International

Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi Monday called on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman amid fresh strains in ties between the two countries over former premier Sheikh Hasina's virtual media interaction in New Delhi last week. The meeting lasted around half an hour and...

Kyiv: A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said. Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages...

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah held a meeting with Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava Monday, marking his first one-on-one meeting with a foreign diplomat since becoming country’s prime minister March 27. This marked a departure from his self-imposed rule of avoiding individual engagements with foreign...

Washington: India has pushed back against what it called “misunderstandings” surrounding its proposed FCRA amendment, saying the legislation would strengthen oversight of foreign funding without shutting down lawful civil society. India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, issued a detailed “Myth vs. Reality...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that "we are only semi-negotiating" with Iran, noting that he is prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount -- as opposed to ordering a new military offensive, Axios reported. "We are low keying it," Trump told Axios...

Moscow: Russia needs to create a railway route to the Indian Ocean to reduce dependence on strategically sensitive maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and the Bosphorus Strait, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has said. His comments came amid the conflict in West...

Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group claimed Sunday it launched a large-scale attack on Saudi-backed forces in the strategic Red Sea port city of Mocha in western Yemen's Taiz Province. Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree said in a statement on social media platform X that the operation...

London: The Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), which has been leading the protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), has rejected claims of receiving support from India and urged Islamabad to show proof for such allegations, a report has said. In an interview with UK-based...

Kathmandu: Prime Minister Balendra Shah 'Balen' is set to hold separate bilateral meetings focussing on bilateral relations with the Indian and Chinese ambassadors to Nepal Monday, the first such one-on-one diplomatic engagements after more than 100 days in office. After meeting the Indian envoy first,...

Ottawa: The western Canadian province of British Columbia (B.C.) declared a provincial state of emergency Saturday (local time) as fast-spreading wildfires threatened several communities. Speaking at a news conference in Vancouver, B.C. Premier David Eby said the decision was necessary given the dynamic wildfire situation...