British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is expected to announce on Sunday that the UK will formally recognise a Palestinian state, marking a shift in decades of foreign policy. The decision follows a pledge Starmer made in July to act in September unless Israel agreed to a ceasefire in Gaza and committed to a sustainable peace […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: A volcano in eastern Indonesia has erupted multiple times, spewing a column of ash kilometers into the sky after authorities raised its alert level to the highest, prompting a local airport to suspend operations on Saturday. Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-meter-high twin-peaked volcano on Flores island, launched into a series of eruptions Friday evening, […]
Read MoreCAIRO: Israeli strikes killed at least 14 people overnight in Gaza City, said health officials, as Israel ramps up its offensive there and urges Palestinians to leave. The strikes come as Western countries are increasingly fed up with the intensifying war in Gaza with some moving to recognize Palestinian statehood at the gathering of world […]
Read MoreTOKYO: Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya and Bahrain’s Prime Minister and Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa held talks here on Friday to boost business cooperation. Iwaya highlighted frameworks for such cooperation including the Foreign Ministers’ Strategic Dialogue, Tokyo’s Foreign Ministry reported. Iwaya and his Bahraini counterpart Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani held the first […]
Read MoreGAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: The Israeli military warned on Friday it will operate with “unprecedented force” in Gaza City, urging residents to flee southwards while announcing the closure of a temporary evacuation route opened 48 hours earlier. Israel’s bid to capture Gaza City has sparked international outrage, with the territory already devastated by nearly two […]
Read MoreDOHA: An elderly British couple released after almost eight months in detention in Afghanistan are expected to fly back to the UK on Saturday. Taliban authorities arrested Peter Reynolds, 80, and his wife Barbie, 76, in February as they were returning to their home in Bamiyan province, central Afghanistan. Following concerns for their health, the […]
Read MoreUN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told AFP yesterday (19 September) that efforts to cap climate warming at 1.5 Celsius above pre-industrial level are failing, as the UN prepared to host a climate week event alongside its annual diplomatic gathering. The climate goals for 2035 of the countries that signed the Paris Agreement, also known as Nationally […]
Read MoreIndia’s sugar exports are likely to fall below 800,000 tonnes this season, missing the one million-tonne quota, as rising Brazilian supplies push global prices lower and undercut Indian shipments, trade and government officials said. In January, India, the world’s biggest sugar producer, allowed exports of one million tonnes in the current season through 30 September […]
Read MoreBy Dauren Moldakhmetov Just a few years ago, internet access on passenger trains in Kazakhstan seemed like an unattainable dream. Today, this service is becoming a reality. In an interview, Anuar Akhmetzhanov, Chairman of the Board of JSC Passenger Transport, told The Times of Central Asia that providing passengers with access to high-speed internet on […]
Read MorePortugal will officially recognise a Palestinian state on Sunday, Lisbon’s Foreign Ministry said yesterday (19 September), ahead of a UN General Assembly where around 10 other countries are set to follow suit. Britain, Canada and France are among the other Western nations planning to give a Palestinian state recognition at the assembly, which comes as […]
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