South Asia India seeks to use global energy challenge as opportunity, says minister NEW DELHI: India, the world's third biggest oil import, hopes to convert the current global oil challenges from the... Published 24 Nov, 2022 11:35pm
South Asia India and GCC resume free trade agreement talks NEW DELHI: India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) have agreed to resume talks on a free trade agreement,... Published 24 Nov, 2022 09:22pm
Europe Putin discusses West’s oil price cap with Iraqi leader Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday discussed Western attempts to cap the price of Russian oil during a... Published 24 Nov, 2022 08:42pm
Middle East Saudi to host China-Arab summit in early December DUBAI: Saudi Arabia will host the first-ever Chinese-Arab summit in early December, Beijing's consul in Dubai has... Published 24 Nov, 2022 08:18pm
Energy EU fails to agree gas price cap amid deep divisions BRUSSELS: EU energy ministers failed Thursday to agree a cap on gas prices to mitigate the energy crunch in Europe... Published 24 Nov, 2022 07:16pm
South Asia UN rights chief’s offer to visit Iran met with silence GENEVA: New UN human rights chief Volker Turk revealed Thursday he had offered to visit Iran during Tehran’s deadly... Published 24 Nov, 2022 07:07pm
Europe EU lawmakers back 18bn euro Ukraine aid stalled by Hungary STRASBOURG: The European Parliament on Thursday approved an 18-billion-euro ($18.7-billion) EU financial support... Published 24 Nov, 2022 05:42pm
South Asia Afghan women protest on eve of UN day against violence KABUL: More than a dozen Afghan women protested briefly in Kabul Thursday, calling for their rights to be recognised... Updated 24 Nov, 2022 04:24pm
Europe Italy’s Meloni and the technocrats - a difficult power balance ROME: Having spent much of her career railing against bureaucrats and financial elites, Italy’s new right-wing Prime... Published 24 Nov, 2022 01:40pm
Stocks Major Gulf bourses ease as oil prices fall Major stock markets in the Gulf were in negative territory early on Thursday as oil prices eased, with the Saudi... Published 24 Nov, 2022 01:22pm
Europe Deadly Russian missile strikes knock out power Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the United Nations Security Council to act against Russia over air... Published 24 Nov, 2022 11:24am
Europe EU chief Michel to head to China for Xi meeting BRUSSELS: EU chief Charles Michel will head to Beijing next week for a meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping, a... Updated 24 Nov, 2022 02:05pm
Asia Malaysian opposition leader Anwar appointed prime minister KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was appointed prime minister on Thursday, the sultan’s... Published 24 Nov, 2022 11:03am
Europe Kosovo, Serbia agree to calm car plate tensions: Borrell BRUSSELS: Kosovo and Serbia on Wednesday agreed steps to take some of the heat out of a long-running dispute over ... Published 24 Nov, 2022 10:50am
MENA UN chief discusses Western Sahara with Moroccan king RABAT: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a rare meeting with Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Wednesday, where... Published 24 Nov, 2022 10:34am
Asia Indonesia boy, 6, rescued from quake rubble after two days CIANJUR: A six-year-old boy has been pulled from the rubble of a deadly Indonesia earthquake after spending two days... Published 24 Nov, 2022 10:19am
USA Venezuela’s Maduro to resume talks with opposition Friday CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government will resume talks with the opposition Friday after more... Published 24 Nov, 2022 10:14am
Asia Indonesia rescuers race to find dozens missing after quake CIANJUR: Indonesian authorities deployed heavy machinery, helicopters and thousands of personnel Thursday in a... Published 24 Nov, 2022 10:12am
Asia China’s daily Covid cases hit record high: health bureau BEIJING: China’s daily Covid cases have hit a record high since the beginning of the pandemic, official data showed... Published 24 Nov, 2022 10:09am
Asia Japanese prime minister under pressure over campaign expenditure TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday said the office in his constituency in western Hiroshima... Published 24 Nov, 2022 10:03am
Europe Ukrainians suffer in cold, darkness as president implores UN to punish Russia KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged the United Nations Security Council to act against Russia over... Published 24 Nov, 2022 09:57am
USA Teen and senior citizen among victims of Walmart Virginia shooting Authorities on Wednesday identified the people killed in a mass shooting at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia,... Published 24 Nov, 2022 09:52am
Asia North Korea slams South Korea’s Yoon, warns sanctions will fuel more hostility SEOUL: North Korea on Thursday denounced Seoul’s push to impose additional sanctions on Pyongyang after its missile... Published 24 Nov, 2022 09:45am
MENA Dubai’s ‘Global Village’ marketing executive lauds theme, design of Pakistan pavilion Executive Marketing Director particularly excited about art shop set up by a Pakistani man who has a PhD in physics Updated 24 Nov, 2022 04:05pm
Russia declared ‘terror’ state by EU lawmakers, batters Ukraine grid KYIV: Russian strikes across Ukraine on Wednesday battered the country’s already failing electricity grid, leaving... Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am
UK top court rejects Scottish independence vote plans LONDON: Britain’s highest court on Wednesday rejected a bid by the devolved Scottish government in Edinburgh to... Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am
Violent protests at largest iPhone factory in China? BEIJING: Violent protests have broken out around Foxconn’s vast iPhone factory in central China, as workers ... Published 24 Nov, 2022 04:28am