News Archives for World - 2024-12-11

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World

Israel minister tells US ‘currently a chance’ for Gaza hostage deal

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz told his US counterpart Lloyd Austin on Wednesday that there was...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 11:53pm

World

Lebanon says 5 dead in Israeli strikes in south

BEIRUT: Lebanon’s health ministry said Israeli strikes killed five people in the south on Wednesday, amid a fragile...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 11:20pm

World

UN appeals for $4bn in Gaza, West Bank aid in 2025

Actual amount needed far higher, says United Nations

Published 11 Dec, 2024 10:46pm

Middle East

Tomb of Assad’s father set on fire in Syria hometown: AFP

QARDAHA: The tomb of ousted Syrian president Bashar al-Assad’s father Hafez was torched in his hometown of Qardaha,...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 07:05pm

Asia

Powerful blast rocks residential high-rise in southern China, kills one person

BEIJING: A powerful blast rocked a residential high-rise building in an affluent district of the southern Chinese...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 06:23pm

Middle East

Two US lawmakers push for some Syria sanctions relief after Assad’s fall

DAMASCUS: Two US congressmen have urged senior American officials to suspend some sanctions on Syria to ease...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:42pm

USA

Blinken to testify in Congress on Afghanistan weeks before his term ends

WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify to a Republican-led House of Representatives committee on...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:37pm

Europe

Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia strike toll rises to 8, rescue operation underway

KYIV: Rescuers were working Wednesday to find people under the rubble of a building destroyed in a Russian attack...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:25pm

Middle East

Qatar says to reopen embassy in Syria ‘soon’

DOHA: Qatar said on Wednesday that it would soon reopen its embassy in the Syrian capital Damascus after president...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:09pm

Europe

Ukraine hits Russian border regions, sets oil depot ablaze

KYIV: Ukraine attacked Russian border regions with missiles and drones early Wednesday, sparking a fire at an oil...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 05:03pm

South Asia

Afghanistan’s refugees minister Khalil Ur-Rahman Haqqani killed in explosion: govt source

KABUL: The Afghan minister for refugees was killed on Wednesday in an explosion at the ministry’s offices in the...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 04:50pm

USA

Blinken to visit Turkiye on Friday to discuss Syria

ANKARA: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit Turkiye on Friday to discuss the developments in Syria after...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 02:12pm

South Asia

Khamenei says Assad’s fall will not weaken Iran

TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Wednesday the weakening of the anti-Israel “resistance”...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 02:09pm

Middle East

UN General Assembly to vote on ‘unconditional’ ceasefire in Gaza

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly will vote Wednesday on a draft resolution that seeks an immediate ceasefire...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 01:13pm

Middle East

Israeli airstrikes kill at least 31 Palestinians in Gaza

CAIRO: Israeli strikes in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed at least 31 Palestinians, most of...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 12:48pm

South Asia

South Korean ex-defence minister tried to kill himself

SEOUL: South Korea’s former defence minister tried to kill himself shortly before he was formally arrested over his...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 11:59am

South Asia

Adani pulls out of US loan deal for Colombo port

NEW DELHI: India’s Adani Group has withdrawn its request for a US government-backed loan to construct a port in Sri...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 11:55am

South Asia

South Korea police raid Yoon office over failed martial law as impeachment vote looms

SEOUL: South Korean police raided the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol, a presidential security official said on...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 11:30am

Europe

Industrial facility damaged in missile attack on Russia’s Taganrog, officials say

An overnight missile attack damaged an industrial facility and numerous cars in the southwestern Russian port of...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 11:23am

World

Xi warns ‘no winners’ in trade war with US

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Tuesday that there would be “no winners” in a trade war with the...

Published 11 Dec, 2024 08:42am

World

Britain’s FCA accused of failing to help thousands excluded from bank redress scheme

LONDON: Britain’s financial watchdog was accused in London’s High Court on Tuesday of unlawfully failing to help...