Europe Nearly a fifth of Gaza’s buildings destroyed or damaged: UN estimate GENEVA: Nearly 40,000 buildings or about 18% of all pre-conflict structures have been damaged or destroyed in the... Published 12 Dec, 2023 11:01pm
Europe US sanctions China, Turkiye firms to curb Russia war efforts WASHINGTON: The United States unveiled sanctions Tuesday on individuals and companies based in China, Turkiye, the... Published 12 Dec, 2023 09:06pm
Europe Poland’s Tusk calls for ‘stronger’ EU, Ukraine support WARSAW: Donald Tusk on Tuesday urged firm support for war-torn Ukraine and called for a stronger EU, as the Polish... Published 12 Dec, 2023 05:12pm
Europe Zelensky makes plea for US aid as Russia claims advances WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will press Tuesday for more US military aid to battle Russia,... Published 12 Dec, 2023 04:38pm
Europe Russia says working on big new agreement with Iran MOSCOW: Russia and Iran will speed up work on a major new interstate agreement, Russia’s foreign ministry said in a... Published 12 Dec, 2023 03:08pm
Europe Kremlin says it will closely watch Biden-Zelenskiy meeting MOSCOW: Moscow will “very attentively” watch a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President... Published 12 Dec, 2023 03:04pm
Europe WHO voices concern about health worker detentions in Gaza GENEVA: The head of the World Health Organization on Tuesday said he was concerned about the prolonged checks of... Updated 12 Dec, 2023 03:11pm
Europe Nuclear warnings serve Putin’s purpose as he bids for new term LONDON: The prospect of six more years in power for Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely to mean no let-up in... Published 12 Dec, 2023 01:14pm
Europe Zelensky makes plea for US aid to Ukraine WASHINGTON: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky goes to Congress and the White House on Tuesday to press for more... Published 12 Dec, 2023 12:31pm
Europe Polish MPs to vote on pro-EU Tusk government WARSAW: Polish lawmakers will vote Tuesday on the proposed new government of Donald Tusk, whose pro-EU... Published 12 Dec, 2023 11:53am
Europe Ukraine says downs 9 out of 15 Russia-launched drones, 2 missiles Ukraine’s air defence systems destroyed nine of the 15 attack drones Russia launched overnight into Ukrainian... Published 12 Dec, 2023 10:39am
Pakistan long-term partner, but policy is to deny support to its long-range ballistic missile programme: US