Russian warship attacked in Black Sea; Moscow accuses Kyiv of border strikes
ODESSA: Ukraine claimed on Thursday to have hit Russia’s flagship in the Black Sea with missiles, igniting a fire that Moscow said “seriously damaged” the warship as it accused Kyiv of helicopter strikes elsewhere over its territory. Even as Ukraine pushed to restart civilian evacuations ahead of a feared major offensive in the east, Russia […]
World treats crises affecting blacks, whites unequally, regrets WHO chief
GENEVA: The WHO chief said on Wednesday that the world was treating humanitarian crises affecting black and white lives unequally, with only a “fraction” of the attention on Ukraine given elsewhere. World Health Organisation’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the emergencies happening in other parts of the world were not being taken as seriously and […]
Clashes rock West Bank as Palestinian attacker killed in Israel
JENIN: Fresh clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinian militants rocked the West Bank city of Jenin on Tuesday as a Palestinian stabbed a police officer in Israel before being shot dead. Israeli troops launched a fourth day of operations around Jenin after an assailant from the flashpoint district shot and killed three people in a […]
Italy signs gas deals with Algeria to reduce reliance on Russia
ALGIERS: Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced a deal on Monday to boost gas deliveries from energy heavyweight Algeria, as he steps up efforts to reduce Rome’s heavy reliance on Russian imports. Addressing journalists after meeting President Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Draghi told journalists the two governments had signed a preliminary deal on energy cooperation. “There is […]
Ukraine preparing for ‘important battles’ against Russian forces
KRAMATORSK: Ukraine is preparing for “important battles” against Moscow’s forces in the east of the country, officials in Kyiv said, as Pope Francis on Sunday called for an Easter truce to end the war. Evacuations continued from Kramatorsk, in eastern Ukraine, where a missile strike on Friday killed 52 people at a railway station, while […]
Strike on train station kills 50 in Ukraine
• EU officials in Kyiv for talks and visit to scene of civilian deaths in Bucha • Japan, Finland to expel Russian diplomats; Turkey pushes for talks KRAMATORSK: In one of the deadliest strikes of the six-week-old Ukrainian war, at least 50 people were killed and hundreds injured on Friday when a rocket hit a train […]
US and Nato allies pledge more arms to Ukraine
BRUSSELS: The United States will send new weapon systems to Ukraine, Washington’s top diplomat said on Thursday after Nato foreign ministers agreed to accelerate arms deliveries in response to Russia’s invasion. Urged by Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to end bureaucracy-driven delays, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the United States and 30 other […]
President will not resign, despite protests, says Lankan minister
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will not resign, a minister said on Wednesday, despite demonstrations against his handling of the country’s worst economic crisis in decades and as doctors held street protests over a shortage of medicines. Rajapaksa, governing the country since 2019 with other family members in top positions, revoked a state of […]
Sri Lankan president loses parliamentary majority as protests mount
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s president lost his parliamentary majority on Tuesday as former allies urged his resignation following days of street protests over the island nation’s crippling economic crisis. Unprecedented shortages of food and fuel along with record inflation and blackouts have inflicted widespread misery in the country’s most painful downturn since independence from Britain in […]
Blast in Afghan capital kills one, wounds several
KABUL: An explosion in the centre of the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday killed one person and wounded at least 59 others, hospital officials said. In a tweet, Kabul’s Emergency Hospital said one body was received at the hospital and 59 people were treated, with 30 of the wounded being admitted for further treatment. […]
