World Russia defence ministry seeks greater secrecy on military deaths in Ukraine LONDON: The Russian defence ministry has proposed that relatives of soldiers killed in Ukraine should have to apply... Published 20 Apr, 2022 05:23pm
Sports Wimbledon to ban Russian and Belarus players: report LONDON: Men’s tennis world number two Daniil Medvedev is set to be barred from this year’s Wimbledon Grand Slam... Published 20 Apr, 2022 03:02pm
World Ukraine gets warplanes as Mariupol officer warns facing ‘last days’ KRAMATORSK: Ukraine received fighter jets to help resist the Russian invasion, as Moscow intensified its offensive... Published 20 Apr, 2022 09:50am
World Ukraine receives fighter planes, parts to bolster air force: Pentagon WASHINGTON: Ukraine has received fighter planes and aircraft parts to bolster its air force in the face of Russia’s... Published 20 Apr, 2022 09:30am
World Mariupol may fall within days, European official says The Ukrainian port city of Mariupol could fall to Russian forces within days, a European official said on Tuesday,... Published 19 Apr, 2022 10:02pm
World Russia’s war in Ukraine to blame for worsening global food insecurity: Yellen WASHINGTON: Russia’s war in Ukraine has worsened the “already dire” food insecurity situation facing the world, with... Published 19 Apr, 2022 09:08pm
World IMF sees UK growth slowing to weakest in G7 next year LONDON: British economic growth will slow sharply to the weakest of any major economy next year, the International... Published 19 Apr, 2022 08:39pm
World Ukraine conflict to test resilience of global financial system: IMF WASHINGTON: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven up financial stability risks “on several fronts” and will test... Published 19 Apr, 2022 08:02pm
World Russia needs to prepare as NATO reinforces its borders, TASS reports A senior Russian official said on Tuesday that NATO’s reinforcement of its borders with Russia was no longer a... Published 19 Apr, 2022 07:36pm
World Russia says carried out dozens of strikes in eastern Ukraine MOSCOW: Russia's forces carried out dozens of air strikes in eastern Ukraine overnight after Ukrainian officials ... Updated 19 Apr, 2022 05:16pm
World UN seeks humanitarian contact group for Ukraine UNITED NATIONS: UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths announced Monday that he will meet Turkish President Recep... Published 19 Apr, 2022 09:36am
World Russia unleashes offensive into east Ukraine: Zelensky NOVODRUZHESK: Russia has launched a major offensive into eastern Ukraine, authorities in Kyiv said, opening a new... Published 19 Apr, 2022 09:33am
World Russian forces capture Kreminna in east Ukraine: Kyiv NOVODRUZHESK: Russian troops on Monday captured the east Ukraine town of Kreminna, local authorities said, as Kyiv's... Published 18 Apr, 2022 08:49pm
World Ukraine shows video of detained Putin ally calling for Mariupol swap KYIV: Ukraine on Monday aired a video showing Viktor Medvedchuk, a detained pro-Russia tycoon and ally of President... Updated 18 Apr, 2022 06:29pm
World Ukrainian forces will ‘fight to the end’ in Mariupol: PM WASHINGTON: Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said Sunday that the strategic port city of Mariupol “has not... Published 17 Apr, 2022 09:59pm
World Another 40,000 Ukrainians flee war: UN GENEVA: Many of the nearly five million people who have fled Ukraine will not have homes to return to, the United... Published 17 Apr, 2022 05:51am
World At least two die in Russian attacks across Ukraine: officials At least two civilians were killed and four wounded in Russian attacks across Ukraine, local officials said early on... Published 16 Apr, 2022 12:00pm
World Russia warns US of 'consequences' of Ukraine military aid: reports WASHINGTON: - Russia has formally complained to the United States over its military aid to Ukraine, warning of... Updated 16 Apr, 2022 02:42pm
World Ukraine says 2,500-3,000 of its troops killed in war, no count of civilian deaths KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said about 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian troops have been killed in seven... Published 16 Apr, 2022 09:59am
World Russian strikes kill 7, injure 34 in Ukraine’s Kharkiv city KHARKIV: Russian strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed seven people and left another 34 injured,... Published 15 Apr, 2022 09:19pm
World Russia pledges more strikes on Kyiv after missile attack, says took Mariupol plant Russia’s defence ministry said on Friday it had struck a military target on the edge of Kyiv overnight with cruise... Published 15 Apr, 2022 04:35pm
World Ukrainians hang on at Mariupol steel plant Explosions rumbled and smoke rose this week from a steel making district in besieged Mariupol where dwindling... Published 15 Apr, 2022 04:17pm
Sports Ukraine’s 2022 World Cup play-off with Scotland on June 1: FIFA PARIS: Ukraine’s 2022 World Cup play-off with Scotland rearranged following the Russian invasion will take place on... Published 14 Apr, 2022 07:35pm
World Russia says blast cripples Black Sea flagship, Ukraine claims missile strike KYIV/LVIV: Russia said on Thursday the flagship of its Black Sea fleet was seriously damaged and its crew evacuated... Published 14 Apr, 2022 11:32am
World Poor countries face food, energy, finance crises due to Ukraine war, UN chief says UNITED NATIONS: Poor countries face economic ruin from simultaneous crises of food, energy and finance due to supply... Published 13 Apr, 2022 09:42pm
World Scholz irritated by German president’s thwarted Ukraine visit BERLIN: Germany’s president would have liked to visit Ukraine and the fact that he was not received there was... Published 13 Apr, 2022 07:44pm
World Macron urges caution after Biden ‘genocide’ claim against Russia PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron declined Wednesday to repeat President Joe Biden’s accusation that Russia... Published 13 Apr, 2022 02:54pm
World Over 1,000 Ukrainian soldiers surrender in Mariupol: Russia MOSCOW: Russia’s defence ministry said Wednesday more than a thousand Ukrainian soldiers have surrendered in... Published 13 Apr, 2022 01:17pm
World Biden accuses Putin’s forces of ‘genocide’ in Ukraine DES MOINES: President Joe Biden on Tuesday accused Vladimir Putin’s forces of committing genocide in Ukraine, the... Published 13 Apr, 2022 09:40am
Markets Oil prices extend gains with falling supplies in focus LONDON: Oil prices rose by more than 2% on Wednesday after Moscow said that peace talks with Ukraine had hit a dead... Updated 13 Apr, 2022 08:14pm