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World - 2024-04-19

UAE launches relief operation in Gaza’s bombed out second city

DUBAI: The UAE said Friday it had launched a major relief operation in the Gaza Strip’s bombed out second city of...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:28pm

South Asia

Tehran plays down reported Israeli attacks, signals no further retaliation

Iranian media and officials describe small number of explosions, which they say resulted from Iran’s air defences hitting three drones over Isfahan

Updated 19 Apr, 2024 09:30pm

Middle East

At least 34,012 Palestinians killed in Israeli offensive in Gaza since Oct. 7

CAIRO: Israel’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip has killed at least 34,012 Palestinians and injured 76,833...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 08:48pm

South Asia

No explosives found after alert from Iran consulate in Paris

PARIS: French police on Friday found no explosives at the Iranian consulate in Paris or on a suspect detained there,...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 07:32pm

Stocks

UAE markets decline over Israel’s attack on Iran

Stock markets in the United Arab Emirates declined on Friday as investors turned risk-averse after Israel launched...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 07:22pm

South Asia

Police arrest man in Paris Iran consulate incident

PARIS: French police arrested a man who had threatened to blow himself up at Iran’s consulate in Paris, police said...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 06:58pm

Middle East

IMF revises down Mideast growth outlook on war, trade disruptions

DUBAI: The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday Middle East economies would grow at a slower pace this year...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 06:47pm

MENA

G7 opposes ‘full scale military operation in Rafah’

CAPRI: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations said Friday they opposed a “full-scale military operation...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 06:08pm

South Asia

Iran’s president makes no mention of explosions

TEHRAN: Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi on Friday hailed Tehran’s unprecedented retaliatory attack on Israel almost a...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:52pm

Europe

G7 seeing if it can draw on frozen Russian assets, Italy says

CAPRI: The Group of Seven (G7) major powers are looking to see if they can use frozen Russian assets held in the...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 05:39pm

USA

Blinken says US ‘not involved in any offensive operation’

CAPRI: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday refused to comment on reports of an attack by Israel on Iran,...

Updated 19 Apr, 2024 05:43pm

Middle East

Dubai airport limits arriving flights amid storm backlog

DUBAI: Dubai’s main airport said on Friday it is limiting the number of flights arriving for two days, as it...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 03:12pm

Europe

Russia’s Shoigu says tank production is booming

MOSCOW: Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday that the country was ramping up manufacturing of tanks...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 02:52pm

Europe

G7 identified ‘specific steps’ to help Ukraine, Kuleba says

CAPRI: Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies have identified “specific steps” needed to...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 01:44pm

USA

CIA warns Ukraine could lose war this year without fresh aid

WASHINGTON: The CIA chief warned Thursday that Ukraine could lose the war to Russia by the end of this year unless...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 12:01pm

South Asia

Deep wounds in Sri Lanka five years since Easter massacre

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka marks on Sunday five years since Islamist bombers slaughtered 279 people in the island’s...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:53am

MENA

Dubai rains provide ‘opportunity to enhance emergency response systems’: Crown Prince

Sheikh Hamdan says he is closely monitoring situation to address challenges that emergency response teams faced

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:51am

MENA

US embassy in Israel tells employees to limit movement

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: The United States embassy in Israel on Friday told its employees and their families to restrict...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:47am

Asia

ASEAN ‘deeply concerned’ by escalating Myanmar violence

BANGKOK: Regional bloc ASEAN said it is “deeply concerned” about a recent upsurge in fighting in Myanmar, after...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:46am

Europe

Three killed, 20 injured in Russian strikes on southern Ukraine

KYIV: Russian strikes overnight killed three people and injured 20 in the southern Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:36am

Europe

Threatened by Russia, will the EU do enough to fund defence?

BRUSSELS: As Russian forces push back outgunned Ukrainian troops and conflict rocks the Middle East, calls are...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:33am

South Asia

India begins voting in gigantic election as Modi seeks historic third term

KAIRANA/CHENNAI: India began voting on Friday in the world’s largest election as Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeks...

Published 19 Apr, 2024 11:06am

Despite calls to de-escalate, Israel attacks Iran as region goes deeper into conflict

Iranian state media says three drones over central city of Isfahan shot down

Updated 19 Apr, 2024 03:01pm

Poor nations: UN says solutions exist to rapidly ease debt burden

GENEVA: The heavy debt weighing on developing countries can be alleviated through readily available measures, the...