Daily Archives: April 15, 2024
Trade on agenda, Scholz reaches China
BEIJING: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in China on Sunday on a visit focused on the increasingly tense economic relationship between the...
Moscow, Kyiv engage in fresh drone attacks
KYIV: More civilians died across Ukraine Sunday as analysts warned that delays in US military assistance would see Kyiv struggle to fight...
Iran warns Israel, US against retaliation; world urges calm
JERUSALEM: Iran warned Israel and the US on Sunday of a much larger response if there is any retaliation for its mass...
Landslides hit Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 18 people
JAKARTA: A search and rescue team found 18 people killed by landslides on Indonesia's Sulawesi island and are still looking for two...
Heavy rains set off flash floods, killing 33 people in Afghanistan
KABUL: Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan has killed at least 33 people and injured 27 others in three days, a...
Blinken calls Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi foreign ministers over Iran-Israel tensions
WASHINGTON: The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday reached out over phone to the foreign ministers of Jordan, Saudi Arabia,...
‘Neither region nor world can afford more war’: UN chief at emergency meeting on...
UNITED NATIONS: Addressing the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which was convened after Iranian drone and missile launches into Israel,...
Joe Biden to host Iraqi leader as Mideast tensions soar, raising more questions about...
WASHINGTON: The US President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq’s leader this week for talks that come as tensions across the...