News in Brief -2024-11-11

Suspected rebel killed as Indian troops
battle with gunmen in Kashmir
NEW DELHI, Nov 10: Indian troops on Sunday were battling with gunmen in Kashmir with one suspected rebel killed, the army said, the latest violence in the long-running insurgency in the disputed Muslim-majority territory. Police said two separate gunfights were taking place in the Himalayan region, with fighting reported in both the Zabarwan and Baramulla areas. "One terrorist has been neutralised by the security forces", the army's Chinar Corps said, a term they use indicating a gunman had been killed. Kashmir has been divided between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan since their partition at the chaotic end of British rule in 1947, and both countries claim the territory in full. — AFP
12 killed in Israeli strike on north Beirut
BEIRUT, Nov 10: Lebanon's health ministry said an Israeli strike on Sunday killed 12 people including three children in the village of Almat, north of the capital Beirut. "The Israeli enemy strike on Almat in the Jbeil district killed 12 people including three children, in a preliminary toll," the ministry said in a statement. — AFP
Protest over handling of Spanish flood
VALENCIA, Nov 10: Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia on Saturday over regional authorities' handling of devastating floods that killed more than 220 people in one of Europe's worst natural disasters for decades. In the latest demonstration over the floods, protesters filled the centre of Valencia demanding the resignation of regional government leader Carlos Mazon and chanting "Killers!". "Our hands are stained with mud, yours with blood," read one banner. Some demonstrators dumped dirty boots outside the government building while others plastered it with mud. — Reuters
UN atomic watchdog chief to visit Iran
TEHRAN, Nov 10: UN atomic watchdog chief Rafael Grossi will visit Iran on Wednesday for talks with senior officials, state media reported. "The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency will arrive Iran on Wednesday ... at the official invitation of the Islamic Republic of Iran," the official IRNA news agency reported. — AFP