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World - 2024-04-13

Death of Israeli teenager in West Bank fuels attacks on Palestinians

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday condemned the “heinous murder” of an Israeli teenager in...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 10:50pm

Europe

Passengers rescued from fatal Turkiye cable car accident after 23 hours

ISTANBUL: Rescue workers finished evacuating dozens of passengers trapped for 23 hours mid-air Saturday after a...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 08:46pm

Africa

IMF greenlights further $360 million in Ghana aid

ACCRA: The International Monetary Fund on Saturday said it had validated a fresh tranche of aid of $360 million for...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 08:38pm

Europe

Zelenskiy thanks Germany for new Patriot system at 'critical time'

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz for delivering an additional...

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 08:34pm

South Asia

China’s top legislator meets North Korea’s Kim Jong Un on goodwill visit

BEIJING: China’s top legislator Zhao Leji met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang on Saturday, expressing...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 05:19pm

Europe

Police arrest international gang in $686mn medicinal cannabis scam

MADRID: Spanish police said on Saturday it led an international operation to arrest a gang which allegedly defrauded...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 05:15pm

Middle East

33,686 Palestinians killed in Israeli aggression since October 7

CAIRO: Israel’s military aggression in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 33,686 Palestinians and wounded 76,309...

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 05:47pm

South Asia

Iran committing piracy, Israeli foreign minister says

JERUSALEM: Teheran is conducting piracy and should be sanctioned for it, Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz said...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 05:00pm

South Asia

Iran will bear consequences for any escalation, Israeli military says

JERUSALEM: Iran will bear consequences if it escalates violence in the region, an Israeli military spokesperson said...

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 06:01pm

South Asia

Vessel seized in Strait of Hormuz amid Iran tensions, shipping firms say

DUBAI: A vessel has been seized by “regional authorities” between the United Arab Emirates and Iran, maritime...

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 06:00pm

Sydney knife attacker shot dead after killing 5 in Bondi, police say

SYDNEY: An attacker who fatally knifed five people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by police in Sydney’s beachside...

Updated 13 Apr, 2024 08:37pm

Europe

Ukraine says situation in east has ‘deteriorated significantly’

KYIV: “The situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days” in the face of a heightened...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 02:03pm

Asia

China natural disasters cost $3.3 billion in first quarter, government says

BEIJING: Floods, droughts, an earthquake and freezing conditions in China caused direct economic losses of 23.76...

Published 13 Apr, 2024 11:55am

Russia, Germany, UK urge restraint

LONDON: Russia, Germany and Britain on Thursday urged countries in the Middle East to show restraint and Israel said...