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World - 2024-07-29

US ‘confident’ of avoiding wider Israel-Hezbollah war

WASHINGTON: The United States is confident that a wider war between Israel and Hezbollah can be avoided despite a...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 11:25pm

Europe

US announces $1.7bn in new security assistance for Ukraine

WASHINGTON: The United States on Monday announced new military aid for Ukraine valued at around $1.7 billion that...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 10:32pm

South Asia

Iran warns of serious consequences for any Israeli hit on Lebanon

DUBAI: Any possible Israeli attack on Lebanon will have serious consequences for Israel, Iranian President Masoud...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 08:38pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe fails to get backing of largest party for re-election

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe failed on Monday to secure the backing of the biggest political...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:55pm

Middle East

Israeli officials say they seek to avoid all-out war in Lebanon retaliation

JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel wants to hurt Hezbollah but not drag the Middle East into all-out war, two Israeli...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:48pm

Europe

Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russia said Monday its forces had captured the village of Vovche in eastern Ukraine, the latest in a string...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:31pm

Middle East

Netanyahu, visiting site of Golan rocket fire, vows ‘severe’ response

MAJDAL SHAMS: Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who on Monday visited the site of a deadly attack in the...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 06:26pm

Europe

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits frontline area in Kharkiv region

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he had travelled to the frontline area of Vovchansk in...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 05:58pm

Middle East

As fighting rages, displaced Gazans struggle with disease and lack of shelter

CAIRO/DEIR AL-BALAH: Thousands of Palestinians fled a community in the central Gaza Strip on Monday in the face of...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 05:19pm

Europe

French climber summits Pakistan’s K2 in record time

PARIS: French climber Benjamin Vedrines summited Pakistan’s K2 in record time on Sunday, his team told AFP, reaching...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 04:17pm

Asia

Antony Blinken urges calm in call with Israel’s Herzog on Golan Heights attack

TOKYO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a call with Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday to discuss a...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 03:45pm

Europe

New UK finance minister eyes spending cuts, accuses predecessor of budget black hole

LONDON: Britain’s new finance minister, Rachel Reeves, will accuse the former Conservative government on Monday of...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 03:40pm

Stocks

Most Gulf markets gain on Fed rate cut optimism

Most stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Monday amid expectations of a US rate cut in September,...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 03:24pm

South Asia

Bangladesh protests to resume after ultimatum ignored

DHAKA: Bangladeshi students called new street protests for Monday after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 12:37pm

Europe

New push for mRNA bird flu vaccine development: WHO

GENEVA: The World Health Organization announced Monday a new project to accelerate the development in poorer...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 12:31pm

South Asia

Fifth Indian killed fighting in Ukraine for Russia

NEW DELHI: An Indian soldier died fighting with Russian forces in Ukraine, one of his relatives said Monday, the...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 12:14pm

Asia

Lufthansa group suspends flights to Lebanese capital Beirut

SEOUL: Airline group Lufthansa has suspended flights to the Lebanese capital Beirut up to and including July 30...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 10:59am

Asia

Antony Blinken calls for Venezuela to publish tabulation of votes in Sunday’s election

TOKYO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday called on Venezuela’s electoral authorities to published...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 10:45am

Europe

Ukraine keeps pounding Russia’s Kursk region with drones, Russian officials say

Kyiv launched more than two dozen drones on the Russian region of Kursk in several waves of attacks that started...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 10:43am

Nicolas Maduro wins third term, electoral authority says, contradicting exit polls

CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has won a third term with 51% of the vote, the country’s electoral...

Published 29 Jul, 2024 10:14am

Turkish parliament debates fate of millions of stray dogs

ISTANBUL: The Turkish parliament on Sunday started an emotional debate on a law aiming to clamp down on millions of...