International

Russian attacks on Ukraine kill 1, wound 31 people ahead of second day of peace talks

Kyiv, Jan 24: Russian attacks on Ukraine killed at least one person and wounded 31 overnight into Saturday as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States were to...

Over 8,000 flights cancelled as major winter storm bears down across much of US

Dallas, Jan 24: More than 8,000 flights across the US set to take off over the weekend have...

Five killed in a suicide attack at a wedding in Pakistan’s KPK

Peshawar, Jan 23: At least five people were killed and ten injured in a suicide blast during wedding...

India joins WEF initiative to reskill 850 mn people globally

Davos, Jan 23 : The World Economic Forum on Friday announced a major global initiative to invest in...

Cyclone-hit Sri Lanka’s recovery fund exceeds LKR 8.5 billion: Official

Colombo, Jan 23: Sri Lanka has received LKR 8.5 billion (around USD 27.5 million) in foreign contributions to...
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US: United Airlines’ tech outage grounds flights nationwide; delays ripple through global routes

Houston, Aug 7: More than 800 United Airlines flights were cancelled and hundreds more delayed by late Wednesday following a major technology outage that...

Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel, another for planning IS group sabotage

Dubai, Aug 6: Iran executed two men in separate cases Wednesday, accusing one of spying for Israel and another of being a member of...

Trump’s envoy arrives in Moscow ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace deadline, Russian media say

Moscow, Aug 6: US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Moscow, reported state-owned Russian media on Wednesday, days before the White...

‘I don’t know anything about it,’ says Trump on US imports of Russian fertilisers and chemicals

New York/Washington, Aug 6: President Donald Trump has said that he doesn’t know anything about the US imports of Russian uranium, fertilisers and chemicals. Trump...

Pakistan will not develop closer ties with US at the cost of China: Chinese experts

Beijing, Aug 6: As US President Donald Trump has ramped up his country's ties with Pakistan, China's all-weather ally, Chinese strategic experts say Islamabad...

Israel says Hamas starving hostages; Security Council members say Israel starving Palestinians

New York, Aug 6: Israel called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council on Tuesday to demand the release of its emaciated hostages,...

Pakistan will not develop closer ties with US at the cost of China: Chinese experts

Beijing, Aug 6: As US President Donald Trump has ramped up his country's ties with Pakistan, China's all-weather ally, Chinese strategic experts say Islamabad...

Hiroshima marks 80 years since atomic bombing as aging survivors frustrated by growing nuke threat

Hiroshima, Aug 6: Hiroshima on Wednesday marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors...

US: 4 die in crash of medical transport plane on Navajo Nation in northern Arizona

Chinle (US), Aug 6: A medical transport plane crashed and caught fire on Tuesday on the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona, killing four people,...

India, Philippines announce strategic partnership; friends by choice, says PM Modi

New Delhi, Aug 5 : India and the Philippines are friends by choice and partners by destiny, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday...

Russia says it no longer will abide by its self-imposed moratorium on intermediate-range missiles

Moscow, Aug 5: Russia has declared that it no longer considers itself bound by a self-imposed moratorium on the deployment of nuclear-capable intermediate range...

Frequent disasters expose climate risks to infrastructure in South Asia

Kathmandu, Aug 5: Floods that damaged hydropower dams in Nepal and destroyed the main bridge connecting the country to China show the vulnerability of...
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