News Archives for World - 2024-02-05

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World

King Charles diagnosed with cancer, will postpone duties and undergo treatment

LONDON: Britain’s King Charles has been diagnosed with a form of cancer and the 75-year-old will postpone his public...

Updated 06 Feb, 2024 12:16am

World

Spain to boost UNRWA funding after donors suspend aid

MADRID: Spain said Monday that it would give an additional 3.5 million euros ($3.8 million) in aid to the UN...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 10:50pm

Middle East

UN Security Council to meet on US strikes in Iraq and Syria

UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council was to convene Monday at Russia’s demand to discuss US air strikes on...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 09:04pm

Middle East

Blinken arrives in Riyadh amid heightened Mideast tensions

RIYADH: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Saudi Arabia on Monday, his first stop in a wider tour of...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 08:46pm

Europe

EU top diplomat says heading for Ukraine

WARSAW: European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Monday he was heading for Ukraine as he reiterated...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 08:03pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia budget records surplus of $4.27bn in 2023

DUBAI: The Saudi Arabia 2023 budget recorded a surplus of 16 billion riyals ($4.27 billion) compared to the...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:17pm

Europe

Ukrainian troops near Bakhmut expect to fight until war ends

NEAR BAKHMUT: Some soldiers in the east of Ukraine say they will have little choice but to fight until the war is...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:11pm

Europe

Four killed in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s Kherson

Russian artillery fire into the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine on Monday killed four people and injured at...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 06:04pm

Middle East

Iran says ‘will not hesitate’ to respond to US attack on its territory

TEHRAN: Iran said Monday it “will not hesitate” to respond in the event of US attacks on its territory after the...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 05:57pm

South Asia

India won’t aid Canada probe on Sikh separatist’s killing till evidence shared: report

India will not provide information to Canadian investigators over the murder of a Sikh separatist leader until...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 05:57pm

USA

State of emergency in California as storm knocks out power

LOS ANGELES: Swaths of the US state of California were flooded on Monday and hundreds of thousands of people were...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 05:51pm

World

OECD ups world growth forecast but sees Middle East ‘risk’

PARIS: The OECD raised its 2024 world economic growth forecast Monday but warned that the Middle East conflict posed...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 05:45pm

Europe

Italy will become a target should it join attacks against Yemen, Houthi leader says

ROME: Italy will become a target if it takes part in attacks against Yemen, a senior official from Yemen’s...

Updated 05 Feb, 2024 05:32pm

Europe

Russia to summon Israeli ambassador over ‘unacceptable’ comments

MOSCOW: Russia’s foreign ministry will summon Israeli ambassador Simona Halperin over “unacceptable comments” she...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 01:21pm

Middle East

Antony Blinken heads to Mideast to press for truce

GAZA STRIP: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the Middle East for another crisis tour on Monday in a...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 12:52pm

Asia

South Korea, Saudi Arabia sign agreement on defence cooperation

SEOUL: South Korea and Saudi Arabia on Sunday signed a memorandum of understanding to expand defence cooperation,...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 12:07pm

USA

US Senate unveils $118bn bill on border security, aid for Ukraine, Israel

WASHINGTON: The US Senate on Sunday unveiled a $118 billion bipartisan border security bill that would also provide...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 11:49am

South Asia

India’s January services growth at six-month high on robust demand

BENGALURU: India’s dominant services sector expanded at the fastest pace in six months in January on robust demand,...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 11:13am

Africa

Senegal should hold presidential vote as soon as possible: African Union

NAIROBI: Senegal should hold presidential elections as soon as possible, the African Union (AU) said, days after its...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 11:03am

USA

Joe Biden courts Nevada voters after narrow 2020 win

LAS VEGAS: US President Joe Biden took his re-election pitch to Nevada voters on Sunday, part of a two-day stop in...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 10:42am

World

Forest fires kill 112 in Chile’s worst disaster since 2010 earthquake

Firefighters in central Chile on Sunday battled to quell fierce forest fires that have killed 112 people so far and...

Published 05 Feb, 2024 10:39am

Life & Style

‘Natural fit’: Pakistan’s fashion industry makes presence felt in Dubai

CEO and co-founder of Sania Maskatiya, Umair Tabani, says company scaling up both at home and in Dubai

Updated 05 Feb, 2024 03:49pm

World

Russian cosmonaut sets record for most time in space - more than 878 days

MOSCOW: Russian cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko on Sunday set a world record for total time spent in space, surpassing his...