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World - 2024-04-02

UAE pauses aid to Gaza by sea after Israeli strike kills aid workers

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates is pausing humanitarian aid efforts through a maritime corridor from Cyprus to Gaza...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 11:23pm

World Bank estimates damage to Gaza critical infrastructure at $18.5bn

WASHINGTON: The World Bank says the Israel-Hamas war has caused damage of around $18.5 billion to Gaza’s critical...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 10:48pm

Europe

Zelensky lowers army mobilisation age from 27 to 25: parliament

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday signed into law a measure lowering the country’s army...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 09:51pm

Europe

Fire tears through Istanbul apartment block, killing 29

ISTANBUL: A fire that raged from the basement of a 16-storey block in central Istanbul left at least 29 people dead...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 09:26pm

Middle East

Blinken says US urged Israel to investigate airstrike that killed NGO workers

PARIS: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said Washington has urged Israel to carry out a swift,...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 08:40pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka recovering but poverty enduring: World Bank

COLOMBO: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will return to growth this year, the World Bank said Tuesday, but around a quarter of...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 07:53pm

MENA

Netanyahu admits ‘unintentional’ Israel strike killed Gaza aid workers

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Tuesday that its armed forces...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 06:08pm

Europe

Russia says seized 400 square km of Ukrainian land

MOSCOW: Russia said Tuesday its forces had captured 400 square kilometres (150 square miles) of Ukrainian territory...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 05:18pm

Africa

Egyptian President Sisi sworn in for third term

CAIRO: Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in Tuesday for his third term as leader of the Arab world’s...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 05:16pm

MENA

World powers condemn deadly Gaza air strike on aid workers

PARIS: The United States and Britain led international criticism Tuesday of a deadly strike in the Gaza Strip that...

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 06:21pm

Europe

Kremlin says Israeli attack on Iranian consulate is ‘act of aggression’

MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Tuesday that a suspected Israeli air strike against the Iranian consulate in Damascus...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 03:28pm

Europe

Antony Blinken in Paris after Gaza NGO attack, French UN push

PARIS: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will hold talks in Paris on Tuesday after a Washington-based NGO was...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 02:27pm

Europe

Destruction of Gaza’s Shifa Hospital rips heart out of health system, WHO says

GENEVA: The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that the destruction of Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 02:15pm

Europe

Russia says seizes explosives sent from Ukraine via EU

MOSCOW: Russia’s FSB security service said Tuesday it had seized dozens of kilos of explosives sent from Ukraine...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 12:44pm

Asia

North Korea fires medium-range ballistic missile

SEOUL: North Korea fired a medium-range ballistic missile on Tuesday, with South Korea, the United States and Japan...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 12:41pm

Asia

China condemns Israel strike on Iranian consular annex in Syria

BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it condemned Israeli air strikes that destroyed the Iranian embassy’s consular annex...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 12:38pm

USA

White House’s Sullivan traveling to Saudi Arabia for talks with MBS

WASHINGTON: White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan plans to travel to Saudi Arabia this week for talks...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 12:20pm

Asia

Japan resumes funding to embattled Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA

TOKYO: Japan on Tuesday said it will lift its suspension of funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA) as...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 10:43am

Europe

Belarus holds military drills near borders with EU, Ukraine

Belarus started military exercises on Tuesday in regions bordering Ukraine and European Union members Lithuania and...

Published 02 Apr, 2024 10:28am

Middle East

Israel airstrike on Gaza kills foreigners working for celebrity chef's NGO

Citizens from Australia, Britain and Poland were among at least five people working for celebrity chef Jose Andres’...

Updated 02 Apr, 2024 01:05pm

Israel bombs Iran embassy in Syria, commanders among dead

DAMASCUS: Suspected Israeli warplanes bombed Iran’s embassy in Syria on Monday, a marked escalation in a war...