News Archives for World - 2021-07-08

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Middle East

Qatar says to resume issuing entry visas starting July 12

The health ministry said in a statement on Thursday the new entry policies include providing a COVID-19 PCR test and classifying countries into three categories that would determine the quarantine policies.

Updated 09 Jul, 2021 12:45am

World

Russia pledges help for Tajikistan amid growing Afghan insecurity

Foreign forces are withdrawing after almost 20 years of fighting, and the Taliban has gained ground.

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 09:36pm

South Asia

Most UK troops now out of Afghanistan: Johnson

The conflict has cost the country around £40 billion ($55 billion, 46.7 billion euros).

Published 08 Jul, 2021 07:01pm

USA

US jobless claims rise slightly to 373,000

The Labor Department reported 373,000 new seasonally adjusted claims made in the week ending July 3

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 07:02pm

World

Biden to speak Thursday about Afghanistan amid swift US pullout

Biden would update American people on the situation and that no major policy pronouncements were expected

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 05:36pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Thursday

At least 185,020,840 cases of coronavirus have been registered.

Published 08 Jul, 2021 04:25pm

Asia

Laila Haidari, the mother to Kabul's drug addicts

The founder of a rehabilitation centre for drug addicts, she says many of her social activist friends have already quit the country

Published 08 Jul, 2021 12:57pm

World

Vaccines rushed to Sydney as outbreak spirals

As a citywide lockdown entered its third week, there were signs of the outbreak spiralling, with a record increase of 38 new cases in the last 24 hours

Published 08 Jul, 2021 12:52pm

Asia

Taliban surround Afghan city as commandos launch counterattack

Residents in Qala-i-Naw had either fled the city or stayed indoors Thursday after more than 24 hours of intense fighting that saw the Afghan air force launch strikes on Taliban positions

Published 08 Jul, 2021 12:47pm

World

Britain must engage the public on net zero climate goals

Britain in 2019 became the G7 first member to set a net zero target, which will require wholesale changes in the way that Britons travel

Published 08 Jul, 2021 12:28pm

World

Pakistan important partner across number of fronts: US State Dept

Spokesperson Ned Price says US has made clear that it is going to work very closely to ensure Afghanistan’s neighbours play constructive role in bringing peace and stability

Published 08 Jul, 2021 11:46am

World

Haiti police battle gunmen who killed president, amid fears of chaos

The gunmen spoke English and Spanish, said interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who assumed the leadership of the country, where the majority speak French or Haitian Creole

Published 08 Jul, 2021 11:42am

Asia

Thai authorities propose tighter curbs as COVID-19 deaths climb

Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha is due to consider the new restrictions in a meeting on Friday

Published 08 Jul, 2021 11:39am

Europe

UK PM Johnson's new COVID gamble worries some scientists

Anne Cori, an Imperial College epidemiologist behind one of the models that informed Johnson's initial decision to delay "freedom day"

Published 08 Jul, 2021 11:36am

Europe

UK's Sunak appreciates 'frustration' over COVID self-isolation

Britain's government will lift capacity restrictions on pubs, restaurants and other public events on July 19

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 11:35am

World

UN Council vote on Syria aid extension pushed back

The vote originally set for Thursday is on a draft resolution to keep open the only remaining entry point for aid into northwest Syria that bypasses Damascus

Published 08 Jul, 2021 10:20am

Middle East

Rockets fired at US embassy in Iraq after attacks on bases

The embassy itself was not hit, the army said, but three nearby places in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone were

Published 08 Jul, 2021 10:04am

World

Rights commission blasts Colombia over 'lethal' protest response

At least 60 people have died since the protests began on April 28, according to the ombudsman's office

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 10:17am

World

Canadian bank robber jailed in Singapore, escapes caning

David James Roach, who robbed a Standard Chartered Bank branch in 2016, was extradited to Singapore last year from Britain after the city-state offered assurances he would not be flogged

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 10:17am

Middle East

Blaze at Dubai port after loud blast under control

Dubai police says three of the 130 containers on the ship held flammable materials

Updated 08 Jul, 2021 10:00am

World

Investors say banks must toughen climate policies or face AGM rebellion

LONDON: Investors managing $4.2 trillion on Wednesday called on some of the world’s biggest banks to toughen their...