International

Washington: India's ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra Thursday termed the attempted mass shooting at a Hindu temple near Chicago as "deeply disturbing" and said racist violence has no place in a civilised society. Kwatra's remarks came a day after a teenager was arrested...

Islamabad: At least 31 children and two female teachers were killed and over 50 others injured after the roof of a private school collapsed in Pakistan's Peshawar, local media reported, citing local Lady Reading Hospital (LRH). According to LRH, 53 children were taken to the...

Bangkok/New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer John Healey Thursday held talks to further strengthen economic ties between the two countries, on the sidelines of the annual IMF-World Bank meetings in Bangkok. Sitharaman informed Healey that India looks forward...

Kyiv: Ukraine launched a drone and missile attack on a Russian oil refinery, Moscow and Kyiv officials said Thursday. The strikes came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a brief energy infrastructure truce, spurned by Moscow, was over, amid deepening tensions with Washington. Russia's...

Berlin: As many as three Indian nationals have been killed in a fire incident in Bochum in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia, the Indian Embassy in Germany said Thursday. The Indian Embassy said that all three Indian nationals were studying in Germany. The Embassy said it is...

Islamabad: At least 17 children and one female teacher were killed and more than 30 others injured after the roof of a private school collapsed in Pakistan's Peshawar Thursday, local media reported. Lady Reading Hospital spokesperson Muhammad Asim confirmed the casualties and said that an...

Abu Dhabi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called for urgent reform of multilateral institutions to reflect the changing global order, saying stronger cooperation among smaller groups of countries could support the process. Jaishankar made the remarks during a session of the Raisina Dialogue's Middle East...

Washington: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has urged the International Monetary Fund to step up its scrutiny of “non-market policies and practices and exchange rates” and called the planned end of World Bank lending to China “an important milestone”. The remarks Wednesday (local time) came...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the war with Iran will end very soon, predicting a rapid fall in global energy prices once the conflict is over and insisting that Tehran will not be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons. Speaking to reporters before departing...

Washington: Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi stepped up attacks on President Donald Trump's deal to buy Russian diesel, even as Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev defended it, days before a sanctions law deadline that could bring steep tariffs on major buyers of Russian oil such as India...