16-01-2024 TAIPEI: Taiwan lost one of its few remaining diplomatic allies Nauru to China on Monday, just days after it elected a new president, and accused China of attempting to pressure it while it affirmed the will of Taiwanese to go out into the world. China claims Taiwan as its …

16-01-2024 COPENHAGEN: Tens of thousands of people turned out to watch King Frederik X succeed his mother as the monarch of Denmark, in a historic moment for the nation. Blinking back tears, King Frederik told a cheering crowd outside Christiansborg Castle that he hoped to become “a unifying king” for …

16-01-2024 SANA’A/ JERUSALEM: A US-owned ship has been hit “in response to strikes by the US and UK on Houthis in Yemen”, a maritime security firm says. The master of the vessel reported being hit by a missile near Yemen’s port city of Aden. The Iran-backed Houthis have been attacking …

16-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies MALE/ NEW DELHI: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has issued a deadline for India to withdraw its military personnel from the island nation, emphasizing that Indian troops must leave by March 15. This announcement comes in the wake of Muizzu’s recent state visit to China, marking …

16-01-2024 GAZA CITY: Israeli attacks continue unabated overnight martyring and wounding dozens of civilians in northern, central and southern Gaza. US aircraft shoot down a ballistic missile fired by Yemen’s Houthis at an American destroyer in the Red Sea. Numerous overnight raids on the occupied West Bank with two Palestinian …

16-01-2024 NAIROBI, KENYA: The world’s top five richest people have more than doubled their wealth since 2020, while five billion people around the globe have become poorer, media reported citing a report by Oxfam. According to the annual inequality report by Oxfam, published just before the start of the annual …

15-01-2024 OTTAWA/ TORONTO: The Canadian government is aiming to reduce the intake of international students in the country in the near future. “It’s really a system that has gotten out of control,” Minister for Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller said, as he indicated capping the volume of international students …

15-01-2024 Bureau Report + Agencies NEW DELHI: India does not plan to import wheat and its farmers are likely to harvest a bumper crop that will boost stockpiles in the world’s second-biggest producer of the staple, the trade minister said on Saturday. “Ground reports indicate that the crop is quite …

15-01-2024 MOGADISHU/ ADDIS ABABA: A senior adviser to Somalia’s president has said his country is prepared for a war with Ethiopia to prevent recognition of Somaliland’s statehood and the building of a naval base in the breakaway territory, The Guardian reported on Saturday. On Jan. 1, Ethiopia signed a memorandum …

15-01-2024 LONDON: The British government yesterday published a summary of its legal advice, which said its decision to strike Houthi military targets in Yemen was justified under international law. “The UK is permitted under international law to use force in such circumstances where acting in self-defence is the only feasible …