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World - 2022-05-13

Europe

Russia advises against travel to UK because of ‘unfriendly’ visa stance

Russia said on Friday it was recommending that its citizens not travel to Britain, complaining that authorities...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:21pm

USA

Yellen to meet Polish prime minister at start of trip to G7 finance meeting

WASHINGTON: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will meet with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki on Monday...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:08pm

Europe

Pentagon chief urges ‘immediate’ Ukraine ceasefire in call with Russian counterpart

WASHINGTON: US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin urged Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on Friday to move...

Published 13 May, 2022 09:32pm

Middle East

Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed: the modernising leader who steered UAE through a tense era

DUBAI: Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who died on Friday, was a pro-Western moderniser whose low-key approach...

Published 13 May, 2022 06:59pm

Middle East

UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed dies

DUBAI: United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has died, the Ministry of Presidential...

Updated 13 May, 2022 07:54pm

Europe

Moscow says EU becoming ‘aggressive, militant’

MOSCOW: Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday said he doubted the motives of Ukraine’s intention of...

Published 13 May, 2022 03:29pm

Europe

NATO membership would deter conflict: Swedish review

STOCKHOLM: Swedish membership in NATO would reduce the risk of conflict in northern Europe, a security policy review...

Published 13 May, 2022 03:15pm

Europe

UK PM Johnson targets civil service to cut government costs

LONDON: Prime Minister Boris Johnson has tasked his ministers with cutting the number of civil service jobs to...

Published 13 May, 2022 02:00pm

Europe

EU’s Borrell says coordinator trip to Iran was positive

WEISSENHAUS: The EU’s foreign policy chief said on Friday that he believed a trip to Tehran by his coordinator to...

Published 13 May, 2022 01:56pm

Europe

UK’s Truss says need to supply more weapons to Ukraine to pressure Russia

WEISSENHAUS: British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Friday that it was vital to keep up the pressure on Russia...

Published 13 May, 2022 12:05pm

Europe

EU’s Iran talks coordinator Mora says he was held at Frankfurt airport

BERLIN: The European Union’s Iran nuclear talks coordinator Enrique Mora was detained for a short time at Frankfurt...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:56am

Tuvalu, sinking in the Pacific, fears becoming a superpower ‘pawn’

SYDNEY: Tuvalu fears that climate change, an existential threat to the Pacific nation, is being forgotten and it...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:53am

South Asia

Sri Lanka protesters vow to continue anti-government campaign despite new PM

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new prime minister will begin forming a unity government on Friday, but his appointment has...

Published 13 May, 2022 11:26am

Scientists successfully grow plants in soil from the Moon

WASHINGTON: That’s one small pot of soil, one giant leap for man’s knowledge of space agriculture: scientists have...

Published 13 May, 2022 10:56am

Europe

Russia war crimes allegations mount as Ukraine refugees top six million

KYIV: Russia faced mounting accusations of war crimes in Ukraine Friday including forcing thousands of people into...

Published 13 May, 2022 10:49am

Europe

Ukraine says it damaged Russian ship, seeks evacuation of wounded Mariupol fighters

KHARKIV: Ukraine said it had damaged a Russian navy logistics ship near Snake Island, a small but strategic outpost...

Published 13 May, 2022 10:40am

USA

Musk says he prefers ‘less divisive’ candidate than Trump in 2024

WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk made clear on Thursday that even though he wants Twitter to lift its permanent ban...

Published 13 May, 2022 10:25am

Asia

North Korea reports first COVID-19 death as fever ‘explosively spreads’

SEOUL: At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown...

Published 13 May, 2022 10:03am

Asia

Shanghai aiming for zero-COVID at community level by mid-May

SHANGHAI: Shanghai is aiming to reach zero-COVID at the community level in the next few days and will then start to...

Published 13 May, 2022 09:52am

Europe

Food security, Moldova in focus at G7 foreign minister meeting

WEISSENHAUS: Foreign ministers from the G7 group of rich nations will discuss how to alleviate food security...

Published 13 May, 2022 09:43am

British Virgin Islands activists rally in favor of local autonomy

ROAD TOWN: Dozens of activists in the British Virgin Islands held a rally on Wednesday calling for the overseas...