News Archives for World - 2024-06-10

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Middle East

UN Security Council to vote Monday on US Gaza ceasefire resolution

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council will vote Monday afternoon on a US-drafted resolution that backs...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 09:11pm

Middle East

Hezbollah says it shoots down Israeli drone over Lebanon

JERUSALEM: Lebanon’s Hezbollah said its air defences downed an Israeli attack drone over southern Lebanon on Monday,...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 08:31pm

Stocks

Gulf markets end mixed; Egypt snaps losing streak

Stock markets in the Gulf put a mixed performance on Monday amid rising oil prices, while strong U.S. jobs data...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 07:59pm

South Asia

Indian PM Modi’s government retains Sitharaman as finance minister

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new coalition government on Monday appointed Nirmala Sitharaman as...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 07:52pm

Middle East

Gaza health ministry says war death toll at 37,124

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Monday that at least 37,124 people have been killed in the territory...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 06:07pm

South Asia

Indian PM unveils coalition cabinet dominated by his party

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled Monday his coalition government after a surprise election...

Updated 10 Jun, 2024 08:23pm

Europe

Russia claims capture of southeastern Ukraine village

MOSCOW: Russia on Monday claimed the capture of a village in the south of the eastern Donetsk region. The defence...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 04:38pm

Middle East

Blinken urges Middle East leaders to press Hamas for Gaza ceasefire

CAIRO: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday, as he began a trip to the Middle East, that he was...

Updated 10 Jun, 2024 07:21pm

Stocks

Most Gulf markets rise in early trade on firmer oil prices

Most stock markets in the Gulf were up in early trading on Monday, led by the Qatar index, as hopes of rising fuel...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 03:09pm

South Asia

India’s heatwave longest ever, worse to come

NEW DELHI: India’s heatwave is the longest ever to hit the country, the government’s top weather expert said Monday...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 02:08pm

Europe

Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea, Vietnam in coming weeks, Vedomosti newspaper says

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit North Korea and Vietnam in the coming weeks, the Vedomosti...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 01:31pm

Europe

Turkiye unemployment dips to 8.5% in April

Turkiye unemployment rate fell 0.1 percentage points month-on-month to 8.5% in April, official data showed on...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 01:30pm

Middle East

US in Gaza ceasefire push with UN vote, Mideast tour

GAZA STRIP: The United States stepped up pressure Monday for a Gaza ceasefire with a call for a UN Security Council...

Updated 10 Jun, 2024 01:19pm

Europe

Swiss summit on Ukraine set to thrash out path to peace

GENEVA: Switzerland will stage a conference on Ukraine this coming weekend, with world leaders set to discuss how to...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 12:12pm

Europe

Italy’s far-right Giorgia Meloni emerges stronger from EU vote

ROME: Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party won a decisive victory in European elections in Italy, early results showed...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 12:07pm

Europe

Macron says French will ‘make the right choice’ in snap polls

PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron said Monday he was confident the French would make the right choice in snap...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 11:59am

Asia

North Korea sends more balloons as Kim’s sister warns of ‘new counteraction’

SEOUL: North Korea sent hundreds more trash-carrying balloons over the border, Seoul’s military said Monday, after...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 11:57am

Asia

South Korea’s Yoon heads to Central Asia for talks on energy, minerals

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol embarked on a trip to Central Asia on Monday to hold talks on...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 10:48am

World

New Zealand PM says China Premier Li Qiang to visit this week

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said on Monday that China’s Premier Li Qiang would visit...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 10:35am

Europe

Russia appears to make headway in key Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar

MOSCOW: Russian forces appear to be making headway towards their longstanding goal of capturing the strategic...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 07:36am

World

Trump rallies in critical state of Nevada during heatwave

LAS VEGAS: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will hold an outdoor rally in sweltering Las Vegas on...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 07:36am

South Asia

Gunmen attack Hindu pilgrim bus in IIOJK; nine killed

OCCUPIED SRINAGAR: Gunmen ambushed a bus carrying Hindu pilgrims in Illegally Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 07:36am

Europe

Macron calls snap legislative elections after EU poll blow

PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday announced he was dissolving parliament and called snap legislative...

Published 10 Jun, 2024 07:36am

Europe

British TV presenter Mosley found dead on Greek island

ATHENS/SYMI, (Greece): British TV presenter and healthy living advocate Michael Mosley has been found dead in a ...