International

10 dead in Indonesia’s oil tanker fire, explosion

Batam, Oct 15: A fire and explosion on a crude palm oil tanker at a shipyard on Indonesia's Batam Island on Wednesday killed at least 10 people and injured...

Pak announces 48-hour ceasefire with Afghanistan

Islamabad, Oct 15: Pakistan on Wednesday said a 48-hour ceasefire has been agreed with Afghanistan, amid border clashes...

Toxic fumes prevent rescuers’ entry to fire-ravaged chemical depot in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Oct 15: Plumes of smoke continued to billow from a charred chemical warehouse here on Wednesday, preventing...

India elected to UN Human Rights Council for seventh time

New York, Oct 15: India has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the...

Indonesia’s Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano unleashes new burst of hot ash

Jakarta, Oct 15: Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki, one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes, erupted for a second straight...
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Thousands gather to protest as Zelenskyy signs bill weakening anti-corruption agencies

Kyiv, Jul 23: Thousands of people gathered in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine on Tuesday to urge the president to veto a controversial...

Trump announces trade deal with Japan that lowers threatened tariff to 15%

Washington, Jul 23: President Donald Trump announced a trade framework with Japan on Tuesday, placing a 15% tax on goods imported from that nation. “This...

Bangladesh school jet crash death toll rises to 27

Dhaka, Jul 22: The death toll from the crash of the Bangladesh Air Force training fighter jet into a school building in Dhaka rose...

Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes atop college building, 1 killed

Dhaka, Jul 21: At least one person was killed and several others injured after a Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed atop a college...

Japan’s governing coalition loses upper house election

Tokyo, Jul 21: Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba's ruling coalition failed to secure a majority in the 248-seat upper house in a crucial parliamentary...

Pope Leo XIV marks 56th anniversary of moon landing with observatory visit, call to Buzz Aldrin

Rome, Jul 21: Pope Leo XIV marked the 56th anniversary of man's arrival on the moon Sunday with a visit to the Vatican astronomical...

Children exposed to heat wave worldwide may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling: Report

New Delhi, Jul 20: Children exposed early to extreme heat may lose up to 1.5 years of schooling with climate change having a direct...

China begins construction of world’s biggest dam over Brahmaputra in Tibet

Beijing, Jul 19: China on Saturday formally started the construction of a USD 167.8 billion dam over the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, close to...

India-China Relations in Search of a New Normal

By Dipak Kurmi For the first time since the violent 2020 Galwan Valley standoff ruptured decades of hard-earned equilibrium along the Line of Actual Control...

US designates LeT proxy TRF as foreign terrorist organisation; India calls move “timely”

Washington/New Delhi, Jul 18 : The US has designated The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of the Pakistan-based terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, as a "foreign...

At least 4 dead, 1,300 evacuated after heavy rain in South Korea

Seoul, July 17: Two days of heavy downpours in South Korea have killed at least four people and forced more than 1,300 others to...

China backs Russia’s initiative to revive Russia-India-China troika

Beijing, Jul 17 : China on Thursday expressed its support for Russia's initiative to revive the dormant Russia-India-China (RIC) troika, saying the trilateral cooperation...
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