Biden has put US-Russia ties ‘on the verge of rupture’: Moscow on March 22, 2022Moscow: Russia on Monday summoned the US ambassador in protest after President Joe Biden branded Russian leader Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” for Moscow’s actions in Ukraine, saying he had endangered ties. “Such statements by the American president, which are not worthy of a high-ranking statesman, have put Russian-American relations on the verge of rupture,” […]
Biden to travel to Poland to discuss Ukraine crisis: W.House on March 21, 2022Washington: US President Joe Biden will travel to Poland on Friday to meet with President Andrzej Duda for discussions over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the White House said Sunday. “The President will discuss how the United States, alongside our Allies and partners, is responding to the humanitarian and human rights crisis that Russia’s war on […]
US military plane crashes in Norway: officials on March 19, 2022Oslo: A US military aircraft with four crew on board is thought to have crashed in Norway while taking part in NATO exercises, Norwegian emergency services said on Friday. The US Osprey aircraft “was reported missing at 18:26 (1726 GMT) south of Bodo” in northern Norway in bad weather, the regional emergency services (HRS) said […]
Desperate effort to rescue 100s feared trapped in bombed Ukraine theatre on March 19, 2022Lviv, Ukraine: Rescuers in Ukraine searched on Friday for hundreds of civilians feared trapped under the wreckage of a bombed theatre, as local forces battled against Russian troops across the country. President Volodymyr Zelensky said 130 people had been brought out after the Russian strike two days ago on the building where civilians were sheltering […]
Overshadowed by Ukraine war, Yemen on brink as pledges fall short on March 19, 2022Dubai: The United Nations and aid groups have warned of grave consequences for Yemen after an international pledging conference failed to raise enough money to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in the war-torn country. Overshadowed by the conflict in Ukraine, aid-starved Yemen — already suffering the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, according to the UN — is […]
Syria’s Assad visits UAE, first trip to an Arab state since war on March 19, 2022Dubai: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad held talks in the United Arab Emirates on Friday, his first official visit to an Arab country since civil war erupted in 2011, UAE state media said. Assad met with the UAE’s de facto ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, discussing “fraternal relations” between the two countries and efforts to […]
British pilot killed in trainer jet crash in Italy on March 17, 2022Rome: A British pilot died Wednesday when a Leonardo trainer aircraft crashed in mountains near Lake Como in northern Italy, the Italian aerospace and defense giant said. The M-346 jet, intended for military pilot training, took off from Leonardo’s site near Varese at 11:00 am (1000 GMT), before losing contact 35 minutes later. The aircraft […]
Residents survey damage after powerful Japan quake on March 17, 2022Soma, Japan : People in northeast Japan were cleaning up and surveying the damage on Thursday after a powerful 7.4-magnitude quake derailed a bullet train, opened cracks in highways and initially cut power to over two million homes. At least one death was directly caused by the overnight quake, government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said, but […]
Four dead after powerful Japan quake rattles east coast on March 17, 2022Shiroishi: Four people were reported dead and more than 100 injured in Japan on Thursday after a powerful overnight earthquake rattled large parts of the east coast and prompted a tsunami warning, authorities said. The 7.4-magnitude quake off the coast of Fukushima derailed a bullet train, opened cracks in highways, and threw products from shelves […]
‘Here there is nothing’: Yemen’s Aden scarred by grinding war on March 17, 2022Aden: Bullet-riddled homes, buildings turned to rubble and countless pictures of “martyrs”: seven years into Yemen’s civil war, the interim capital Aden bears the scars of a conflict that shows no signs of abating. While Aden is now relatively stable, economically the ancient port city has been left on its knees. Water and electricity are […]