News Archives for World - 2024-01-12

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World

Gaza hostages to receive medicines: Israel PM office

JERUSALEM: Israel negotiated a deal with Qatar to get medicines through to hostages still being held in the Gaza...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 11:15pm

USA

US sanctions Hong Kong, UAE firms over Houthi support

WASHINGTON: Washington announced new sanctions Friday on two companies in Hong Kong and the United Arab Emirates,...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 10:05pm

World

US ‘not looking for conflict’ with Iran, White House says

WASHINGTON: The United States does not seek conflict with Iran despite carrying out strikes on Yemen’s Tehran-backed...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 09:45pm

Europe

Four killed as Russia, Ukraine trade attacks

KYIV: Russian shelling on Friday killed two people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, while a drone attack...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 06:41pm

Europe

Erdogan says US, UK strikes in Yemen ‘disproportionate’

ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday US and British strikes on Yemen’s Houthis were...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 06:34pm

South Asia

Modi says on 11-day fast ahead of divisive temple opening

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Friday he was beginning an 11-day religious fast ahead of a...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 06:25pm

Travel

‘Take a Walk on the Art Side’: Dubai Art Season 2024 gets under way

New season to feature Art Dubai, Emirates Airline Festival of Literature and Quoz Arts Fest

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 07:58pm

Middle East

Israel rejects genocide charges, tells World Court it must defend itself

THE HAGUE: Israel on Friday rejected as false and “grossly distorted” accusations brought by South Africa at the...

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 06:57pm

Middle East

UN deplores Israel’s ‘systematic’ refusal to grant access to north Gaza

GENEVA: The United Nations humanitarian office said on Friday that Israeli authorities were systematically denying...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 05:08pm

Europe

Israel has shown ‘recurring failures’ to uphold international law: UN

GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office said on Friday that Israel had repeatedly failed to uphold...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:25pm

Europe

Maersk hopes international interventions, naval presence will allow Red Sea transit to return

COPENHAGEN: Maersk hopes international interventions and a larger naval presence in the Red Sea will eventually lead...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:22pm

Europe

Gaza’s devastated Al-Shifa hospital reestablishes some services: WHO

GENEVA: Gaza’s largest hospital, which has been hard-hit by Israel’s war against Hamas, has partially reestablish...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 03:08pm

Europe

Sunak to visit Kyiv Friday to set out new ‘support package’

LONDON: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will visit Kyiv on Friday to launch “a major new package of support” for...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 01:31pm

South Asia

Iran condemns ‘arbitrary’ US, UK strikes on Yemen rebels

TEHRAN: Iran on Friday lambasted strikes in Yemen by US and British forces, saying that the attacks against...

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 01:36pm

Europe

Russia requests UN Security Council meeting after US and Britain strike Yemen

MOSCOW: Russia said it had requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Friday to discuss...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 12:19pm

Europe

WHO sees ‘incredibly low’ COVID, flu vaccination rates as cases surge

LONDON/CHICAGO: Low vaccination rates against the latest versions of COVID-19 and influenza are putting pressure on...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 12:15pm

Asia

China, Canada to maintain contact over ‘difficult’ relations, ministers say

BEIJING: China and Canada want to maintain contacts to bolster what Beijing called the “current difficult situation”...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 12:05pm

World

Troops restore order after riots in Papua New Guinea

PORT MORESBY: Troops patrolled the streets of Papua New Guinea’s capital on Friday, under a state of emergency...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 11:23am

Europe

Italy’s Matteo Salvini to take stand in migrant trial

PALERMO: Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, was on Friday due to testify in a trial over whether he...

Published 12 Jan, 2024 11:18am

Middle East

Aggression widens: US, Britain carry out strikes against Houthis in Yemen, officials say

WASHINGTON/ADEN: The United States and Britain launched strikes from the air and sea against Houthi military targets...

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 11:32am

World

‘We lost hope’: ravaged Gaza nears 100 days of war

GAZA STRIP: Bombed-out neighbourhoods, mass graves dug in the sand, spreading hunger and disease — as the bloodiest...

Updated 12 Jan, 2024 10:33am

World

HRW slams ‘hypocrisy’ of world leaders

UNITED NATIONS: Human rights are not luxuries, nor can they be bypassed in the national interest, the head of Human...