoming release of his book, Patriot, on October 22.
Former Republican President Donald Trump has an edge over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris on who would better navigate the country through the Ukraine and Middle East wars, a Wall Street Journal opinion poll of seven battleground states showed.
The new BJP government in the Indian state of Haryana is set to be sworn in at 10:00 am (local time) on 17 October. The oath-taking ceremony will take place in Panchkula, according to a statement issued by the party on Saturday (Oct 12).
King Charles said that he would not stand in the way if Australia wished to become a republic and replace him as the country’s head of state.
India’s star batter wreaked with the bat against Bangladesh on Saturday (Oct 12) after he smashed five consecutive sixes against the visitors in a single over. Playing in the final T20I against Bangladesh as an opener, Samson was scoring runs left, right and center as Indian batters smashed multiple records on the evening. At the time of writing, he scored his maiden T20I hundred in a record-breaking 40 balls.
Nick Cannon shocked listeners on The Breakfast Club when he revealed that he attended one of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ parties at just 16 years old. The 44-year-old shared the shocking detail during his appearance on the popular morning radio show on Friday.
