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World - 2024-11-12

Blinken tells Israel it must show improvement in Gaza humanitarian crisis

WASHNGTON: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday told a senior Israeli official that the steps Israel has...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 11:26pm

South Asia

India asks states to consider setting up nuclear power plants, list power utilities

India’s federal power minister on Tuesday asked the states that are away from coal resources to consider setting up...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 10:54pm

South Asia

COP29: Pay up or face climate-led disaster for humanity, warns UN chief

BAKU: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders at the COP29 summit on Tuesday to “pay...

Updated 12 Nov, 2024 10:47pm

Middle East

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 43,665

GAZA CITY: The health ministry in Gaza said on Tuesday that at least 43,665 people have been killed in more than 13...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:54pm

Europe

NATO ‘must do more than just keep Ukraine in fight’, says Rutte

PARIS: NATO chief Mark Rutte on Tuesday called on Western countries to ramp up support for Ukraine in its fight...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:51pm

Middle East

Israel says it is pushing to get aid into Gaza before US deadline as fighting persists

CAIRO/JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said on Tuesday it had delivered hundreds of packets of food to cut-off areas...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:41pm

South Asia

Hit-and-run attack in southern China’s Zhuhai kills 35

BEIJING: A hit-and-run attack at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai killed 35 people and...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:26pm

Middle East

Israeli airstrikes pound Beirut suburb, no sign of ceasefire

BEIRUT/JERUSALEM: The Israeli military pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs with airstrikes on Tuesday, mounting one of...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 06:18pm

USA

Trump picks South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary

US President-elect Donald Trump has picked South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to serve as the next secretary of the...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 05:16pm

South Asia

Iran, Russia link bank card systems in latest move to overcome sanctions

TEHRAN: Iranian bank cards can now be used in Russia, state television reported, as the two countries linked their...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 04:51pm

USA

Pentagon leaker Teixeira faces sentencing, US seeks 17-year prison term

BOSTON: Prosecutors will urge a US judge on Tuesday to sentence Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 04:34pm

MENA

Iranian capital builds ‘defensive tunnel’ after Israeli strikes

DUBAI: Iran is building a “defensive tunnel” in the capital Tehran, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 02:07pm

Stocks

Most Gulf markets ease on weaker oil, caution ahead of US data; Emaar lifts Dubai

Most stock markets in the Gulf fell in early trade on Tuesday, tracking losses in oil prices, while investors...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 02:00pm

Asia

China, Russia must strengthen solidarity as challenges increase, Wang Yi says

BEIJING: China and Russia must strengthen solidarity and cooperation to safeguard common interests as external...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 01:54pm

Europe

Russia’s Medvedev says Europe is trying to escalate Ukraine conflict after Trump win

MOSCOW: Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev accused European leaders on Tuesday of seeking to dangerously...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 01:52pm

World leaders meet for climate talks, but big names missing

BAKU: Dozens of world leaders convene in Azerbaijan on Tuesday for COP29 but many big names are skipping the UN...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:58pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka’s leftist president faces first parliament test

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new leftist leader has drawn strong support from an unlikely source as he seeks to expand his...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:50pm

North Korea ratifies defence treaty with Russia

SEOUL: North Korea has ratified a landmark defence pact with Russia, state media reported Tuesday, deepening...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:46pm

Mauritius opposition leader claims crushing vote win

PORT LOUIS: Mauritius opposition leader Navin Ramgoolam declared on Tuesday that his alliance had won a crushing...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:40pm

Asia

Fifth storm in under a month bears down on Philippines

MANILA: The Philippines issued fresh weather warnings on Tuesday as the fifth major storm in three weeks bore down...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:36pm

Europe

Climate crisis worsening already ‘hellish’ refugee situation: UN

GENEVA: Climate change is contributing to record numbers of people being uprooted from their homes globally, while...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:33pm

Toxic towns in Kyrgyzstan battling radioactive danger

MIN-KUSH: In a mask and a hazmat suit, Ermek Murataliyev drives a truck filled with Soviet-era radioactive waste...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 12:30pm

Europe

Ukrainian drone triggers fire at oil storage depot in Russia’s Belgorod region

A Ukrainian drone attack triggered a fire in Russia’s southern Belgorod region and firefighters quickly brought the...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 11:57am

Asia

COMAC says Air China is the first customer for C929 widebody jet

ZHUHAI: COMAC said on Tuesday that Air China was the first customer for the Chinese planemaker’s C929 widebody...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 11:23am

USA

Donald Trump expected to tap US Senator Marco Rubio for secretary of state, sources say

WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA: Donald Trump is expected to tap US Senator Marco Rubio to be his secretary of state,...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 10:55am

Asia

Japan PM Ishiba, China President Xi to meet in Peru on Friday, Kyodo says

TOKYO: Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is making arrangements to meet China’s President Xi Jinping on the...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 10:44am

USA

Republicans win majority of US House seats in government sweep

WASHINGTON: President-elect Donald Trump’s Republican Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes...

Published 12 Nov, 2024 10:36am

Riyadh summit demands end to Israeli occupation

RIYADH: Arab and Muslim leaders demanded on Monday that Israel withdraw from occupied Palestinian territories as a...