International

Washington: Nasa astronaut Anil Menon and two Russian cosmonauts Tuesday lifted off onboard a Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft from Kazakhstan on an eight-month mission to the International Space Station. The Roscosmos spacecraft carrying Menon and Russian cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina lifted off from the...

Washington: President Donald Trump welcomed Iraq's new prime minister to the White House Tuesday after strongly backing the political neophyte in his bid for office. Ali al-Zaidi, a businessman with no political background, emerged as a consensus candidate in Iraq after months of deadlock over...

New Delhi: The government has amended the foreign trade policy to prohibit the import of goods produced using forced labour, amid a US investigation into forced labour practices in 60 countries, including India. Amending the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023, the DGFT has inserted a...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Tuesday said it welcomes deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina's plans to return home, asserting that she must face justice as a death penalty convict. The comments came amid reports of Hasina's possible return to Bangladesh by the end of this year. Hasina, the...

Kyiv: Ukraine's air force said Tuesday it intercepted five ballistic missiles launched by Russia in a raft of overnight attacks, although other missiles and drones got through and hit warehouses and a school in the capital of Kyiv. It was the first time in almost...

United Nations: India will ensure that issues such as a free, open and rule-based maritime order, including the safety of seafarers, and countering terror financing get the attention they deserve at the UN Security Council, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said. Jaishankar made these...

Washington: If implemented, the framework agreement hammered out between Lebanon and Israel in June 2026 could serve as the most consequential agreement between the two countries in nearly 80 years. But that is a big if. The deal envisions peaceful relations between the two states...

Colombo: Two more officials from the riot-hit Negombo jail in Sri Lanka have succumbed to their injuries, bringing the overall death toll to 32, prison spokesman CI Gajanayake said Tuesday. The number of prison officials killed has now gone up to 10, while at least...

New Delhi: India Tuesday summoned the Iranian diplomats, including Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) Mohammad Javad Hosseini, following the latest attack on United Arab Emirates (UAE) merchant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, which killed one Indian and injured several others. An Indian sailor was...

New Delhi: India has backed Palestine's bid for United Nations membership and reaffirmed its support for a two-state solution to the festering conflict between the Palestinian people and Israel. New Delhi's position on Palestine was apprised by Sripriya Ranganathan, a secretary at the external affairs...