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World - 2024-07-31

Europe

EU hails ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Wednesday welcomed the ceasefire agreed between the Democratic Republic of Congo and...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 11:10pm

Netanyahu says Israel will exact heavy price for revenge attacks

JERUSALEM: Israel will respond forcefully to any attack on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday,...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 10:52pm

Middle East

Qatari PM, Blinken discuss continuing to work on Gaza ceasefire

DUBAI: Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is also foreign minister, spoke by phone...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 07:54pm

South Asia

EU delays talks with Bangladesh on pact after Dhaka’s response to protests

NEW DELHI/DHAKA: The European Union said on Wednesday it postponed negotiations with Bangladesh on a new cooperation...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 06:23pm

Europe

EU begins paying 400mn euros emergency aid to Palestinian Authority

BRUSSELS: The European Union on Wednesday said it had begun paying 400 million euros ($430 million) in emergency...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 05:38pm

Antony Blinken says US not involved in killing of Hamas leader

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday the United States was not involved in the assassination of...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 05:20pm

Stocks

Major Gulf markets ease amid tensions after killing of Hamas leader

Major stock markets in the Gulf eased in early trade on Wednesday, as the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 02:38pm

Middle East

Hezbollah says top commander Fuad Shukr was in building targeted by Israeli strike, fate unknown

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said early on Wednesday its senior commander Fuad Shukr was in the building in the...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 12:36pm

USA

Kamala Harris targets battleground Georgia, with rappers’ help

ATLANTA: US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail Tuesday in Georgia, hoping to expand...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 12:04pm

Middle East

Tough-talking Haniyeh was seen as the more moderate face of Hamas

DUBAI/LONDON: Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas leader who was killed in Iran, was the tough-talking face of the Palestinian...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 11:30am

Europe

Russia launches one of war’s largest drone attacks on Ukraine, Kyiv’s military says

KYIV: Russia launched several waves of drones on Kyiv in what was one of the war’s largest attacks of its kind...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 10:53am

Europe

Russia says Washington must refuse confrontation with Moscow for any arms talks to start

Any basis for dialogue with the United States on arms control can come only after Washington refuses confrontation...

Published 31 Jul, 2024 10:33am

Asia

Austin says Middle East war not inevitable, seeks to ‘take temperature down’

SUBIC: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday he did not think a wider war in the Middle East was...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 12:19pm

South Asia

Hundreds rescued after India landslides that killed 151, many missing

CHOORALMALA: Nearly 1,000 people have been rescued after landslides in the hills of Wayanad district in India’s...

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 12:13pm

Middle East

Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh killed in Iran, group says

Residence of Haniyeh in Tehran struck, resulting in his and one of his body guards’ death

Updated 31 Jul, 2024 06:14pm

Third child dies as knife attack plunges UK into grief

SOUTHPORT (United Kingdom): A third child died Tuesday from a mass stabbing at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event in...