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World - 2024-04-04

Biden, Israel’s Netanyahu speak after strike kills food aid workers

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, three days...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 11:24pm

Europe

Family of Pole killed in Gaza should get compensation from Israel, Poland says

WARSAW: Israel should apologise and pay compensation to the family of a Polish national who was among seven aid...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 11:08pm

South Asia

Taliban govt urges Islamabad to show restraint over Afghan migrants

KABUL: Taliban authorities urged Pakistan on Thursday not to make a unilateral decision on repatriating Afghan...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 05:42pm

South Asia

Israel boosts defences after Iran revenge threat

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military halted leave for all combat units on Thursday amid concerns of a possible escalation...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 05:08pm

Asia

Yellen in China to press officials on industrial subsidies

GUANGZHOU: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrived in China’s Guangzhou on Thursday for meetings to press Beijing...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:57pm

USA

US layoffs reach 14-month high amid government, tech cutbacks

NEW YORK: U.S. layoff announcements rose 7% in March to the highest since January 2023, led by technology and...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:55pm

Europe

Russian air attacks kill six in northeast Ukraine

KYIV: Russian air attacks killed six people in northeast Ukraine on Thursday, authorities said, as President...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:49pm

Europe

Macron denounces ‘threatening’ remarks from Russia after rare phone talks

SAINT-DENIS: President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday denounced as “bizarre and threatening” Russia’s tone following...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 04:43pm

Europe

Kremlin says Russia and NATO are now in ‘rect confrontation’

MOSCOW: Russia and NATO are now in “direct confrontation”, the Kremlin said as the US-led alliance marked its 75th...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 03:25pm

MENA

Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 33,037

GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that at least 33,037 people have been killed in the...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 03:18pm

Stocks

Major Gulf markets up in early trade on Fed rate hopes

Major stock markets in the Gulf were up in early trade on Thursday on optimism about potential US interest rate...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 02:31pm

Europe

Russia says power line to Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant down, no change in radiation level

MOSCOW: A high-voltage power line supplying the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine has...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 01:07pm

Europe

10 key moments in the Israel-Hamas war

PARIS: On October 7, members of the Palestinian group Hamas launched an attack on southern Israel that resulted in...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 12:22pm

Asia

Magnitude-6.0 quake shakes northeast Japan, no tsunami alert

TOKYO: A magnitude-6.0 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan’s Fukushima region on Thursday, the Japan...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 12:11pm

South Asia

Online hate sows Muslim fears as India votes

HALDWANI: After his brother was murdered in anti-Muslim riots, Pervez Qureshi watched the videos he believes incited...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 10:53am

USA

Trump spoke recently with MBS, New York Times reports

WASHINGTON: Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump recently spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 10:29am

Israeli explanation for aid workers deaths ‘not good enough’, Australia PM says

SYDNEY: Israel’s explanation for the deaths from an air strike in Gaza of seven aid workers, including Australian...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 10:28am

Asia

Taiwan earthquake injuries top 1,000, missing hotel workers found

HUALIEN: The number of people injured in a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in eastern Taiwan climbed past 1,000 on Thursday...

Updated 04 Apr, 2024 10:40am

USA

Lloyd Austin speaks with Israel’s Gallant after aid worker deaths

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on Wednesday urged Israel to take concrete steps to protect aid...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 10:00am

Europe

Russian drone attack kills at least four in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, officials say

Russian drones hit high-rise apartment blocks and private homes early on Thursday in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 09:56am

USA

US says it destroyed anti-ship ballistic missile, two drones launched by Houthis

WASHINGTON: The US military said on Wednesday that it destroyed one inbound anti-ship ballistic missile and two...

Published 04 Apr, 2024 09:55am

EU condemns attack on Iran’s embassy in Damascus

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Wednesday condemned an airstrike on the Iranian embassy in Damascus on April 1 that...