DUBAI: The US Navy announced on Wednesday it tested a laser weapon and destroyed a floating target in the Mideast, a system that could be used to counter bomb-laden drone boats deployed by Yemen’s Houthi […]
ANKARA: US consumer prices rose 6.8% in November on an annual basis, as it marked the largest 12-month increase since June 1982, according to the US Labor Department on Friday. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), […]
India and its neighbours should fully reopen schools to address the interrupted education of more than 400 million children whose classrooms were shut by the coronavirus pandemic, UNICEF said Thursday, with a top official warning […]
LONDON: Booster Covid-19 vaccine shots give an estimated 70% to 75% protection against mild disease from the new Omicron variant, the UK Health Security Agency said on Friday, citing initial findings from a real-world study. […]
CAIRO: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Thursday during a rare visit to Egypt for talks on the blockaded Gaza Strip and Iran’s nuclear programme, the two sides said. Egypt […]
In the biting cold of a Kabul autumn, Hadia Ahmadi, a 43-year-old teacher who lost her job after the Taliban seized the Afghan capital in August, sits by the roadside trying to earn the equivalent […]
The European Union (EU) warned Russia on Friday that it would face consequences if it invaded Ukraine, as Germany’s new chancellor called for talks to resolve tensions after Moscow amassed troops on the border with […]
Winnipeg: The first case of the omicron variant, also known as B.1.1.529, has been detected in Manitoba, the province says in a news release. Public health officials are doing aggressive case and contact management, and […]
PARIS: France arrested one of the Saudi Arabian suspects Tuesday in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris. Khaled Aedh Al-Otaibi, 33, was detained by border police as he […]
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden will talk to European allies later Tuesday, following a video call with his Russian counterpart, according to the White House. The call with Vladimir Putin has lasted more than two […]
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