International

UK imposes sanctions four individuals, including Sri Lanka’s military commanders, for human rights abuses

Colombo, Mar 25: The UK has imposed sanctioned four Sri Lankans, including three former military commanders, who led the campaign that crushed the LTTE in 2009, for human rights...

Sri Lanka’s ruling party MPs seek removal of jailed police chief, write to Speaker

Colombo, Mar 25: Over a hundred MPs of the ruling National People's Power (NPP) coalition on Monday wrote...

Bangladesh Army rejects student-led NCP leader’s allegation of political interference

Dhaka, Mar 23: The Bangladesh Army on Sunday rejected allegations made by a newly formed student-led party that...

7 killed after Moscow targets Ukraine with mass drone attack ahead of ceasefire talks

Kyiv, Mar 23: At least seven people were killed after Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine...

Pope Francis will be released from hospital on Sunday

Rome, Mar 23: Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a...
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Sunita Williams back on Earth, her ancestral Gujarat village over the moon

Mehsana, Mar 19: A large crowd, including students, gathered at a government school in NASA astronaut Sunita Williams’ ancestral village Jhulasan in Gujarat’s Mehsana...

NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams return to Earth after 9 months stuck in space

Cape Canaveral, Mar 19: Stuck in space no more, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams returned to Earth on Tuesday, hitching a different...

Judge blocks Trump administration from terminating $14 billion in ‘green bank’ grants

Washington, Mar 19: A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Trump administration from terminating USD 14 billion in grants awarded to three climate groups...

Israel’s surprise bombardment plunged Palestinians back into ‘hell’

Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, Mar 19: The Israeli bombs began falling before dawn, lighting the sky with orange flares and shattering the stillness. The...

Pakistan PM to visit Saudi Arabia to strengthen bilateral ties, enhance economic cooperation

Islamabad, Mar 18: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will visit Saudi Arabia from March 19-22 to strengthen bilateral ties and enhance economic cooperation, the Foreign...

China lost USD 7 billion from Sri Lankan debt restructuring

Colombo, Mar 18: China has suffered a loss of USD 7 billion from Sri Lanka’s external debt restructuring, a media report said on Tuesday. The...

More than 320 killed as Israel launches airstrikes across Gaza

Tel Aviv, Mar 18: Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, saying it was hitting Hamas targets in its...

Bangladesh slams US spy chief Gabbard’s remarks on minority persecution

Dhaka, Mar 18: The interim government of Professor Muhammad Yunus refuted US National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard’s remarks on the alleged persecution of minority...

Atmosphere seemed so volatile, dangerous: Indian PhD candidate who ‘self deported’ from US

New York, Mar 17: Ranjani Srinivasan, an Indian student at Columbia University who opted to "self-deport" after her visa was revoked, has described the...

Pak’s NA speaker summons closed-door session, military leadership to brief lawmakers on security situation

Islamabad, Mar 17: The Pakistan government has convened an in-camera meeting of a high-level parliamentary security panel on Tuesday where the top military leadership...

51 dead, dozens more injured in nightclub fire in North Macedonia

Skopje (North Macedonia), Mar 16: A massive nightclub fire killed 51 people early Sunday in North Macedonia's eastern town of Kocani, and injured about...

Iran denies aiding Yemen’s Houthi rebels after US strikes, threat from Trump

Cairo, Mar 16: Iran on Sunday once again denied aiding Yemen's Houthi rebels after the United States launched a wave of airstrikes against them...
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