International

Bengaluru: Star Indian women's cricket team batter Jemimah Rodrigues has been named Friendship Ambassador by Switzerland Tourism to engage with the new generation of Indian travellers. Rodrigues is currently recuperating from a high-grade right hamstring strain that forced her to skip the Asia Cup and...

Washington: The world faces a staggering shortfall of nearly 800 million jobs over the next 10 to 15 years, World Bank President Ajay Banga has warned, calling for a fundamental shift in global development financing to create employment opportunities for a rapidly growing young population....

Bend (Oregon): A 16-year-old shot his way through locked doors to get into an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, Thursday, killing three children and a teacher. He was then shot by a person at the scene who followed him inside, authorities said. The suspect was...

United Nations: India has expressed solidarity with Saudi Arabia, which is facing a barrage of attacks by Houthis that have claimed the life of an Indian. “India stands in complete solidarity with the government and people of Saudi Arabia in defence of their sovereignty,” India's...

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...

47Bangkok/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. Also...

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...