News Archives for World - 2023-12-31

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World

World welcomes New Year with fireworks, some stark words and a royal farewell

New Zealanders were among the first in the world to celebrate the arrival of 2024 with a fireworks display in...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 11:58pm

World

Israeli jets pound central Gaza as Netanyahu indicates longer war

CAIRO/GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israeli jets intensified attacks on central Gaza on Sunday, residents and medics said, as...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 11:29pm

Europe

Denmark's Queen Margrethe II to abdicate after 52 years on the throne

COPENHAGEN: Denmark's Queen Margrethe II will abdicate on January 14 next year after 52 years on the throne and will...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 11:13pm

Asia

China’s Xi hails ‘resilient’ economy in bullish New Year speech

BEIJING: President Xi Jinping said Sunday the Chinese economy had grown “more resilient and dynamic” in 2023,...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 06:17pm

Middle East

More than 4,360 dead in Syria war in 2023: monitor

BEIRUT: More than 4,360 people, including combatants and civilians, were killed in Syria’s civil war in 2023, in the...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 05:04pm

Europe

Scholz visits flood-hit northern Germany

BERLIN: Chancellor Olaf Scholz travelled Sunday to parts of northern Germany hit by floods after days of heavy...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 04:15pm

Middle East

US military says sank three Houthi vessels that attacked container ship in Red Sea

WASHINGTON: US Navy helicopters sank three vessels operated by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels that had attacked a...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 07:29pm

South Asia

Former Modi adviser Panagariya appointed as India’s new finance panel head

NEW DELHI: The Indian government on Sunday appointed Arvind Panagariya the chairman of new Finance Commission that...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:36pm

Europe

Ukraine army says it downed 21 of 49 drones overnight

KYIV: Kyiv said Sunday it had destroyed 21 of 49 Iranian-made “Shahed” drones fired by Russia overnight, adding that...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 02:54pm

World

World prepares to ring in 2024

SYDNEY: Jubilant crowds will bid farewell to the hottest year on record Sunday, closing a turbulent 12 months marked...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 12:44pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka troops kill police officer in botched drug raid

COLOMBO: A police officer was killed and another critically wounded Sunday when troops opened fire on an undercover...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 11:54am

Middle East

Netanyahu says Israel must control Gaza's border with Egypt, war to last months

CAIRO/GAZA/OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to retake control of the Gaza Strip’s...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 12:33pm

Europe

Russia has jailed more than 200 captured Ukrainian fighters so far: Lavrov

Russian courts have sentenced more than 200 Ukrainian fighters to prison terms since Moscow started its military...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 10:57am

Middle East

UKMTO receives report of ship incident near Yemen’s Hodeidah port

CAIRO: The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) organization on Saturday received a report of an...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 10:53am

Europe

Russia launches fresh air assault on Ukraine's biggest cities

KHARKIV: Russia launched a fresh bombardment of Ukraine in the hours leading into New Year’s Eve, Ukrainian...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 12:55pm

Asia

North Korea to launch new satellites, build drones as it warns war inevitable

SEOUL: North Korea vowed to launch three new spy satellites, build military drones, and boost its nuclear arsenal in...

Updated 31 Dec, 2023 07:35pm

Europe

Russia says 20 dead after 'indiscriminate' Ukrainian strikes on Belgorod

Russia said 20 people including two children had been killed and 111 injured in "indiscriminate" Ukrainian strikes...

Published 31 Dec, 2023 03:20am

World

ASEAN foreign ministers express concern over South China Sea tensions

MANILA: Foreign ministers of Southeast Asia’s regional bloc ASEAN on Saturday expressed their concern over growing...