News Archives for World - 2024-12-27

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World

North Korean troops slaughtered in ‘hopeless’ Ukraine assaults: US

WASHINGTON: A “human wave” of North Korean soldiers fighting on Russia’s side in the Ukraine war are being sent to...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 10:39pm

South Asia

Driver who killed 35 in China car ramming sentenced to death

BEIJING: A man who killed 35 people in a car attack in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai last month was sentenced...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 06:53pm

South Asia

Azerbaijan plane crashed ‘due to physical and technical external interference’

BAKU: Azerbaijan Airlines said Friday that the preliminary results of an investigation into the plane that crashed...

Updated 27 Dec, 2024 11:10pm

Europe

German president dissolves parliament, sets Feb 23 election date

BERLIN: German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament on Friday and confirmed the expected February...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 06:46pm

Middle East

Israeli forces raid north Gaza hospital, health ministry says contact with staff lost

CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israeli forces raided the Kamal Adwan Hospital, one of only three medical facilities on the...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 06:19pm

Europe

Russia says Azerbaijan Airlines flight which crashed diverted amid fog and Ukrainian drone alert

MOSCOW: Russia’s aviation watchdog said on Friday that an Azerbaijan Airlines plane which crashed in Kazakhstan on...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 05:46pm

Middle East

Yemen rebels claim missile attack on Tel Aviv airport: statement

SANAA: Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Friday said they fired a missile at Israel’s Ben Gurion airport, after...

Updated 27 Dec, 2024 10:09pm

Europe

WHO says crew member suffered serious injury in Yemen airport strike

ZURIC: The UN air crew member hurt in an air strike on Yemen’s main international airport on Thursday suffered...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 02:09pm

Asia

South Korea’s parliament convenes for acting president impeachment vote, as Yoon goes on trial

SEOUL: South Korea’s parliament began a session on Friday where a vote to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo over...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 12:36pm

Europe

Russia warns the United States on possible nuclear testing under Trump

MOSCOW: Russia’s arms control point man cautioned Donald Trump’s incoming administration on Friday that Moscow was...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 11:43am

South Asia

India announces state funeral for ex-PM Manmohan Singh

NEW DELHI: India on Friday announced seven days of state mourning after the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 10:45am

Europe

Russian drone attack kills two in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, several injured in Dnipropetrovsk

Russian drones struck a multi-storey apartment building in the front line town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region of...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 08:59am

World

China’s Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025, Russian ambassador says

China’s President Xi Jinping will visit Russia in 2025, Russia’s state-run RIA news agency quoted Moscow’s...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 08:55am

Middle East

Israel strikes Houthi targets in Yemen, killing six

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel struck multiple targets linked to the Iran-aligned Houthi movement in Yemen on Thursday,...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 08:51am

Business & Finance

Pakistan-born, US-raised entrepreneur highlights expansion move to Dubai

DUBAI: Dubai’s reputation as a global hub for innovation and investment has attracted yet another entrepreneur to...

Updated 27 Dec, 2024 12:19pm

World

Israeli minister’s Al-Aqsa mosque visit sparks condemnation

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited occupied Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa...

Published 27 Dec, 2024 07:29am

World

Record number of migrants lost at sea bound for Spain in 2024: NGO

MADRID: At least 10,457 migrants died or disappeared while trying to reach Spain by sea in 2024, an NGO said...