News Archives for World - 2024-01-26

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World

Senior Hamas official: ICJ ruling helps to ‘isolate’ Israel

DOHA: Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling on Friday was an...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:33pm

Europe

Hungary making talks on EU aid for Ukraine ‘more complicated’: senior EU official

BRUSSELS: European Union (EU) talks on giving Ukraine 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in financial aid have been...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:07pm

Europe

Putin says Ukraine shot down plane, not clear if deliberately or in error

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin said a Russian military plane that crashed near the border with Ukraine on...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 10:43pm

World

WHO rejects Israel’s claim of ‘collusion’ with Hamas

GENEVA: The World Health Organization on Friday denied Israel’s claim that the WHO was in collusion with Hamas by...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 10:05pm

Europe

EU says it expects full implementation of World Court orders

The European Union on Friday said it expected Israel and Hamas to fully comply with the rulings of the International...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 09:19pm

Europe

Turkiye’s Erdogan signs off on Sweden’s NATO membership

ANKARA: Turkiye’s president finally approved Sweden’s bid to join NATO on Thursday, ending months of delay and...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 09:16pm

Middle East

Israel’s El Al suspends South Africa route over World Court case

JERUSALEM: El Al Israel Airlines said on Friday it was suspending its route to Johannesburg at the end of March,...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 07:35pm

Middle East

South Africa: court ruling against Israel a victory for rule of law

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa hailed what it called a “decisive victory” for international rule of law on Friday, after...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 06:41pm

South Asia

China hands former top bank official 20 years in jail for bribery

BEIJING: A former executive at one of China’s largest state-run banks was sentenced to 20 years in prison for...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 06:28pm

Middle East

Palestinian foreign minister welcomes ICJ provisional measures

RAMALLAH: Palestine welcomes the provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice (ICJ),...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 06:15pm

Europe

Ukraine invites China’s Xi to ‘peace summit’

KYIV: Ukraine has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to participate in a planned “peace summit” of world leaders...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 06:03pm

Middle East

World Court orders Israel to prevent acts of genocide, but fails to order ceasefire

Some rights sought by South Africa in its genocide case against Israel's war in Gaza are plausible, says court
Without ceasefire, court's order doesn't work, says South Africa’s minister of international relations

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 09:23pm

Middle East

Deadly attacks on Gaza, cold weather making it ‘uninhabitable’: UN

GENEVA: Relentless attacks against infrastructure and cold weather in Gaza are making the Palestinian enclave...

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 10:40pm

Europe

Turkiye moving swiftly toward final step on Sweden’s NATO bid

ISTANBUL: Turkiye is expected to send the final instrument of ratification for Sweden’s NATO membership to...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 01:34pm

Europe

Belarus investigates some 20 analysts over ‘harming national security’

Authorities in Belarus, Russia’s closest ally, launched an investigation on Thursday into a group of 20 independent...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 12:17pm

Real Estate

Dubai’s property boom shows signs of fizzling out

LONDON/DUBAI: As cranes speckle the Dubai skyline and ultra-luxury homes change hands at record prices, signs that...

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 02:52pm

Europe

Uncertainty hangs over Russia’s account of plane crash

KYIV: Questions remained Thursday over the military plane crash that Russia said had killed dozens of captured...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:46am

Asia

Japan says New Year quake damage could cost $17 billion

TOKYO: The cost of the damage wreaked by a huge New Year’s Day earthquake that killed at least 236 people in central...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:41am

Middle East

Civilians trapped in Gaza’s south, Hague decision looms

GAZA STRIP: Concern grew on Friday for civilians trapped by fighting around Khan Yunis in Gaza’s south, with the top...

Updated 26 Jan, 2024 02:28pm

South Asia

India fetes France’s Macron at annual military parade

NEW DELHI: President Emmanuel Macron was guest of honour Thursday for India’s pomp-filled annual military parade, in...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:21am

Middle East

China presses Iran to rein in Houthi attacks in Red Sea, sources say

DUBAI: Chinese officials have asked their Iranian counterparts to help rein in attacks on ships in the Red Sea by...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 11:09am

USA

Haley raises $1mn since Trump donor warning, but loses a prominent funder

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s campaign said it had raised $1 million since Donald Trump issued a...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 10:49am

Asia

White House’s Sullivan to meet with China’s foreign minister in Bangkok

WASHINGTON/BEIJING: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will meet with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in...

Published 26 Jan, 2024 10:46am

World

Biden urges US Congress to approve F-16 sale to Turkey ‘without delay’

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden sent a letter to leaders of key Capitol Hill committees on Wednesday informing...