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World - 2024-03-30

‘This won’t hurt’: Gaza dentist works in tent as war rages

NUSEIRAT: Dentist Najdat Saqer’s new surgery in Gaza is like any other except that it is in a tent and he has to...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 11:03pm

Middle East

WHO says 9,000 patients need emergency evacuation from Gaza

GENEVA: Some 9,000 patients in the Gaza Strip require evacuation for emergency care, with the war-torn Palestinian...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 09:09pm

South Asia

India's GDP set to grow 8% or more in Jan-March quarter: finance minister

NEW DELHI: India’s gross domestic product (GDP) is on track to grow by 8% or more in the quarter ending March 31,...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:23pm

MENA

Heavy clashes, more deadly aid chaos in war-ravaged Gaza

GAZA STRIP: Heavy clashes and explosions shook Gaza, witnesses said on Saturday, as the Red Crescent reported...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 04:47pm

Middle East

Death toll in Israeli strikes on Syria climbs to 52: monitor

BEIRUT: The death toll in Israeli air strikes on Syria has risen to 52, including 38 government soldiers and seven...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:23pm

Europe

Ukraine says Russia fired 12 drones, four missiles overnight

KYIV: Ukraine’s air force said on Saturday that Russia fired four missiles into eastern Ukraine overnight, as well...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 05:49pm

Africa

IMF approves $820mn as part of Egypt bailout

WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the immediate disbursement of $820 million to the...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 08:26pm

Europe

Polish PM Tusk warns Europe has entered ‘pre-war era’

WARSAW: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned of the “real” threat of conflict in Europe, saying that for the...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 10:56am

South Asia

China reaffirms financial support for Sri Lanka

BEIJING: China has said it would continue to support Sri Lanka, as the crisis-hit island nation’s prime minister on...

Updated 30 Mar, 2024 05:50pm

South Asia

Malaysia arrests armed man suspected of being an Israeli spy

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has arrested an armed man at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, its top police official said,...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 10:43am

Europe

Refugees caught up in Paris clean-up drive

VITRY-SUR-SEINE (France): “The police arrived at 7am and said to us ‘get in the bus’,” Ali, a refugee from...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:29am

Europe

Russia detains another suspect over concert hall attack

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Friday ordered another suspect charged with “terrorism” over the deadly attack on a...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:28am

UAE extradites alleged drug baron from Dubai to Belgium

BRUSSELS: One of Belgium’s most-wanted suspected drug smugglers was extradited from Dubai on Friday, the Belgian...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:26am

Middle East

Israel hits back at UN report warning of Gaza famine

JERUSALEM: Israel hit back on Friday against a UN-backed report that warned of imminent famine in Gaza, alleging the...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:25am

Africa

HRW urges Somalia to reject lowering age of majority

NAIROBI: Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged Somalia’s parliament Friday to reject a constitutional amendment that aims...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:22am

One week after Moscow massacre, mourners express grief and anger

KRASNOGORSK (Russia): One week after Russia’s deadliest terror attack in two decades, mourners outside Crocus City...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:21am

South Asia

Indian navy says intercepted hijacked vessel near Somalia

NEW DELHI: India’s navy said Friday it intercepted a fishing vessel in the Arabian Sea after a suspected ...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:07am

France to bring back remains of colonial soldiers from Vietnam

PARIS: France is to repatriate from Vietnam the bodies of six soldiers who died in Dien Bien Phu, the country’s...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:07am

Europe

Rain in Spain puts dampener on Good Friday parades

MADRID: Torrential rains forced the cancellation of famed Good Friday religious processions through Seville, leaving...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 07:05am

Europe

Polish govt moves to bypass president veto over emergency contraception

WARSAW: Poland’s pro-EU coalition government on Friday sought to bypass a veto by conservative President Andrzej...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:59am

Asia

S Korea’s Australia envoy resigns amid pre-election controversy

SEOUL: South Korea’s ambassador to Australia has resigned, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Friday, after his...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:57am

Asia

Thai crane collapse kills seven

BANGKOK: Seven people were killed when a crane fell during construction work at a factory in Thailand on Friday,...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:55am

Erdogan’s obsession is to recapture Istanbul in Turkiye election

ISTANBUL: Recapturing Istanbul, the “jewel” of Turkiye, in Sunday’s local elections has become President Recep...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:52am

Asia

North Korea says it has ‘nothing’ to talk about with Japan

SEOUL: Pyongyang said on Friday it had “nothing to talk” about with Japan after claiming that a Japanese ...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:48am

Famine ‘quite possibly’ in some areas of northern Gaza, US official says

WASHINGTON: Famine is quite possibly present in parts of the northern Gaza Strip, a senior US State Department...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:46am

Biden, Obama, Clinton rake in cash at NYC campaign stop

NEW YORK: US President Joe Biden was joined in New York on Thursday by his predecessors Barack Obama and Bill ...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:43am

Japan to resume funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency

TOKYO: Japan is preparing to resume funding to the UN’s crisis-hit Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:42am

Europe

Calls for ‘smartphone free’ childhood grow in UK

LONDON: It is the question many adults dread being asked by their children: when can I have a smartphone? But as...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:42am

Asia

Japan dietary supplement maker probes five deaths

TOKYO: A Japanese drugmaker said on Friday it is investigating five deaths potentially linked to dietary supplements...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:40am

Europe

Impact of Baltimore port closure on global supply chains

PARIS: The bridge collapse that closed the Port of Baltimore has raised concerns about the disaster’s potential...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:40am

Biden to host Turkey’s Erdogan at White House on May 9

ANKARA/WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden is set to host Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on May 9 in the Turkish...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:38am

Europe

France eyes spent uranium plant to bypass Russia: ministry

PARIS: The French government has said it is “seriously” studying the option of building a plant to convert and...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:35am

Ukraine gets $1.5bn funding tranche under World Bank programme

KYIV: Ukraine has received a $1.5 billion tranche of funding under a World Bank programme, Prime Minister Denys...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 06:34am

Africa

S Africa’s ex-president Zuma barred from May election

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa’s electoral officials said on Thursday they had excluded former president Jacob Zuma...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:24am

Africa

Bus accident in S Africa kills at least 45

BENGALURU: South Africa’s Department of Transport on Thursday said a bus crash near Mamatlakala in the northern...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:22am

Europe

France earmarks 30m euros for Palestinian agency UNRWA: ministry

PARIS: France will provide 30 million euros ($32 million) for the embattled UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA if ...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:21am

Middle East

No change in Gaza since UN ceasefire vote: MSF

GENEVA: The MSF medical charity lamented Thursday that nothing had changed on the ground in war-ravaged Gaza since...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:21am

Europe

Kyiv asks NATO allies for air defences after Russia hits infrastructure

KYIV: Ukraine’s defence minister asked allies for more air defences at an extraordinary meeting of the ...

Published 30 Mar, 2024 05:15am

Russia faces backlash as veto ends UN’s N Korea sanctions monitoring

SEOUL: Russia faced a mounting backlash Friday after using its veto power to effectively end official UN monitoring...