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World - 2024-08-25

Africa

Tunisia president replaces key ministers in sweeping reshuffle: presidency

TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday replaced without explanation various ministers, including from ...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 10:17pm

Middle East

Air France says suspending Tel Aviv, Beirut flights at least until Monday

PARIS: Air France is suspending flights to Tel Aviv and Beirut scheduled for Sunday and Monday after Israel launched...

Updated 25 Aug, 2024 10:20pm

MENA

At Beirut airport, flights cancelled amid Hezbollah-Israel escalation

BEIRUT: Beirut airport was functioning Sunday but many passengers were stuck as flights were cancelled or delayed,...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 04:58pm

Middle East

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 40,405

GAZA STRIP: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Sunday that at least 40,405 people have been killed in the...

Updated 25 Aug, 2024 10:34pm

USA

Pentagon chief reaffirms US commitment to Israel’s defence

WASHINGTON: US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke with his Israeli counterpart and reaffirmed Washington’s...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 11:36am

South Asia

Billionaire Adani’s Mumbai slum revamp struggles to secure land in potential setback

MUMBAI: A joint-venture led by billionaire Gautam Adani is struggling to secure land to rehabilitate poor residents...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 11:24am

Asia

China slams US for adding firms to export control list, vows action

BEIJING: China’s Ministry of Commerce said on Sunday it strongly opposed the United States’ decision to add multiple...

Updated 25 Aug, 2024 10:36pm

Europe

Telegram messaging app CEO Durov arrested in France, French media say

PARIS: Pavel Durov, the Russian-French billionaire founder and CEO of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested at...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 11:04am

Middle East

One killed in Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanese town, Lebanese state media says

BEIRUT: An Israeli air strike on a car in the southern Lebanese town of Khiam on Sunday left one person dead,...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 10:56am

Asia

Mudslide in Thailand’s Phuket kills 13, including 2 Russians, official says

BANGKOK: Thirteen people including a Russian couple died in a mudslide on the Thai resort island of Phuket, the...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 10:50am

Europe

Volodymyr Zelensky vows more ‘retribution’ for Russia, POWs exchanged

KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed more “retribution” against Russia on Saturday as he celebrated...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 10:41am

South Asia

Floods ease in Bangladesh but 300,000 still in shelters

FENI: River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of deadly floods but 300,000 people are still in...

Updated 25 Aug, 2024 07:05pm

Middle East

Hezbollah chief says Sunday attack went as planned, further strikes possible

Attack follows assassination of Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr last month

Updated 25 Aug, 2024 10:29pm

Europe

German stabbing suspect is 26-year-old Syrian man who admitted to the crime

FRANKFURT: The suspect in custody for a stabbing rampage in the western German city of Solingen that killed three...

Published 25 Aug, 2024 10:00am

Gaza talks resume in Cairo

CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Gaza ceasefire and hostage negotiators discussed new compromise proposals in Cairo on Saturday,...