LONDON: The UK’s Meteorological (Met) Office on Wednesday issued a four-day amber extreme heat warning as the country braces for another heatwave this week following the record high temperatures of last month and a looming water crisis. The Met Office warning covers much of the southern half of England as well as parts of eastern […]
BRATISLAVA: Oil shipments from Russia through a critical pipeline to several European countries should resume soon after a problem over payments for the transit was resolved, Slovakia’s economy minister said on Wednesday. Russian state pipeline operator Transneft said on Tuesday that it halted shipments through the southern branch of the Druzhba oil pipeline, which flows […]
GAZA CITY: Israeli troops killed two Palestinian gunmen in a shootout on Tuesday during an arrest operation in the city of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, police said. Palestinian health officials said one person was killed and at least 40 people wounded in the gun battle, a day after a cease-fire ended three days […]
PINGTUNG: Taiwan’s foreign minister said Tuesday that China is using military drills to rehearse an invasion of the self-governing island democracy, while Taiwan’s military began its own live-fire exercises in a show of readiness to thwart off a potential attack. Joseph Wu said Beijing aims to establish its dominance in the Western Pacific and annex […]
Washington: The FBI has raided Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort and residence in Florida and broke open his safe as part of a reported probe into whether he took classified documents from the White House, triggering an angry outburst from the former US president who called it an attempt by the Democrats to block his presidential […]
KYIV: In a growing challenge to Russia’s grip on occupied areas of southeastern Ukraine, guerrilla forces loyal to Kyiv are killing pro-Moscow officials, blowing up bridges and trains, and helping the Ukrainian military by identifying key targets. The spreading resistance has eroded Kremlin control of those areas and threatened its plans to hold referendums in […]
MOSCOW: A Russian rocket on Tuesday successfully launched an Iranian satellite into orbit. The Soyuz rocket lifted off as scheduled at 8:52 a.m. Moscow time (0552 GMT) Tuesday from the Russia-leased Baikonur launch facility in Kazakhstan. About nine minutes after the launch, it placed the Iranian satellite called Khayyam into orbit. It’s named after Omar […]
Over 23,000 Indian students, mostly studying medicine, are reportedly stuck back home due to covid visa restrictions. BEIJING: China on Tuesday said it has started the process for the return of Indian students stuck back home due to the covid-19 visa restrictions here and the first batch may arrive soon, raising hopes for the thousands […]
Tokyo: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged countries with nuclear weapons to stick to their no-first-use commitment of their atomic arsenals, warning that the nuclear arms race has returned amid growing international tension. This is the moment to ask the nuclear-armed countries to commit to the principle of non-first-use and to commit to […]
RAFAH: Palestinian Territories: Shell-shocked Gazans on Monday sifted through the rubble of three days of deadly strikes by Israel as a truce held with the Islamic Jihad and life slowly returned to normal with power restored. The sole power plant in the blockaded enclave “started working to generate electricity” after a two-day shutdown, distributor spokesman […]