News Archives for World - 2023-02-13

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World

UN Security Council meets on aid to quake-hit Syria

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council meets behind closed doors Monday to address ways to boost humanitarian...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 10:40pm

Europe

Ukraine using more munitions than NATO producing: Stoltenberg

BRUSSELS: NATO needs “to ramp up production” of ammunition as Ukraine’s rate of usage is far outstripping current...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:06pm

Europe

Russia says gas exports sank in 2022 but oil up

MOSCOW: Russia said Monday its gas exports plummeted by 25 percent in 2022 after the Ukraine conflict brought...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:04pm

Europe

Earthquake could cost Turkiye up to $84bn: business group

ANKARA: Turkiye’s worst earthquake in almost a century has left a trail of destruction that could cost Ankara up to...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 07:27pm

Middle East

UAE energy minister: no need for early OPEC+ meeting

DUBAI: There is no need for the OPEC+ group of oil producing nations to meet earlier than scheduled, the United Arab...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 06:59pm

South Asia

India’s retail inflation in Jan breaches RBI’s upper tolerance level

India’s annual retail inflation in January rose above the central bank’s upper threshold for the first time in three...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 06:49pm

Europe

Ukraine says situation ‘difficult’ in village near Bakhmut

KYIV: Ukraine said Monday the situation was “difficult” in a village just north of Bakhmut, a day after the Russian...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:56pm

Middle East

Turkiye-Syria quake toll rises above 35,000

Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay says 108,000 buildings were damaged across the quake-hit zone

Updated 13 Feb, 2023 09:50pm

World

EU lifts growth forecast as eurozone skirts recession

BRUSSELS: Europe’s economy will grow more than previously forecast this year as it avoids a winter recession, with...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:34pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia to send its first woman into space

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will send its first ever woman astronaut on a space mission later this year, state media has...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 05:29pm

Europe

Countries warn EU against ‘crisis mode’ overhaul of energy market

BRUSSELS: Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Estonia, Finland, Luxembourg and Latvia have warned Brussels not to...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 01:29pm

Middle East

More than 4,300 people reported dead in northwest Syria from quake as of Feb 12: UN

BEIRUT: More than 4,300 people were dead and more than 7,600 others were injured in northwest Syria as of Feb. 12...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 12:34pm

USA

Speculation grows as US shoots down new mystery object

WASHINGTON: A US warplane shot down a new flying object near the Canadian border on Sunday, the latest of three...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 11:56am

Europe

‘It’s like Verdun’: The grinding battle for Ukraine’s Bakhmut

BAKHMUT: An ambulance screams toward a triage hub for wounded Ukrainian soldiers outside Bakhmut, the stage for the...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 11:47am

Middle East

Israeli air strike hits Hamas complex in Gaza: military

GAZA CITY: Israel hit Gaza with air strikes on Monday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave at...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 11:40am

Europe

Miracle rescues a week after Turkiye-Syria quake

KAHRAMANMARAS: Rescuers pulled more survivors from the rubble a week after an earthquake struck Turkiye and Syria...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 11:28am

Europe

Russia's front in Ukraine moved 2 km to the west in four days

Russian troops have managed to advance 2 km (1.24 miles) to the west in four days along the frontline in Ukraine, ...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 10:44am

World

Japan PM Kishida to return to office Monday after sinus surgery

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will return to work on Monday afternoon after successful sinus surgery, Chief...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 10:32am

South Asia

Russian arms supplies to India worth $13bn in past 5 years

Russian supplied India with around $13 billion of arms during the past five years, and New Delhi has orders placed...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 10:29am

World

Cyclone Gabrielle lashes northern New Zealand, flights disrupted, flooding expected

WELLINGTON: Residents in New Zealand’s largest city of Auckland and the surrounding area are being told to brace for...

Published 13 Feb, 2023 09:45am

South Asia

India opens first stage of Delhi-Mumbai expressway

NEW DELHI: India on Sunday inaugurated the first stage of its longest expressway, a route linking New Delhi and...