22-04-2024 WASHINGTON: Shareholders of the International Monetary Fund agreed this week on the importance of addressing challenges faced by low-income countries, many of which are facing unsustainable debt burdens, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Friday. Multiple reports from the IMF and the World Bank this week sounded the …

22-04-2024 WEST BANK/ NUR SHAMS/ GAZA CITY: Israeli forces martyred dozens more Palestinians during a raid in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, while an ambulance driver was also dead as he went to pick up wounded from a separate attack by violent Jewish settlers, Palestinian authorities said. Israeli forces …

22-04-2024 JERUSALEM/ TEHRAN/ DUBAI: An Iranian attack on an Israeli desert air base last week as part of Tehran’s unprecedented assault on the country damaged a taxiway, a satellite image analyzed by The Associated Press on Saturday shows. The overall damage done to Nevatim air base in southern Israel was …

21-04-2024 GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN: By the time Donald Trump took to the stage for his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, some of his most ardent supporters had spent the night in their cars amid frigid temperatures to see the man they hope to once again elect as president. As Lee …

21-04-2024 LONDON/ ACCRA: The United Kingdom has returned 32 gold and silver treasures stolen from the Asante Kingdom more than 150 years ago in what is today’s Ghana on a six-year loan, Ghanaian negotiators have said. The artefacts, comprising 15 items from the British Museum and 17 from the Victoria …

21-04-2024 ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh held talks in Istanbul on Saturday, Turkish media reported. The meeting at the Dolmabahce Palace started shortly after 2:30 pm, media reported. Erdogan has sought but failed to establish a foothold as a mediator in the Palestinian conflict …

21-04-2024 DUBAI: Dubai’s major airlines say they have resumed a full flight schedule after torrential rain hit the United Arab Emirates and neighboring countries causing chaos at Dubai airport. Emirates and flydubai said operations were back to normal on Saturday but a passenger backlog remained. The boss of Emirates said …

21-04-2024 WASHINGTON/ NAPLES, ITALY: The United States (US) informed the government of Niger on Friday that it agreed to its request to withdraw US troops from the West African country, said three US officials, a move the Biden administration had resisted and one that will transform Washington’s counterterrorism posture in …

21-04-2024 SYDNEY: It seems like all of Australia can see themselves in the victims of Saturday’s stabbing rampage at a crowded shopping centre in Bondi Junction. There was a new mother stealing a moment for herself. A refugee security guard only a week into his new job. The daughter of …

21-04-2024 WASHINGTON: After months of delay, the House of Representatives is due to vote on tens of billions of dollars in US military aid for Ukraine and Israel. Both measures have vocal opponents in Congress, and their hopes of passage have hinged on a fragile bipartisan coalition to overcome legislative …