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World - 2024-08-23

Iran’s new foreign minister calls for EU dialogue

TEHRAN: Iran’s new foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has called for dialogue with the European Union to resolve...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 11:32pm

South Asia

PM Shehbaz offers aid to Bangladesh amid severe floods

At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains

Published 23 Aug, 2024 09:50pm

Middle East

Israeli strikes on Lebanon kill six fighters, one child, security sources say

BEIRUT: Israeli airstrikes across southern Lebanon on Friday killed at least six fighters and one child, according...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 08:11pm

USA

Fed’s Powell says ‘time has come’ to cut rates

JACKSON HOLE, WYOMING: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday offered an explicit endorsement of an imminent...

Updated 23 Aug, 2024 11:28pm

Europe

In Kyiv, Indian PM urges Zelenskiy to sit down for talks with Russia

KYIV: India’s Narendra Modi urged President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday to sit down for talks with Russia to end...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 06:05pm

South Asia

Twenty-one dead as bus carrying Indian tourists plunges into Nepal river

KATHMANDU: Half of the passengers in a bus carrying 43 Indians died on Friday when the vehicle plunged into a...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 05:42pm

MENA

Baby paralysed in Gaza’s first case of type 2 polio for 25 years, WHO says

DUBAI: A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 05:18pm

In rare move, UAE accepts Taliban government ambassador

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has accepted the credentials of an ambassador from Afghanistan’s Taliban...

Updated 23 Aug, 2024 11:32pm

USA

US official Sullivan to visit China next week, Axios reports

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan will visit China to meet foreign minister Wang Yi next week,...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 03:02pm

Asia

Landslide caused by heavy rain kills five on Thai holiday island

BANGKOK: A landslide caused by heavy rain on the popular Thai resort island of Phuket has killed five people, police...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 01:29pm

South Asia

13 dead, 4.5 million affected by Bangladesh floods

FENI: At least 13 people in Bangladesh have been killed and 4.5 million affected by floods triggered by heavy rains,...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 01:26pm

South Asia

Nepal lifts TikTok ban after app addresses cyber crime concerns

KATHMANDU: Nepal lifted a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok on Thursday, more than nine months after outlawing the popular...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 11:38am

South Asia

Airlines fly over Afghanistan as Middle East becomes the greater risk

LONDON/SEOUL: Singapore Airlines, British Airways and Lufthansa have increased their flights over Afghanistan after...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 11:31am

USA

Kamala Harris says she will aim to pass middle class tax cut as president

CHICAGO: Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said in her Democratic National Convention speech on...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 11:16am

Asia

China, Belarus agree to strengthen cooperation in trade, security

BEIJING: China and Belarus have agreed to strengthen cooperation in a range of sectors including trade, security,...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 11:02am

Europe

Russia says Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant running normally after power line outage

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in the Russian-controlled part of Ukraine is operating normally after its...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 10:56am

Asia

Deadly fire at South Korea battery maker due to quality failure, police say

SEOUL: A fire at a South Korean lithium battery maker in June that killed 23 people occurred as the company raced to...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 10:54am

Europe

Russian ambassador says US plans to give Ukraine carte blanche on weapons

Russia believes that the United States will at some point remove all restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 10:49am

South Asia

Indian PM Modi set to visit Kyiv for talks with Ukraine’s Zelenskiy

KYIV: India’s Narendra Modi is set to visit wartime Kyiv for talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Friday, the...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 10:26am

USA

Kamala Harris caps convention with call to end Gaza war, fight tyranny

CHICAGO: Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic nomination for president on Thursday with a...

Published 23 Aug, 2024 09:59am

Europe

Environmental group lawsuit accuses Finland govt of climate inaction

HELSINKI: A group of environmental and rights organisations said Thursday that they were suing the Finnish ...