News Archives for World - 2021-09-12

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World - 2021-09-12

Europe

Greece to discuss 5-year US defence deal: PM

ATHENS: Greece and the US are in talks to extend their defence deals by five years, instead of one-year renewals now...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 08:10pm

Middle East

UAE wants Emiratis in 10% of private sector jobs by 2026

DUBAI: Private sector companies in the UAE will have to fill 10% of their positions with Emirati nationals within...

Updated 12 Sep, 2021 07:31pm

USA

Biden to announce new COVID-19 steps ahead of UN meeting, surgeon general says

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will announce new steps to slow the spread of COVID-19 before the UN General...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 06:59pm

Middle East

Iraq PM holds talks on economic links on Iran visit

TEHRAN: Iraq's Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi met Iran's recently-elected President Ebrahim Raisi on Sunday to...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 06:32pm

World

UN nuclear agency reaches deal with Iran on surveillance equipment

VIENNA: Iran and the UN nuclear agency said Sunday they have agreed to allow inspectors to service the agency's...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 06:31pm

World

Taliban say will allow women at universities, but mixed classes banned

KABUL: Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban's ...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 06:19pm

World

Coronavirus toll at 1000 GMT Sunday

At least 224,207,440 cases of coronavirus have been registered

Published 12 Sep, 2021 05:03pm

World

Afghan police return to work alongside Taliban at airport

KABUL: Afghan police at Kabul airport have returned to work manning checkpoints alongside Taliban security for the...

Updated 12 Sep, 2021 02:39pm

Africa

Tunisia's president says necessary to amend constitution

TUNIS: Tunisian President Kais Saied has announced plans to amend the constitution and form a new government months...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 11:44am

Middle East

Yemen: the seven-year war with no peace in sight

DUBAI: Seven years have passed since Huthi rebels seized the Yemeni capital Sanaa in September 2014, sparking a war...

Updated 12 Sep, 2021 11:44am

Asia

Typhoon drenches Taiwan but spares island a direct hit

TAIPEI: Typhoon Chanthu unleashed powerful winds and heavy rain on eastern Taiwan Sunday, disrupting travel links ...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 11:14am

Middle East

The main challenges facing Lebanon's new government

BEIRUT: Lebanon's new government, finally formed in the throes of an accelerating economic meltdown after 13 months...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 11:06am

World

Thousands protest new Turkish vaccine and test rules

ISTANBUL: More than 2,000 Turks demonstrated in Istanbul on Saturday against official coronavirus-related mandates...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am

World

Biden visits all three attack sites

SHANKSVILLE: President Joe Biden commemorated the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States on...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am

World

US pays tribute to 9/11 dead on 20th anniversary of attacks

NEW YORK: America marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Saturday with pleas for unity at solemn ceremonies given added...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am

World

Israel catches two more escaped Palestinian 'militants', police say

NAZARETH, (Israel): Israeli forces on Saturday captured two more of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am

World

Flight makes emergency landing at Russian airport

MOSCOW: A plane flying from the Turkish resort of Antalya to Vladivostok in Russia's far east made a safe emergency...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am

World

Morocco's king names businessman Akhannouch to head government

RABAT: Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday named businessman Aziz Akhannouch to lead a new government after his...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am

World

Green investments to be part of EU budget rules review

BRDO, Slovenia: The possibility of exempting "green" investments from EU deficit calculations will form part of...

Published 12 Sep, 2021 03:56am

South Asia

Hazaras say they feel less threatened since Taliban seized power on Aug 15

KABUL: Hundreds of Hazara worshippers overflowed from a mosque on the outskirts of the Afghan capital on Friday,...