News Archives for World - 2024-06-27

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World

UNICEF says deal agreed with Israel to boost Gaza water supply

JERUSALEM: The United Nations children’s fund said Thursday that Israel had agreed to restore power to a key...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:58pm

World

Houthi rebels claim attack on ship off Yemen

DUBAI: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels claimed an attack Thursday targeting a merchant ship in the Red Sea, which...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:42pm

World

Gaza cancer patients enter Egypt via Israeli crossing

CAIRO: Twenty-one cancer patients crossed from the war-ravaged Gaza Strip into Egypt on Thursday through the Kerem...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:13pm

World

Bolivia government had prior intelligence of coup planning, minister says

LA PAZ: The Bolivian government had intelligence that a coup attempt could occur before the country’s top military...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 10:58pm

Europe

ICC allows UK to submit arguments on jurisdiction over Israelis in Gaza case

THE HAGUE: Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) ruled on Thursday that the United Kingdom can submit...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 10:47pm

Europe

Bank of England warns of economic risks from elections

LONDON: Policy uncertainty linked to upcoming elections in France and the United States has increased the risk of...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:51pm

Europe

Russian satellite blasts debris in space, forces ISS astronauts to shelter

WASHINGTON: A Russian satellite broke up into more than 100 pieces of debris in orbit overnight, forcing astronauts...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:21pm

Europe

Ukraine signs security pacts with EU, Lithuania and Estonia

BRUSSELS: The European Union and two of its member countries, Lithuania and Estonia, signed security agreements with...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 06:03pm

USA

Bolivian army chiefs arrested after coup attempt

LA PAZ: Two Bolivian army leaders have been arrested after soldiers and tanks took up position in front of...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 05:45pm

Middle East

Israeli storms Gaza City neighbourhood, orders Palestinians to go south

CAIRO: Israel stormed a neighbourhood in Gaza City on Thursday, telling Palestinians as the tanks moved in that they...

Updated 27 Jun, 2024 06:39pm

Middle East

Saudi Arabia leads Gulf bourses higher, Dubai falls

Major Gulf bourses rose in early trading on Thursday, with Saudi Arabia leading the gains buoyed by surge in shares...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 03:32pm

Europe

Russia ‘strongly condemns attempted military coup’ in Bolivia

MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday condemned an “attempted military coup” in Bolivia and warned against “destructive foreign...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 02:58pm

South Asia

Death toll from Indian toxic alcohol rises to 63: police

BENGALURU: The death toll from a batch of illegal alcohol that devastated a town in southern India last week has...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 02:54pm

South Asia

Landslides, lightning and floods kill 14 in Nepal

KATHMANDU: Torrential monsoon storms in Nepal have triggered landslides, lightning and flooding killing at least 14...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 02:46pm

Africa

Kenya braces for fresh protests despite president’s tax climbdown

NAIROBI: Kenyan police put up roadblocks on streets leading to the presidential palace on Thursday as some...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 01:35pm

Middle East

Hajj deaths show challenge of shielding pilgrims from scorching climate

RIYADH: Hundreds of the pilgrims who died in fierce heat at this year’s Hajj were not officially registered with the...

Updated 27 Jun, 2024 02:56pm

Europe

Ukraine says it downs all 23 drones, 5 missiles in Russian overnight attack

KYIV: Ukrainian air force said it shot down all 23 drones and five out of six missiles launched by Russia in the...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 12:57pm

South Asia

As ice melts, Everest’s ‘death zone’ gives up its ghosts

KATHMANDU: On Everest’s sacred slopes, climate change is thinning snow and ice, increasingly exposing the bodies of...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:50am

Middle East

Israel says it can send Lebanon ‘back to Stone Age’ as UN warns against war

Israel said it does not want war in Lebanon but could send its neighbour “back to the Stone Age”, as the UN’s...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:34am

Asia

North Korea says successfully tested multiple-warhead missile

SEOUL: North Korea claimed to have successfully tested its multiple-warhead missile capability, state media said...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:19am

USA

Joe Biden and Donald Trump to lock horns in critical presidential debate

ATLANTA: Joe Biden and Donald Trump square off for a historic US presidential debate Thursday, with the stage set...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 11:15am

World

Australian leaders celebrate Julian Assange’s freedom but opposition says he is ‘no martyr’

CANBERRA: Julian Assange spent his first night in 14 years as a free man back at home in Australia as the...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 10:37am

World

Bolivia coup attempt fails after military assault on presidential palace

LA PAZ: Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 10:28am

Europe

Senior Russian diplomat says US must take heed of discussions on nuclear doctrine

A senior Russian diplomat, in an interview published on Thursday, urged the United States to pay attention to...

Published 27 Jun, 2024 10:12am

World

WikiLeaks founder Assange returns home a free man

CANBERRA: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man Wednesday after...