198 killed, over 1,000 injured since start of Russian invasion: Ukraine health minister
A total of 198 people have been killed and over 1,000 injured since the Russian offensive started before dawn on Thursday with massive air and missile strikes and troops forging into Ukraine from the north, east and south. “Unfortunately, according to operative data, at the hands of the invaders we have 198 dead, including 3 children, 1,115 […]
137 civilians and soldiers killed, says Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said 137 civilians and military personnel have been killed so far in the Russian invasion of his country. He called them “heroes” in a video address released early on Friday in which he also said hundreds more had been wounded. Zelenskyy says that despite Russia’s claim it is attacking only military […]
40 people killed so far in Russian attack, says Ukraine
An adviser to Ukraine’s president says about 40 people have been killed so far in the Russian attack on the country. Oleksii Arestovich, an adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that several dozen people have been wounded. He didn’t specify whether the casualties included civilians. Zelenskyy said the Ukrainian authorities will hand weapons […]
UAE conference concerned over rising drone attacks
ABU DHABI: The UAE and its allies warned on Sunday of the rising threat of drone attacks, as Middle East militants rapidly acquire a taste for the cheap and easily accessible unmanned systems. But while the countries called for a collective effort to protect airspaces against the small and often hard to detect targets, one […]
Eight killed as ferocious storm pummels Europe
LONDON: The second major storm in three days smashed through the United Kingdom and northern Europe on Friday, killing eight people as high winds felled trees, cancelled train services and ripped sections off the roof of London’s O2 Arena. The UK weather service said a gust provisionally measured at 196 kph, thought to be the […]
US accuses Russia of deploying thousands more troops to Ukraine border
The United States on Wednesday dismissed reports that Russia was withdrawing troops from Ukraine’s border, instead accusing Moscow of sending more soldiers as fears of an invasion grow. Russia has increased its presence on the border with Ukraine by “as many as 7,000 troops”, some of whom arrived on Wednesday, said a senior White House official, slamming […]
Pollution causing more deaths than Covid: UN
GENEVA: Pollution by states and companies is contributing to more deaths globally than Covid-19, a UN environmental report published on Tuesday said, calling for “immediate and ambitious action” to ban some toxic chemicals. The report said pollution from pesticides, plastics and electronic waste is causing widespread human rights violations and at least 9 million premature […]
Erdogan visits UAE to revive long-strained ties
ABU DHABI: Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday visited the United Arab Emirates for the first time in nearly a decade, to revive relations that were long strained by regional disputes. He was greeted in the capital Abu Dhabi by Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, the UAE’s de facto ruler, who had […]
Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank clashes
Israeli forces have shot dead a 17-year-old Palestinian in West Bank clashes during what Israel on Monday described as an operation to demolish the home of a ‘terrorist’ suspected of a recent attack. The Palestinian health ministry said Mohammad Abu Salah was killed in the village of Silat al-Harithiya near the flashpoint town of Jenin […]
Russian troops massing near Ukraine border, says US
MOSCOW: Russia is massing yet more troops near Ukraine and an invasion could come at any time, perhaps before the end of this month’s Winter Olympics, Washington said on Friday. Moscow, for its part, stiffened its truculent response towards Western diplomacy, saying answers sent this week by the EU and Nato to its security demands […]
