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Damascus: Two explosions occurred near the Ministry of Tourism in Syria's capital, Damascus Tuesday afternoon, injuring 18 people, including four police officers, local media reported citing the latest information released by the country's Interior Ministry. The explosions occurred just before the meeting between French President...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Tuesday that India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) will be integrated with Indonesia’s payment system, which will enable tourists and businesses to make cross-border retail payments more easily by using their domestic payment apps. Addressing a joint press conference...

Jakarta: Supplying BrahMos missiles to the Indonesian military, boosting maritime security, and strengthening critical mineral supply chains emerged as key outcomes from talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto Tuesday. The two sides inked nearly a dozen agreements to significantly bolster...

Beijing: A landslide at a village in northwestern China buried 33 people on Tuesday, state media reported. About half of them have been rescued. Local authorities said the landslide occurred in the Nanhe township of Longnan city in Gansu province shortly before 7 am, according...

Jakarta: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday held bilateral talks with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, focused on giving fresh momentum to the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership across key sectors, including energy, trade, maritime cooperation and defence, etc. The talks are expected to be focus on expanding cooperation...

Dubai: Iranian state television said a liquified natural gas tanker came under attack Tuesday in the Strait of Hormuz off Oman after ignoring warnings. The report by state TV, quoting anonymous sources, implied Tehran carried out the assault on a tanker it said was carrying...

Bhubaneswar: Former Odisha cadre IAS officer V K Pandian Monday said that he visited the earthquake-hit Venezuela and met President Delcy Rodriguez, and shared the eastern state's disaster preparedness. Pandian had joined the then-ruling BJD around six months before the 2024 Odisha Assembly elections and...

Redmond (Washington): Microsoft is cutting 4,800 jobs, about 2.1 per cent of its global workforce, including a large number of workers at its Xbox video game business. The layoffs included 1,600 Xbox workers, with more to come this year in a broader reorganization designed to...

Colombo: The foundation stone for an India-backed 10,000-home project was laid Monday in Sri Lanka's Badulla district, the Indian High Commission said. "With grant assistance of over INR 18 billion, the foundation stone has been laid for 57 new housing units at Cannavarella Plantation Estate...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Monday said that Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky want to end their war as Moscow launched a fresh wave of attacks on Kyiv, killing at least 18 people. "President Putin wants it to end. I will tell you...