News Archives for World - 2024-08-22

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World

Israel says bullets found in hostage bodies recovered from Gaza

JERUSALEM: The Israeli military said Thursday that bullets had been found in the bodies of six hostages retrieved...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 11:28pm

Europe

Body of British tech entrepreneur Lynch retrieved from yacht, daughter missing

PORTICELLO: The body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch was retrieved on Thursday from the wreck of his family yacht...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 10:50pm

South Asia

Thailand confirms mpox case is clade 1b, second outside of Africa

BANGKOK: Thailand on Thursday confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain of the virus, the...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 10:37pm

South Asia

Bangladesh revokes diplomatic passport of ex-PM Hasina: government

DHAKA: Bangladesh’s interim government revoked the diplomatic passport of ousted premier Sheikh Hasina on Thursday,...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:36pm

South Asia

Floods swamp Bangladesh as nation finds its feet after protests

DHAKA: Floods triggered by torrential rains have swamped a swath of low-lying Bangladesh, disaster officials said...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:09pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka court convicts president over vote delay

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court found President Ranil Wickremesinghe guilty of “unlawful conduct” on Thursday for...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 08:01pm

Europe

Putin says Ukraine tried to attack Kursk nuclear plant

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday accused Ukraine of trying to attack the Kursk nuclear power...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 06:52pm

South Asia

Key Indian hospital ends strike but doctor rape protests rage

NEW DELHI: Doctors at a top Indian government hospital ended Thursday an 11-day strike in protest against the rape...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 05:54pm

Europe

Russia claims capture of another village in east Ukraine

MOSCOW: Russia’s army on Thursday claimed it had captured another village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, the...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 05:06pm

South Asia

India’s Modi urges peace ahead of Ukraine visit

WARSAW: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said no conflict could be resolved on a battlefield as he...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 05:04pm

South Asia

Indian state plans law for Muslim marriages and divorces

GUWAHATI: Indian authorities in Assam state have introduced a bill that would require Muslims to register their...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 04:59pm

Middle East

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 40,265

The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that at least 40,265 people have been killed in the Palestinian...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 04:45pm

Life & Style

Dubai standing out: 21% of the young and wealthy from UK, France want to move to UAE

A survey of British and French millionaires aged 18-34 revealed that 44 percent of them are more likely to leave...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 04:22pm

South Asia

Taliban appoints ambassador to UAE for first time since Afghanistan takeover

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan’s Taliban-led foreign ministry said it has appointed its first accredited ambassador to the...

Updated 22 Aug, 2024 07:04pm

Stocks

Gulf shares mixed in early trade, Powell’s speech awaited

Stock markets in the Gulf were mixed in early trading on Thursday after the minutes from the most recent meeting of...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 02:56pm

Middle East

Three Palestinians killed by Israeli strike in West Bank’s Tulkarm camp, ministry says

RAMALLAH: A drone strike during an Israeli military operation in the volatile occupied West Bank city of Tulkarm on...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 02:50pm

Europe

Ukraine’s Zelenskiy visits border area near Russia incursion

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday he had travelled to the country’s northeast border...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 02:42pm

Middle East

Israeli tanks push deeper into Gaza, as Biden urges peace

CAIRO: Israeli forces pressed deeper into areas of the central and southern Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 02:38pm

South Asia

Sri Lanka approves free tourist visas for 35 countries, Pakistan not on the list

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries including China,...

Updated 22 Aug, 2024 03:51pm

South Asia

UN team in Bangladesh to assess rights violations

DHAKA: A United Nations team arrived in Bangladesh Thursday to assess whether to investigate alleged human rights...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 01:17pm

Europe

Mpox disease presents hard-to-weigh risks

PARIS: As fears mount globally about mpox, apparently simple questions such as the danger it poses and differences...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 12:23pm

South Asia

Fragile but unbroken, Afghan glassblowers refuse to quit

HEART: Seated in front of a searing furnace, Ghulam Sakhi Saifi teases forth sinews of molten blue glass – the...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 12:10pm

Europe

Moscow says repelled Ukrainian air strikes

MOSCOW: Russia said Thursday that it had repelled several Ukrainian drone and missile attacks in the west of the...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 11:55am

South Asia

Death toll rises to 17 in blast at Indian pharmaceutical factory

HYDERABAD: India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh wrapped up rescue efforts on Thursday at a pharmaceutical...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 10:57am

Europe

Russia to retaliate on Latvia’s residence permit move, official tells RIA

Russia will take steps to respond after Latvia made it harder for Russian citizens to extend residence permits,...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 10:36am

USA

Candidate Tim Walz, Democratic stalwarts whip up Chicago convention

CHICAGO: Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz took the stage on Wednesday night, joined by a litany of Democratic...

Published 22 Aug, 2024 10:33am

World

Ukraine attacks Moscow in one of largest ever drone strikes on Russian capital

MOSCOW: Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones that were shot down by air defences in what...