International

6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine

Melbourne, May 15: Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last at least three weeks. The Gulfstream...

Trump, Xi wrap up summit claiming progress stabilising US-China relations but differences persist

Beijing, May 15: Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping wrapped up critical talks on Friday, claiming important progress...

Xi warns Trump on Taiwan during talks on trade, Iran war

Beijing, May 14: Chinese President Xi Jinping told his US counterpart Donald Trump that not handling the Taiwan...

Latvian prime minister resigns after controversy over stray Ukrainian drones

Riga, May 14: Latvian center-right Prime Minister Evika Silina announced her resignation on Thursday, according to the Baltic...

Trump, Xi hold talks in ‘biggest summit ever’

Beijing, May 14: US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping began on Thursday what the...
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Iran’s president defies US demands while apologising for strikes on neighbours

Dubai, Mar 7: Iran's president said on Saturday that a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender is a “dream that they...

7 killed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv as Russian missile hits apartment building

Kyiv, Mar 7: At least seven people were killed and 10 others, including three children, were wounded on Saturday by a Russian missile that...

Sri Lankan Navy ‘safely’ transfers 204 Iranian sailors onboard second ship to Colombo

Colombo, Mar 6: The Sri Lankan Navy on Friday said 204 of the 208 Iranian personnel on board IRINS Bushehr have been "safely" transferred...

Israeli strikes pound Iran and Lebanon as US warns attacks will intensify

Dubai, Mar 6: Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon as the US apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying...

India finally condoles Khamenei’s death

New Delhi, March 5: India on Thursday condoled the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei against the backdrop of scathing criticism of...

SL’s ex-intel chief named suspect in Easter attack case

Colombo, Mar 5: Sri Lanka's former state intelligence service chief Suresh Sally has been named a suspect in the probe into the 2019 Easter...

Iran launches new attacks target Israel, US bases

Dubai, March 5: Iran launched a new wave of attacks against Israel, American bases and countries around the region Thursday, while warning the US...

Voting concludes peacefully in Nepal

Kathmandu, Mar 5: Tens of thousands of Nepalese voted on Thursday in the crucial parliamentary elections to elect a new prime minister, six months...

Modi ‘very focused’ on delivery, bringing ‘hundreds of millions’ into formal economy: Canada PM

Sydney, Mar 5 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi is “very focused” on delivery of welfare programmes to the common people and has been successful...

China hikes defence budget by 7 per cent to accelerate military modernisation

Beijing, Mar 5 : China on Thursday hiked its defence budget to about 1.91 trillion yuan (USD 277 billion), an increase of seven per...

Sri Lanka recovers 87 bodies from Iranian warship sunk off its coast by US submarine

Colombo, Mar 4: A US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the coast of Sri Lanka, and Sri Lanka's navy said Wednesday it recovered...

Israeli military orders immediate evacuations in southern Lebanon as strikes on Beirut intensify

Beirut, Mar 4: Israel's military ordered on Wednesday residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” as airstrikes on suburbs...
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