News Archives for World - 2022-03-25

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World - 2022-03-25

Middle East

Saudi Aramco storage facility targeted by Houthi attack causing fire

RIYADH: Yemen's Houthis said they launched attacks on Saudi energy facilities on Friday and the Saudi-led coalition...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 10:17pm

Europe

Shift in momentum: Ukrainian forces advance east of Kyiv as Russians fall back

BUCHA/LVIV: Ukrainian troops are recapturing towns east of Kyiv and Russian forces who had been trying to seize the...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 06:03pm

Europe

US, EU agree new pact on data transfers, but lawsuits loom

BRUSSELS: President Joe Biden on Friday said the US and EU had reached a new agreement on the transfer of personal...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 05:47pm

Middle East

Israel to host 'historic summit' of US, Arab diplomats

JERUSALEM: Israel said it will host a “historic summit” from Sunday of top diplomats from the United States and...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 05:38pm

Life & Style

Giant white diamond 'The Rock' makes debut in Dubai

DUBAI: A giant diamond nicknamed "The Rock" went on display for the first time in Dubai on Friday ahead of an ...

Updated 25 Mar, 2022 03:57pm

Europe

300 feared dead in Russian strike on Mariupol theatre: city hall

KYIV: Ukrainian officials in the strategic port city of Mariupol said Friday they feared 300 people could have died...

Updated 25 Mar, 2022 03:56pm

Europe

Erdogan to tell Putin to be ‘architect of peace’

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will ask Russian leader Vladimir Putin to be an “architect of...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 03:13pm

USA

Exclusive: Up to 60% failure rate for some Russian missiles in Ukraine, U.S. officials say

WASHINGTON: The United States assesses that Russia is suffering failure rates as high as 60% for some of the...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 12:17pm

USA

Russia running out of precision munitions in Ukraine war- Pentagon official

WASHINGTON: Russia is running out of precision guided munitions and it is more likely to rely on so-called dumb...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 11:28am

USA

Donald Trump sues Hillary Clinton over 2016 Russian collusion allegations

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump on Thursday sued his rival in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, Hillary Clinton, and...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 11:20am

USA

US, allies call on Taliban to reopen girls schools in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: The United States and other Western countries on Thursday condemned the Taliban’s decision to shut girls...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 11:14am

Middle East

Seven years into Yemen quagmire, Saudis play oil hardball

DUBAI: Western powers want Saudi Arabia to pump more oil to ease surging prices driven by the Ukraine war, but the...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 11:06am

Europe

UN labour agency: where workers’ rights are set in concrete

GENEVA: The International Labour Organization, which chooses its next leader on Friday, is a UN agency born in the...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 10:53am

Europe

British royals arrive in The Bahamas amid colonial reckoning

NASSAU: Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate arrived in The Bahamas on Thursday for the third leg of a...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 10:25am

South Asia

Chinese foreign minister to see Indian counterpart in surprise meeting

NEW DELHI: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will meet his Indian counterpart in New Delhi on Friday, India's foreign...

Updated 25 Mar, 2022 12:46pm

Europe

Ukraine urges halt to Russia’s assault as Biden heads to Poland

LVIV/MARIUPOL: President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukrainians “need to achieve peace” and halt Russian...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 10:08am

Asia

North Korea tests massive new ICBM for ‘long’ confrontation with U.S.

SEOUL: North Korea’s latest launch was a huge, new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), state media reported...

Published 25 Mar, 2022 09:59am

Europe

Ukraine war a new blow for poor countries: UN

GENEVA: The war in Ukraine has sent commodity prices soaring, creating fresh shock waves across poorer countries...