News Archives for World - 2025-01-21

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World

Yemen's Houthis to limit attacks to Israel-linked ships during truce

SANAA: Yemen's Houthi rebels said Tuesday they would limit their Red Sea attacks to vessels linked to Israel during...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 11:19pm

USA

Trump removes Coast Guard commandant, US official says

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration has fired U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Lee Fagan, the first female...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 10:11pm

USA

Trump orders US exit from the World Health Organization

NEW YORK/GENEVA: The United States will leave the World Health Organization, President Donald Trump said on Monday,...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 08:45pm

Asia

Rain-triggered landslide kills 17 in Indonesia

JAKARTA: A landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia’s main island of Java has killed at least 17 people with...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 08:14pm

Europe

Scholz vows to ‘defend free trade’ after Trump tariff threat

DAVOS: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday that he would “defend free trade as the basis of our prosperity”,...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 07:03pm

Middle East

Israeli military chief resigns over October 7 ‘failure’: statement

JERUSALEM: The head of Israel’s military, Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi, resigned on Tuesday over his...

Updated 22 Jan, 2025 12:35am

Middle East

Israel launches ‘significant’ military operation in West Bank, at least eight Palestinians killed

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH: Israeli security forces backed by helicopters raided the volatile West Bank city of...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 07:40pm

South Asia

Trump to pull nearly 1,660 Afghan refugees from flights, say US official, advocate

WASHINGTON: Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 05:57pm

Middle East

Qatar says ‘confident’ in deal for ceasefire in Gaza

DOHA: Qatar is confident that the deal it helped mediate for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas addressed all the...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 05:13pm

South Asia

Bangladesh probe reveals children held in secret jails

DHAKA: Several children were among hundreds of people held in secret detention centres in Bangladesh, a commission...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 05:10pm

South Asia

Indian forces kill 14 Maoist rebels, including top commander

RAIPUR: Indian security forces shot dead at least 14 Maoist rebels, including a top commander, on Tuesday in what...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 02:38pm

Asia

Xi Jinping, Putin hold video call: Chinese state media

BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday held a video call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin,...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 02:32pm

Currency

Bitcoin, $Trump slide, waiting for crypto president Trump’s promises

SINGAPORE: Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies and even the newly minted token bearing Donald Trump’s name recoiled...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 01:49pm

USA

Elon Musk’s hand gesture during Trump inauguration festivities draws scrutiny

WASHINGTON: Billionaire Elon Musk’s hand gesture while he spoke during a celebration of President Donald Trump’s...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 12:50pm

Europe

Prince Harry’s court battle with Murdoch papers begins

LONDON: Prince Harry’s legal battle against Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group goes to trial at the High Court...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 12:34pm

South Asia

Afghan prisoner in US custody freed in exchange for American citizens, Kabul says

An Afghan prisoner in American custody was freed in exchange for US citizens, Afghanistan’s foreign ministry said on...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 12:27pm

USA

Donald Trump says his team is in process of removing over thousand Biden appointees

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump said on Tuesday his team was in the process of removing over a thousand...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 12:25pm

USA

Joe Biden US FTC chair to resign commission in coming weeks, memo says

WASHINGTON: Lina Khan, who until Monday was an aggressive enforcer of antitrust law as the head of the US Federal...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 11:28am

USA

Donald Trump withdraws from Paris climate agreement, again

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump once again withdrew the United States from the Paris climate deal on Monday,...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 11:54am

Europe

Turkish ski resort fire kills 66, forces guests to jump from windows

KARTALKAYA: A fire at a ski resort hotel in Turkiye’s Bolu mountains killed 66 people on Tuesday and forced panicked...

Updated 21 Jan, 2025 05:50pm

Asia

South Korea’s Yoon to attend impeachment trial for the first time

SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is due to attend on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 08:49am

USA

Donald Trump holds off on immediate tariffs but plans trade overhaul

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump did not immediately impose tariffs on Monday as previously promised but directed...

Published 21 Jan, 2025 08:20am

Asia

Indonesia launches global carbon exchange

JAKARTA: Indonesia opened its carbon exchange to international buyers on Monday, aiming to raise funds to help meet...