News Archives for World - 2024-07-12

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World

UN says world population to peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s

NEW YORK: Earth’s population will peak in the mid-2080s at around 10.3 billion people, then drop slightly to a level...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 10:39pm

World

Palestinian released from Israeli jail ‘came back from the dead’

BETHLEHEM: Muazzaz Abayat’s parents barely recognised their son lying in a hospital bed after being freed from nine...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 10:25pm

Middle East

Israeli forces pull back after Gaza City offensive, leaving dozens of bodies, rescue service says

CAIRO/GAZA: Israeli forces retreated from some Gaza City districts overnight after a fierce, week-long offensive,...

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 10:56pm

South Asia

Father of the groom: Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani

MUMBAI: Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, spent the last two decades transforming the stodgy petrochemicals giant...

Updated 12 Jul, 2024 06:08pm

Middle East

Gaza authorities say 32 killed as Israel strikes across territory

Israeli strikes killed another 32 people in the Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the Hamas-ruled Palestinian...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 03:30pm

Europe

OSCE official gets jail term for ‘spying’ in Russian-held Ukraine

MOSCOW: A court in Ukraine’s Russian-controlled Donetsk region on Friday jailed a member of the OSCE monitoring...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 03:25pm

Middle East

Hamas calls for independent Palestinian government in post-war Gaza

GAZA CITY: Hamas is suggesting during ceasefire negotiations that an independent government of non-partisan figures...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 03:22pm

Europe

UK Brexit champion Nigel Farage to return to right-wing TV station

LONDON: Leading Brexiteer Nigel Farage will return to the right-wing television news channel GB News as one of its...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 03:15pm

Europe

Tayyip Erdogan says Turkiye will not approve NATO attempts to cooperate with Israel

ISTANBUL: Turkiye President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it is not possible for NATO to continue its partnership...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 12:35pm

USA

Joe Biden says Israel-Gaza war should end now and Israel must not occupy Gaza

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden said on Thursday the Israel-Gaza war must end now and Israel must not occupy the...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 12:19pm

USA

Hungary’s Orban, a NATO outlier on Ukraine, talks ‘peace mission’ with Trump

WASHINGTON: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban met with Donald Trump on Thursday and the pair discussed the...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 11:57am

Energy

Kuwait cuts Aug crude prices for Asia, document shows

SINGAPORE: Kuwait has cut the official selling price (OSP) for Kuwait Export Crude (KEC) to Asia in August by 70...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 11:38am

South Asia

Nepal landslides sweep two buses into a river, 65 passengers missing

KATHMANDU: Landslides in Nepal swept two buses with at least 65 passengers on board into a river on Friday, while...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 11:24am

South Asia

India top court gives interim bail to opposition leader Arvind Kejriwal in graft case

NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court granted interim bail on Friday to opposition leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 10:50am

Middle East

Israel says a soldier killed near border with Lebanon

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s military said on Friday that one of its soldiers was killed in combat near the border...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 10:45am

Europe

Ukrainian air force says it downs 5 cruise missiles, 11 drones launched by Russia

KYIV: Ukrainian air force said it shot down all five cruise missiles and 11 out of 19 drones launched by Russia in a...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 10:38am

USA

Biden mixes up Harris, Trump names as calls to end his campaign grow

WASHINGTON: U.S. President Joe Biden mixed up the name of his vice president, Kamala Harris, and his Republican ...

Published 12 Jul, 2024 06:44am

World

Tax the super-rich, ex-leaders tell G20

BRASILIA: Former presidents and prime ministers have sent an open letter to current leaders of the world’s 20...