International

Washington: US President Donald Trump has ordered the US military to "shoot and kill" Iranian small boats choking the Strait of Hormuz. In a social media post Thursday morning, he said the military is intensifying its mine-clearing efforts in the critical waterway. The move intensified...

New Delhi: US Thursday sought to control the damage done by a controversial social media repost by US President Donald Trump, putting out a message that the American leader believes India is a "great" country led by a "good friend of mine". The President has...

Dubai: US military seized another tanker Thursday associated with smuggling Iranian oil. The US Defence Department said it seized the oil tanker Majestic X in the Indian Ocean. "We will continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt illicit networks and interdict vessels providing material support to...

Beirut: Lebanon and Israel were set to begin a second session of direct talks in Washington  Thursday to discuss the possibility of extending a truce between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group and plans for future negotiations between the two neighbours with a long history...

Tehran: Reza Pahlavi, Iran's exiled crown prince, criticised the ceasefire between the United States and Iran. He argued Thursday that the agreement assumes the Iranian government's behaviour will change, and you're going to deal with people who all of a sudden have become pragmatists. I...

Washington: The US Senate took the first steps in a new effort to reopen the Department of Homeland Security early Thursday, voting to adopt a budget plan that would fund ICE and Border Patrol over Democratic objections and sending it to the House. The entire...

Washington: India is a tough nut to crack, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said as a delegation from New Delhi wrapped up negotiations on the bilateral trade agreement with Washington. The 12-member delegation, led by Darpan Jain, Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce, held...

Beirut: In areas of southern Lebanon that it has occupied since agreeing last week to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, the Israeli army has been destroying homes it says were used as outposts by the Iran-backed militant group. But the demolitions are happening on such a...

Colombo:  Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry has said that the computer system of the External Resources Department has been hacked by cyber hackers who gained unauthorised access and carried out a theft involving a foreign currency payment. The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development Wednesday...

Washington: The US State Department has urged American citizens in Iran to leave after the Middle Eastern country partially reopened its airspace. In a social media post Wednesday (local time), the State Department's Bureau of Consular Affairs urged Americans to monitor local media for updates...