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TEHRAN: Explosions echoed over an Iranian city on Friday in what sources described as an Israeli attack, but Tehran played down the incident and indicated it had no plans for retaliation - a response that appeared gauged towards averting region-wide war. The limited scale of the attack and Iran's muted response both appeared to signal a successful effort by diplomats who have been working round the clock to avert all-out war since an Iranian drone and missile attack on Israel last Saturday. Iranian media and officials…

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan expressed its disappointment on the United Nations Security Council’s inability to reach a consensus on Palestine’s full membership of the United Nations, also regretting the US decision to veto the draft resolution. “Pakistan is deeply disappointed by the result of last night’s debate at UNSC and its inability to reach a consensus and recommend Palestine’s membership to UNGA. We regret the US decision to veto the draft resolution granting full membership of the UN to Palestine,” Foreign Office…

NEW YORK: The Security Council today blocked Palestine’s bid to become a full member of the United Nations due to a United States veto on a widely-supported resolution that would have recommended the granting of such status. The proposal, submitted in the 15-member Council by Algeria, received 12 votes in favour, with the United States casting a negative vote and Switzerland and the United Kingdom abstaining. Before the vote, diplomats said the US mission had been trying to convince one or two other council members to…

Martin Scorsese is reportedly directing a film on iconic singer Frank Sinatra and is in talk with his frequent leading man Leonardo DiCaprio. This is not the first time Scorsese has been linked to a Sinatra biopic. His renewed interest in the project, sees him planning to cast DiCaprio, a regular in Scorsese's films, having starred in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’, ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ and ‘The Aviator’. Joining DiCaprio potentially is Jennifer Lawrence, set to play Sinatra’s second wife, Ava Gardner. The pair…

Sophie Kinsella, the best-selling English author of the "Shopaholic" book series, revealed that she has glioblastoma, a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumour. Kinsella took to X to share the news. In the post, she shared that she wanted to share this news for a while. Kinsella said she did not make her health condition public earlier as she wanted her children to understand and process the news in private. "I have been under the care of the excellent team at University College Hospital in London and have had…

When an Israeli shell struck Gaza's largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit. As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 embryos plus 1,000 more specimens of sperm and unfertilized eggs stored at Gaza City's Al Basma IVF centre. The impact of that single explosion was far-reaching -- an example of the unseen toll Israel's six-and-a-half-month-old assault has…

SYDNEY: An Assyrian church bishop who was stabbed during a service at his church said he was recovering quickly, and had forgiven his attacker as police ramped up investigation into the riots triggered after the bishop's stabbing. Two knife attacks within three days - at a busy shopping centre near Bondi beach that killed six people on Saturday and at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney's west on Monday - has shocked residents of Australia's most populous city. "I am doing fine, recovering very…

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates was still grappling on Thursday with the aftermath of a record-breaking storm this week that brought much of the country to a standstill. In Dubai, operations at the airport, a major travel hub, remain disrupted after Tuesday's storm flooded the runway, resulting in flight diversions, delays and cancellations. The airport said on Thursday morning it had resumed receiving inbound flights at Terminal 1, used by foreign carriers, but that flights continue to be delayed and disrupted.…

RIO DE JANEIRO: A woman brought a 68-year-old man in a wheelchair into a bank branch and tried to get him to sign for a loan, but he had been dead for hours, Brazilian police said. The women, Erika Vieira Nunes, wheeled the cadaver into the bank in a Rio suburb on Tuesday and told the teller the man wanted a loan for 17,000 reais ($3,250), security camera video showed. She held a pen and moved his hand forward to no response. "Uncle, are you listening? You need to sign," she said, according to the security video,…

"Man of Steel" star Henry Cavill is expecting his first child with girlfriend Natalie Viscuso. The "Justice League" star spoke to Access Hollywood at the New York City premiere of "The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare" and shared the happy news. "I'm very excited about it. Natalie and I are both very excited about it. I'm sure you'll see much more of that,” he told a mediaperson when asked about becoming a dad. Henry and Natalie have been dating for more than two years. They recently attended the London premiere of…

DUBAI: Authorities and communities across the United Arab Emirates were clearing debris on Wednesday after a torrential downpour killed at least one person and caused damage to homes and businesses. The UAE witnessed a record rainfall with 254 mm falling in Al Ain on Tuesday in less than 24 hours, according to the national meteorology centre. That was the most since records began in 1949, before the country was established in 1971. Although heavy rains had eased by late Tuesday, disruptions were continuing on Wednesday…

Dubai International (DXB) airport on Tuesday temporarily suspended operations while 45 inbound and outbound flights were cancelled due to adverse weather. It warned that inclement weather could cause flight delays and disruption on Wednesday morning as well.  Operations were suspended for 25 minutes earlier in the day because of a storm. The airport authorities said they encountering several "operational challenges" due to the unprecedented weather conditions. It urged people "NOT to come to the airport, unless…