News Archives for World - 2024-01-04

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World

Houthi drone boat detonates in Red Sea, no casualties: US Navy

WASHINGTON: A Houthi drone boat ladened with explosives detonated in the Red Sea on Thursday but was not close...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 11:06pm

Europe

Ukraine targets Crimea in air attack

KYIV: Ukraine said it targeted a Russian command post near the Crimean port city of Sevastopol Thursday, in an...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 10:46pm

Middle East

Israel focuses aggression on southern Gaza amid concern over wider war

Israeli shelling kills another 14 Palestinians, including nine children

Published 04 Jan, 2024 09:36pm

South Asia

Iran revises down blasts death toll to 84

TEHRAN: Iranian authorities on Thursday said twin blasts in the country’s south killed 84 people the previous day,...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 06:41pm

South Asia

China’s Xi says ‘shocked’ by twin Iran blasts

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping offered his condolences Thursday over twin bomb blasts in close ally Iran,...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 06:28pm

Europe

UK’s Sunak eyes ‘second half’ of 2024 for election

LONDON: Britain will likely go to the polls in the last six months of this year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 06:14pm

Middle East

Kuwait emir appoints Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah as prime minister

DUBAI: Kuwait’s new emir Sheikh Meshal al-Ahmad al-Sabah on Thursday appointed Sheikh Mohammed Sabah al-Salem...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 06:10pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia estimates 2024 financing needs at $23bn

DUBAI: Saudi Arabia estimates financing needs of about 86 billion riyals ($22.93 billion) in 2024 under a borrowing...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 06:00pm

Middle East

Israeli forces search house to house in West Bank city

RAMALLAH: Israeli forces searched houses in the Nour al-Shams refugee camp in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 05:48pm

Europe

Toll in deadliest Russian strike on Kyiv rises to 32

KYIV: A December 29 missile strike killed 32 people in Kyiv, authorities said Thursday, raising the toll of the...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 02:46pm

Europe

NATO, Ukraine to discuss air defence after Russian strikes

BRUSSELS: Ambassadors from NATO and Ukraine will hold a special meeting next week as Kyiv urges faster deliveries of...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 02:29pm

Asia

China says ‘deeply shocked’ by Iran twin blasts

BEIJING: China said on Thursday it was “deeply shocked” by twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in Iran,...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 01:45pm

Energy

Saudi Arabian companies warn Aramco fuel price hike may curb earnings

DUBAI: Several Saudi Arabian companies released regulatory filings late on Wednesday and Thursday saying that state...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 01:27pm

Europe

Russian hackers were inside Ukraine telecoms giant for months

LONDON: Russian hackers were inside Ukrainian telecoms giant Kyivstar’s system from at least May last year in a...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 01:21pm

Europe

EU’s Borrell condemns ‘terrorist attack’ in call with Iran FM

BRUSSELS: The EU’s top diplomat Josep Borrell offered his condolences to Iran after what he described as a...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 12:34pm

Middle East

Iran blames Israel, US for deadly blasts near grave of Guards general Soleimani

TEHRAN: Iran blamed Israel and the United States on Wednesday for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 95 people in...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 12:30pm

South Asia

Exiled opposition leader condemns ‘sham’ Bangladesh election

LONDON: Bangladesh’s election on Sunday will be a “sham” designed to cement Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s rule,...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 12:11pm

Europe

Ukraine’s mobile air defences have ammo for ‘few more attacks’: commander

NEAR KYIV: Kyiv’s mobile air defences have enough ammunition to withstand a few more powerful attacks, but then will...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 12:06pm

Asia

Stabbed South Korean opposition leader ‘recovering well’: doctor

SEOUL: South Korean opposition party leader Lee Jae-myung, who was stabbed in the neck, is recovering well but still...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 11:55am

Middle East

Blinken set for Israel visit as regional war fears mount

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will head Thursday to the Middle East as fears mount that...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 11:50am

Middle East

Hezbollah, Israel appear to signal no desire for spread of Gaza war

BEIRUT/CAIRO/OCCUPIED GAZA: Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Israeli army made statements suggesting the two avowed...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 11:20am

USA

UN Security Council members call for Houthis to stop attacks on shipping

UNITED NATIONS: Members of the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday called on Yemen’s Houthis to halt their attacks on...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 10:40am

USA

Mask mandates return at some US hospitals as COVID, flu jump

Hospitals in at least four US states have reinstated mask mandates amid a rise in cases of COVID, seasonal flu and...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 10:35am

Asia

Japan Airlines pilots ‘unaware of fire’ at first

TOKYO: Pilots on a Japan Airlines plane engulfed in flames just after all 379 passengers and crew escaped were...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 10:19am

Asia

Hundreds cut off after Japan quake that killed 78

NANAO: More than 50 people were reported missing Thursday as Japanese rescuers battled to reach hundreds still cut...

Published 04 Jan, 2024 10:11am

Middle East

Yemen rebels claim Red Sea attack as shipping prices soar

DUBAI: Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for the latest attack Wednesday on a merchant ship in the Red...