News Archives for World - 2024-05-27

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World

Israel must ‘take every precaution possible’ to protect civilians: US

WASHINGTON: The United States said Monday Israel must make every possible effort to avoid civilian casualties,...

Published 27 May, 2024 11:34pm

Europe

Kyiv says first French military instructors to travel to Ukraine ‘soon’

KYIV: Kyiv’s army chief Oleksandr Syrsky said Monday that the first French military instructors would soon arrive in...

Published 27 May, 2024 11:20pm

World

Israel PM says Rafah strike a ‘tragic accident’, vows to defeat Hamas

JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that a deadly strike that hit a displacement...

Published 27 May, 2024 10:50pm

Asia

North Korea says its latest satellite launch exploded in flight

SEOUL/TOKYO: North Korea said its attempt to launch a new military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure on...

Published 27 May, 2024 08:51pm

Middle East

Israeli strike on Rafah shows ‘contempt’ for ICJ ruling: African Union

NAIROBI: An Israeli air strike on Rafah that killed 45 people in a displacement camp according to Hamas officials...

Published 27 May, 2024 08:24pm

Middle East

Israeli attack on Rafah tent camp kills 45, prompts global outcry

Palestinian families rushed to hospitals to prepare dead for burial after the strike late on Sunday night set tents and rickety metal shelters ablaze

Updated 27 May, 2024 09:32pm

Europe

Kyiv hampered by limits on using Western arms in Russia: NATO chief

SOFIA: NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said Monday that Western powers should reconsider restrictions on Ukraine using...

Published 27 May, 2024 05:08pm

Europe

Spain pledges 1 billion in military aid to Kyiv as Zelensky visits

MADRID: Spain on Monday pledged one billion euros in military aid to Ukraine as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and...

Updated 27 May, 2024 07:31pm

South Asia

Cyclone Remal kills 16, snaps power links to millions in India, Bangladesh

SATKHIRA: Strong gales and heavy rain brought by cyclone Remal lashed the coastlines of India and Bangladesh on...

Published 27 May, 2024 04:43pm

Middle East

Rafah strikes could ‘hinder’ Gaza truce talks: mediator Qatar

DOHA: Israel’s latest strikes on a displaced people’s camp near Gaza’s southern city of Rafah could hinder talks...

Published 27 May, 2024 03:27pm

Europe

EU set to discuss Rafah mission, Borrell criticises Israel’s Netanyahu

BRUSSELS: The European Union aims to agree in principle on Monday to press ahead with an EU border mission at Rafah,...

Published 27 May, 2024 01:42pm

Europe

Russia invites Afghanistan’s Taliban to major economic forum

MOSCOW: Russia has invited Afghanistan’s Taliban to its biggest annual economic forum as Moscow moves to remove a...

Updated 27 May, 2024 03:14pm

South Asia

Indian police arrest hospital boss after six babies die in fire

NEW DELHI: Indian police said Monday they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six...

Published 27 May, 2024 01:26pm

Europe

World Court ruling on Gaza is binding, Germany’s Baerbock says

BRUSSELS: The World Court ruling urging Israel to immediately halt its military offensive on the southern part of...

Published 27 May, 2024 12:54pm

World

More than 2,000 could be buried in Papua New Guinea landslide, authorities say

SYDNEY: More than 2,000 people could be buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week, the...

Published 27 May, 2024 12:49pm

Asia

China to host Egypt’s Sisi, Arab leaders this week

BEIJING: China will host Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as well as a number of other Arab leaders in...

Published 27 May, 2024 11:54am

Middle East

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 35 in Rafah, Gaza authorities say

CAIRO: Israeli air strikes killed at least 35 Palestinians and wounded dozens in an area in the southern Gaza Strip...

Updated 27 May, 2024 12:29pm

Europe

Amnesty seeks war crimes probe into three Israel strikes

PARIS: Amnesty International on Monday urged the International Criminal Court to investigate as war crimes three...

Updated 27 May, 2024 11:52am

Europe

State of emergency in New Caledonia to be lifted: presidency

NOUMEA: The state of emergency in New Caledonia, which has been hit by deadly rioting, will be lifted early Tuesday...

Published 27 May, 2024 11:28am

Asia

Indonesia’s Mount Ibu erupts again, spews hot ash and sand

JAKARTA: A volcano in eastern Indonesia spewed a six-kilometre cloud of ash into the sky on Monday in the latest of...

Published 27 May, 2024 11:19am

USA

At least 14 dead from storms in Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Kentucky

Search teams on Sunday picked through wreckage left by tornado-spawning thunderstorms that swept the US Southern...

Published 27 May, 2024 10:53am

World

UN says terrain, remote location hamper relief after landslide buries hundreds in PNG

SYDNEY: Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads are hampering relief efforts in Papua New Guinea after...

Published 27 May, 2024 10:46am

Asia

China’s premier hails ‘new beginning’ with US-allied South Korea, Japan

Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised what he called a restart in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met their...

Published 27 May, 2024 10:32am

Asia

Thailand’s employment dips 0.1% y/y in Q1 on lower farm jobs

BANGKOK: Thailand’s employment dropped 0.1% in the first quarter from a year earlier due to lower farm jobs, after a...

Published 27 May, 2024 10:06am

Europe

One killed in Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Oryol region, governor says

One person was killed and three wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Oryol region on Monday, the regional...

Published 27 May, 2024 10:00am

South Asia

Millions without power as cyclone Remal pounds Bangladesh and India

DHAKA/KOLKATA: Strong winds and heavy rain pounded the coastal regions of Bangladesh and India as severe cyclone...

Published 27 May, 2024 09:52am

Asia

Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hits China’s Sichuan province

BEIJING: An earthquake of 5.0 magnitude struck Muli county in China’s Sichuan province, according to China...

Published 27 May, 2024 09:41am

Europe

Lagging in polls, UK Conservatives pitch national service at 18

Britain’s Conservative Party will introduce mandatory national service for 18-year-olds if it wins the national...