News Archives for World - 2024-02-18

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Europe

French boats rescue nearly 140 trying to cross to UK

LILLE, France: Officials in northern France said Sunday rescue boats had saved nearly 140 people who got into...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 10:58pm

World

US launches five new strikes on Huthi weapons systems: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: US forces in the Red Sea have "successfully conducted five self-defense strikes" to foil attacks by land...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 10:23pm

World

Militia kills 15 in eastern DR Congo: local sources

BUNIA: Militia fighters killed 15 people in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's troubled Ituri province, local...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 10:03pm

Middle East

UAE seeks maximum penalty in mass ‘terrorism’ trial

DUBAI: Emirati authorities will seek the maximum penalty against 84 individuals accused of terrorism, they announced...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 08:23pm

Europe

Putin says Ukraine matter of life and death for Russia

MOSCOW: Events on the battlefield in Ukraine are a matter of “life and death” for Russia that could determine its...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 05:04pm

Middle East

West Bank tensions ‘obstacle’ to peace, says EU’s Borrell

MUNICH: EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Sunday said the situation in the Israel-occupied West Bank posed a...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 04:54pm

Europe

Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow on Feb. 26

MUNICH: Russia has invited Palestinian factions to meet in Moscow on Feb. 26, the Palestinian Authority prime...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 03:03pm

Middle East

Gaza’s second-largest hospital ‘completely out of service’, health ministry says

CAIRO: The Gaza Strip’s second-largest hospital has been put “completely out of service”, a spokesperson for the...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 02:17pm

Middle East

Afghanistan special envoys to meet in Doha

DOHA: National and regional special envoys to Afghanistan are to convene in Doha Sunday in the second UN meeting of...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 12:20pm

South Asia

Man shoots dead 12 relatives in Iran: state media

TEHRAN: A man killed 12 of his relatives in a rare mass shooting in southern Iran, state media reported Saturday. “A...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 12:00pm

USA

Magnitude 5.0 earthquake shakes Mexico resort town Acapulco

MEXICO CITY: A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit near the Mexican resort town of Acapulco on the Pacific coast on...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 11:05am

Europe

David Cameron to visit Falkland Islands in UK foreign minister’s first South Atlantic tour

LONDON: British Foreign Minister David Cameron will visit the Falkland Islands as part of his first South Atlantic...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 10:54am

Middle East

UN likely to vote Tuesday on Gaza ceasefire, US signals veto

Gaza death toll reaches 28,985 Palestinians killed since October 7, says health ministry

Updated 18 Feb, 2024 06:45pm

Europe

Ukraine withdraws from Avdiivka, Putin hails 'important victory'

KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin called the capture of Avdiivka "an important victory" after Ukraine's...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 10:36am

World

China's first homegrown airliner makes international debut in Singapore

SINGAPORE: China’s challenger to Airbus and Boeing’s passenger jets, the narrow-body C919 manufactured by the...

Updated 18 Feb, 2024 06:09pm

Europe

Ukrainian foreign minister discusses peace prospects with China’s Wang Yi

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Saturday he had discussed the prospects for peace in Kyiv’s nearly...

Published 18 Feb, 2024 10:24am

USA

Trump hit with $354.9m penalty, 3-year ban in NY civil fraud case

NEW YORK: Donald Trump must pay $354.9 million in penalties for fraudulently overstating his net worth dupe...