News Archives for World - 2025-02-06

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Europe

Russia welcomes USAID cuts, calls body ‘machine for interfering’

MOSCOW: Russia on Thursday welcomed the new US administration’s decision to shutter USAID as an independent agency,...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 11:28pm

USA

Trump to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court

Order to place financial, visa sanctions on individuals, their family members who assist in ICC investigations of US citizens or US allies, White House official says

Updated 06 Feb, 2025 10:48pm

Middle East

Hamas says Trump remarks are ‘declaration of intent to occupy’ Gaza

Calls urgent Arab summit to confront displacement of Palestinians from Gaza

Updated 06 Feb, 2025 09:56pm

South Asia

‘Dreams shattered’ as Trump deports Indians ahead of Modi trip

SALEMPURA: It took Daler Singh six months and $45,000 to reach the United States last month without paperwork....

Published 06 Feb, 2025 09:16pm

South Asia

Taliban hands management of Afghan hotel to German firm

KABUL: A luxury Afghanistan hotel that saw several bloody attacks during the 20-year insurgency is now being managed...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 07:58pm

South Asia

India vows migrant ‘crackdown’ after US deportation flight

NEW DELHI: India’s foreign minister threatened a “strong crackdown” on illegal migration on Thursday, a day after a...

Updated 06 Feb, 2025 09:15pm

Middle East

Health ministry in Gaza says war death toll at 47,583

GAZA CITY: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Thursday that the death toll from the war with Israel in the...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 06:49pm

Europe

Aga Khan’s funeral to be held in Lisbon on Saturday

LISBON: The funeral of Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Shia Ismaili Muslims, will take place in Lisbon on...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 06:16pm

Middle East

Iran president says ‘not seeking nuclear weapons’

TEHRAN: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Thursday that his country was not seeking a nuclear weapon, a day...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 06:09pm

Middle East

Trump says US would take over Gaza after fighting ends

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Thursday that Israel would turn the Gaza Strip over to the United States...

Updated 06 Feb, 2025 08:41pm

Stocks

Major Gulf markets mixed as Trump proposals continue to weigh

Major stock markets in the Gulf were mixed on Thursday as U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest announcements...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 02:35pm

Europe

Kyiv says captured 909 Russian troops over Kursk operation

KYIV: Ukraine said on Thursday it had captured more than 900 Russian troops over six months of fighting in the...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 02:01pm

South Asia

Iran Revolutionary Guards unveil first drone carrier in Gulf

TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards unveiled the country’s first drone carrier on Thursday in Gulf waters, state...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 01:57pm

Europe

Spain rejects Israel’s suggestion it should accept Palestinians from Gaza

MADRID: Spain’s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Thursday rejected the suggestion by Israeli Defence Minister...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 01:28pm

South Asia

India opposition questions Modi on reported US mistreatment of deportees

AMRITSAR: Indian opposition lawmakers questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government and demanded a discussion...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 12:09pm

Middle East

Israel’s defence minister orders army to prepare for Gaza residents’ departure, after controversial Trump plan

**JERUSALEM: Israel’s defence minister ordered the army on Thursday to prepare a plan to allow the “voluntary...

Updated 06 Feb, 2025 01:25pm

Middle East

Jordan’s king rejects Trump’s Gaza takeover plan

DUBAI: Jordan’s King Abdullah said on Wednesday he rejected any attempts to annex land and displace Palestinians...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 11:55am

South Asia

Bangladesh protesters torch ousted PM Hasina’s father’s home

DHAKA: Thousands of protesters set fire to the home of Bangladesh’s founding leader, as his daughter, ousted former...

Published 06 Feb, 2025 10:23am

World

US aid agency places global staff on leave

WASHINGTON: The US government’s giant humanitarian agency USAID on Tuesday announced it was placing its staff in the...