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World - 2024-03-29

Famine is ‘quite possibly’ in some areas of northern Gaza, U.S. official says

WASHINGTON: Famine is quite possibly present in parts of the northern Gaza Strip, a senior U.S. State Department...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 11:18pm

Europe

Ukraine downs two Russian missiles over Odesa, five people injured

Ukraine’s air force downed two Russian missiles in the southern port city of Odesa on Friday afternoon, officials...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 11:03pm

Europe

Ukraine and India agree to restore ties to pre-war levels, discuss peace plan

NEW DELHI: The foreign ministers of India and Ukraine said on Friday they had agreed to restore trade and...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 07:32pm

Middle East

Israel kills dozens across the Gaza Strip as its relentless aggression continues

CAIRO: Israel continued relentless aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing dozens of...

Updated 29 Mar, 2024 10:21pm

South Asia

North Korea says it has ‘nothing’ to talk about with Japan

SEOUL: Pyongyang said on Friday it had “nothing to talk” about with Japan after claiming that a Japanese diplomat in...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 05:08pm

Europe

Ukraine gets $1.5bn funding tranche under World Bank programme, PM says

Ukraine has received a $1.5 billion tranche of funding under a World Bank programme, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 04:57pm

Europe

Turkiye Erdogan to visit US on May 9, security official says

ANKARA: Turkiye President Tayyip Erdogan will visit the United States on May 9, a Turkiye security official said on...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 02:21pm

Europe

Russia’s Lavrov tells newspaper that Ukraine peace plan is pointless

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview published on Friday, said Ukraine’s proposed peace plan was...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 11:34am

South Asia

Ukraine urges India to rethink ‘Soviet legacy’ of Russia ties, FT says

Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged India to stand by Kyiv, saying the South Asian nation’s close ties with...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 11:24am

Europe

Blasts reported in several Ukrainian regions amid Russian missile attack

Explosions were heard in Ukraine’s Ivano-Frankivsk and Khmelnytskyi regions and the city of Dnipro on Friday morning...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 11:00am

Europe

Giorgia Meloni, Le Pen rift mars far right’s prospects of wielding EU power

PARIS/ROME: When a French minister compared Italy’s nationalist Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last year to the...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 10:53am

USA

Russian veto ends monitoring of UN’s North Korea sanctions

UNITED NATIONS: Russia on Thursday blocked the renewal of a panel of UN experts monitoring international sanctions...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 10:35am

Asia

Japan to resume funding to UN Palestinian refugee agency

TOKYO: Japan is preparing to resume funding to the UN’s crisis-hit Palestinian refugee agency (UNRWA), which...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 10:27am

Middle East

Israeli strikes on Syria kill dozens, security sources say

CAIRO: Israeli strikes on the northern Syrian city of Aleppo early on Friday killed 38 people, including five...

Published 29 Mar, 2024 10:07am

Mexican economy seen growing up to 3.5pc in 2024

MEXICO CITY: Mexico’s economy is seen growing between 2.5% and 3.5% this year and then expanding 2.0% to 3.0% in...