Tag: Warns

French interior minister warns of yellow-vest riots on Friday

PARIS: The warning comes after weeks of relative calm, with the marches attracting declining numbers as yellow-vest protesters waited for President Emmanuel Macron’s expected...

Water ministry warns of ‘super flood’ this year

The Water Resources Ministry has warned of a “super flood’ in the country this year due to heavy rainfall in monsoon. The ministry officials told...

Pence warns Central American leaders on China ties

WASHINGTON: US Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday warned Central American nations to be cautious when building relations with China, which has been increasingly...

US warns of new hacking spree from group linked to China

WASHINGTON: The US government on Wednesday warned that a hacking group widely known as cloudhopper, which Western cybersecurity firms have linked to the Chinese...

Iran warns Israel over attacking Iranian forces in Syria

  TEHRAN: A senior Iranian security official on Thursday threatened Israel with harsh "reactions" if the Jewish state "continues to attack" Iranian and government forces...

Top US general warns against major assault on Syria’s Idlib

  ATHENS: The top US military officer warned on Tuesday that a major Syrian military assault on the rebel-held enclave of Idlib would lead to...

Aid group warns of militia fighting in Libya’s Tripoli

  BENGHAZI: An international aid group says fighting between rival militias vying for power in Libya's capital has put the lives of people trapped there...

India warns of ‘extremely grave’ crisis as flood toll rises

KOCHI: Hundreds of troops led a desperate operation to rescue families trapped by mounting floods in India's Kerala state Thursday as the death toll...

WHO warns of new Yemen cholera surge, asks for ceasefire to...

GENEVA: Yemen may be on the brink of a new cholera epidemic, with a heightened death rate due to widespread malnutrition, and the United...

Iranian general warns Trump: ‘War will destroy everything you own’

BEIRUT: Iran's Quds force chief Qassem Soleimani warned US President Donald Trump against war on Thursday, saying it would "destroy all that you possess",...

Israel warns Syrians away from frontier as Assad closes in

GOLAN HEIGHTS/BEIRUT: Dozens of Syrians approached the Israeli frontier on the Golan Heights on Tuesday in an apparent attempt to seek help or sanctuary...

Iraq PM warns armed groups against stockpiling weapons

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi warned on Saturday he would not allow militias to stockpile arms, two weeks after a weapons depot belonging...

US warns Syrian government not to advance on south

BEIRUT: The United States warned it would take "firm and appropriate measures" to protect a cease-fire in southern Syria if President Bashar Assad's forces...

Australia amend proposed foreign interference laws as media warns

SYDNEY: The Coalition has been forced to significantly amend its proposed foreign interference laws after warnings from media organisations, Labour and the Greens that...

UN chief’s warns of ‘irreversible one-state reality’ on Palestine-Israel

  GENEVA: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that recent developments in the Middle East could create “an irreversible one-state reality” that would bury the...

European Commission warns about Romania reforms

BRUSSELS: The European Commission warned that the proposed changes would undermine the judiciary's independence and Romania's commitment to fight corruption and organised crime. Tens of thousands...

US warns North Korea more sanctions, vows on military option

VANCOUVER: Twenty nations agreed on Tuesday to consider tougher sanctions to press North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons and US Secretary of...