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Syria sanctions relief: EU to tackle issue at end of month
European foreign ministers will meet at the end of January to discuss the lifting of sanctions on Syria, the EU foreign policy chief said yesterday in Riyadh ahead of a meeting of top Middle Eastern and Western diplomats and Syria’s new foreign minister.
12 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Top Israeli security delegation in Doha for Gaza talks
A top-level Israeli security delegation arrived in Qatar yesterday for talks on a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, a spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, in a possible sign of so-far elusive agreements nearing.
12 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Myanmar junta air strike kills 15
A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 15 civilians and wounded 10 others at a market in a gold-mining area in northern Kachin state, a spokesman for an ethnic rebel group that controls the area told AFP yesterday.
12 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Syria, Lebanon pledge firm ties after years of tensions
Prime Minister Najib Mikati's trip came after Islamist-led rebels seized Damascus last month, bringing an end to the rule of Bashar al-Assad.
12 January 2025, 05:49 AM
South Korea's Yoon will not attend first impeachment hearing
Yoon has been holed up in the presidential residence and protected by an elite guard force since being suspended and impeached last month
12 January 2025, 05:43 AM
Scramble to shelter animals from Los Angeles wildfires
While some people just got in their cars and drove out of the danger zone, Gruss had to wrangle more than two dozen frightened horses, as embers swirled in 100-mile (160-kilometer) -an-hour winds.
12 January 2025, 04:56 AM
In Pictures: Fire in ‘paradise’
Known for its serene landscapes, the affected region has been transformed into a fiery battleground as emergency crews struggle to contain the blaze.
12 January 2025, 04:06 AM
LA wildfires spread
The largest of the Los Angeles’ fires spread toward previously untouched neighborhoods yesterday, forcing new evacuations and dimming hopes that the disaster was coming under control.
11 January 2025, 18:05 PM
Qatar briefs Trump envoy
Mediator Qatar said it briefed US President-elect Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff on Friday about Gaza ceasefire talks it has been brokering alongside Egypt and the United States.
11 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Anger and resentment rise in Los Angeles over fire response
For residents of this devastated Los Angeles suburb, the arrival of these men in uniform is too little, too late
11 January 2025, 06:14 AM
Los Angeles investigates fire blame as curfew enforced
At least 11 people died
11 January 2025, 06:11 AM
Malala Yousafzai 'overwhelmed and happy' to be back in Pakistan
The education activist was shot by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012 when she was a schoolgirl and has returned to the country only a handful of times since.
11 January 2025, 06:09 AM
Regulating online hate speech ‘not censorship’
The UN rights chief insisted yesterday that regulating harmful content online “is not censorship”, days after Meta scrapped its fact-checking programme on Facebook and Instagram citing censorship concerns.
10 January 2025, 18:00 PM
2024 hottest year on record
2024 was the hottest year on record, breaking the previous record set in 2023 and pushing the world over a critical climate threshold, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
10 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Los Angeles wildfires in figures
Ten people dead, 10,000 buildings destroyed, 180,000 people evacuated, $150 billion in damage.
10 January 2025, 15:57 PM
Myanmar junta air strike kills 40 in Rakhine
A Myanmar junta air strike killed at least 40 people in a village in western Rakhine state, a rescue worker and ethnic minority armed group told AFP yesterday.
9 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Taliban calls India a ‘significant regional partner’
The Taliban’s foreign office said they saw India as a “significant regional and economic partner” after meeting with its most senior foreign ministry official, the highest level talks with Delhi since their takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.
9 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Ring of fire tightens around LA
A terrifying wave of wildfires squeezing Los Angeles on multiple fronts pushed closer to the symbolic heart of the US film industry yesterday after a new blaze ignited in the hills overlooking Hollywood Boulevard and its Walk of Fame.
9 January 2025, 18:00 PM
Biggest flu outbreak in 25 yrs hits Japan
Japan in the last week of December experienced the biggest influenza outbreak since comparable data became available 25 years ago, health authorities said yesterday.
9 January 2025, 18:00 PM
37 killed in north Syria
Battles between Turkish-backed groups, supported by air strikes, and Kurdish-led forces killed 37 people yesterday in Syria’s northern Manbij region, a war monitor said.
9 January 2025, 18:00 PM