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World - 2024-10-15

US warns Israel that aid could be withheld

WASHINGTON: The United States warned Israel on the possibility of withholding some assistance barring improvements...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 11:53pm

US says India should take Canada plot allegations ‘seriously’

WASHINGTON: The United States called Tuesday on India to take seriously allegations by Canada of an assassination...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 11:25pm

Europe

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy invited to EU summit on Thursday, chairman says

BRUSSELS: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been invited to attend a summit of European Union leaders this...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 11:01pm

South Asia

India says no auction of satellite spectrum after Musk decries move

NEW DELHI: India’s government on Tuesday said it will allot spectrum for satellite broadband administratively and...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 10:37pm

South Asia

India to buy 31 armed drones from US

NEW DELHI: India signed a deal with the US State Department on Tuesday to buy 31 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian and...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 09:52pm

South Asia

Iran condemns EU, UK sanctions on Tehran, denies providing ballistic missiles to Russia

DUBAI: Iran condemned new EU and British sanctions on Tehran and denied providing ballistic missiles to Russia, a...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 05:01pm

South Asia

Hardeep Singh Nijjar — The Sikh separatist whose murder sparked India-Canada row

NEW DELHI: Sikh activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose murder in June 2023 near his home in Vancouver sparked a...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 04:52pm

Asia

North Korea blows up inter-Korean road, rail lines near border

SEOUL: North Korea blew up sections of inter-Korean roads and rail lines on its side of the heavily fortified border...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 01:38pm

MENA

Israel kills at least 50 in Gaza, forces encircle northern Jabalia

CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 50 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces tightened...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 07:02pm

South Asia

Iran’s Quds Force chief Qaani attends general’s funeral

TEHRAN: Iranian commander Esmail Qaani on Tuesday appeared in public after weeks of absence to attend the funeral...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 01:16pm

Cuban president leads pro-Palestinian march in Havana

HAVANA: Thousands of Cubans, led by President Miguel Diaz-Canel and other leaders of the communist-run island,...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 12:47pm

Asia

North Korea’s Kim holds security meeting over drone flights

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un convened a top national security meeting to direct a plan of “immediate...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 12:38pm

South Asia

Canada expels top India diplomats, links them to murder of Sikh leader

NEW DELHI/OTTAWA: Canada expelled six Indian diplomats including the high commissioner on Monday, linking them to...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 11:58am

MENA

Israel will listen to US but make own decisions, Netanyahu’s office says

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel will listen to the United States but will decide its actions according to its own...

Updated 15 Oct, 2024 02:47pm

Asia

Petronas’ exploration in South China Sea will continue, Malaysia PM says

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on Tuesday reiterated that state energy firm Petronas will...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 11:33am

Europe

Russia defence minister holds ‘substantive’ talks in China, Russian agencies report

Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov said he had held “substantive” talks with China’s central military...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 11:27am

MENA

Israel strikes north Lebanon town, UN expresses concern about peacekeepers

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Israel expanded its targets in its war with Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday, killing at...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 11:24am

Europe

Russian embassy in Norway says it is reducing consular staff to two

Russia’s embassy in Norway said on Monday it was reducing its consular staff to two in accordance with a demand...

Published 15 Oct, 2024 10:57am

Middle East

Saudi eyes electric jets to reach Makkah, new resorts

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier is turning to a cash-strapped German firm for electric jets to service routes...