News Archives for World - 2025-01-14

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Europe

UK anti-corruption minister resigns over ties to ousted Bangladesh PM

LONDON: The British minister responsible for financial services and fighting corruption resigned on Tuesday after...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:15pm

USA

Trump says will create ‘External Revenue Service’ for tariffs

WASHINGTON: US President-elect Donald Trump said Tuesday that he plans to form an “External Revenue Service” for...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:10pm

Europe

EU, China planning 2025 summit marking 50 years of ties: Brussels

BRUSSELS: The European Union and China are working to hold a summit this year, Brussels said Tuesday, after a phone...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:04pm

Europe

Lives of Gaza hostages must be ‘top priority’: Scholz

BERLIN: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday said a potential truce with Hamas would be “painful” for Israel but...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 10:57pm

Middle East

Gaza ceasefire ‘closer than ever’ as sides work on final details

DOHA/CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Negotiators met in Qatar on Tuesday hoping to hammer out final details of a ceasefire in Gaza,...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 10:01pm

Middle East

Blinken says Gaza ceasefire right on the brink, awaiting final word from Hamas

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday said an agreement on a Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 09:42pm

USA

Trump to make online address to global elite’s Davos meeting

BRUSSELS: Donald Trump will make an online appearance at the annual meeting of global political and business elites...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 09:30pm

Middle East

UAE signs trade deals with Malaysia, Kenya, New Zealand

ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates signed trade agreements with Malaysia, Kenya and New Zealand on Tuesday, the...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 07:39pm

USA

US prosecutor Jack Smith defends criminal case against Trump

WASHINGTON: US Special Counsel Jack Smith concluded that Donald Trump engaged in an “unprecedented criminal effort”...

Updated 14 Jan, 2025 11:49pm

Middle East

Gaza rescuers say Israeli strikes kill 18

GAZA STRIP: Gaza’s civil defence agency said Israeli air strikes and shelling killed at least 18 people across the...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 06:03pm

USA

Biden issues order to boost AI infrastructure in US

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will sign an order Tuesday to speed up the pace at which infrastructure for...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 05:15pm

Asia

Earthquake shakes Tibetan monasteries, casualties among clergy unknown

BEIJING: At least two Tibetan Buddhism monastic centres were severely damaged in Tibet with an unknown number of...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 12:33pm

Europe

Ukraine strikes Russia with massive drone and ATACMS attack, Russian Telegram channels

MOSCOW: Ukraine struck Russian regions with a massive drone attack and with US-made ATACMS missiles overnight,...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 12:31pm

World

Search underway in Peru for trapped workers at small gold mine

LIMA: Rescue workers in northern Peru were searching for trapped miners at a small gold mine on Monday , after the...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 12:16pm

Asia

Trial of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon set to begin

SEOUL: The trial of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was set to start on Tuesday with oral arguments over his...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:59am

World

Donald Trump says he will meet ‘very quickly’ with Putin

US President-elect Donald Trump said on Monday he is going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin “very quickly”...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:55am

Asia

North Korea fires short-range missiles ahead of Trump return

SEOUL: North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Tuesday, South Korea’s...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:51am

South Asia

Dreadlocked Indian ascetics take holy dip in Hindu Kumbh festival

PRAYAGRAJ: Scores of naked Hindu ascetics smeared in holy ash charged into the water of holy rivers in northern...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:49am

Europe

French PM’s concessions on pensions eyed in key policy speech

PARIS: French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected to lay out in a speech on Tuesday the contours of a deal to...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:44am

USA

US judge allows DOJ to release report on Trump’s election subversion case

WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Monday cleared the way for the US Justice Department to publicly release a portion of...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 11:42am

USA

Fire-ravaged Los Angeles in path of dangerous Santa Ana winds

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles firefighters braced for high winds overnight into Tuesday, gusts that could fuel two...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 08:56am

Middle East

Gaza ceasefire deal close after ‘breakthrough’ in Doha

DOHA/CAIRO: Negotiators will meet in Doha on Tuesday seeking to finalise details of a plan to end the war in Gaza...

Updated 14 Jan, 2025 05:51pm

USA

China mulls potential sale of TikTok US to Musk, Bloomberg News reports

Chinese officials are in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the United States...

Published 14 Jan, 2025 08:24am

World

ICJ judge Nawaf named Lebanon PM, angering Hezbollah

BEIRUT: Lebanese President Joseph Aoun on Monday picked international jurist Nawaf Salam to form a government for ...