International

Tokyo: A powerful earthquake struck off northern Japan Sunday evening, triggering a tsunami advisory that was lifted three hours later following several aftershocks reported by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and depth of 16km, struck off the coast of...

Tokyo: Japan Meteorological Agency says a powerful earthquake occurred off the northern Japanese coast Sunday, and a tsunami advisory has been issued. The JMA said that the earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.7 occurred off the coast of the Iwate prefecture at the depth...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has once again thanked US President Donald Trump for resolving the India-Pakistan conflict in May. New Delhi has been consistently maintaining that India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of...

Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group announced that they have arrested several Yemeni nationals accused of spying for Israel in the capital Sanaa. In a statement, the Houthis claimed the detainees were collaborating with the Israeli foreign intelligence service, Mossad, through a Saudi-based joint operation room that...

Washington: James D Watson, whose co-discovery of the twisted-ladder structure of DNA in 1953 helped light the long fuse on a revolution in medicine, crime-fighting, genealogy and ethics, has died, according to his former research lab. He was 97. The breakthrough — made when the...

New York: US President Donald Trump said it is a “total disgrace” that the G20 will be held in South Africa later this month, announcing that no American official will attend the Summit as long as "human rights abuses" against the ethnic minority group of...

Belem (Brazil): Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on the front line of a warming planet Friday, as world leaders gathered on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate talks. Ahead of Monday's...

Kabul: At least six civilians, including women and children, were killed, and five others were injured after the Pakistani military struck three residential homes in Spin Boldak district of Afghanistan’s Kandahar Province, local media reported Saturday. The latest attack came amid the third round of...

New York: The Trump administration has launched about 175 investigations into H-1B visa abuse, including lapses such as low wages, non-existent work sites and the practice of "benching" employees. According to the US Department of Labour, the probes were part of a broader effort for...

Seoul: South Korea's defence ministry Saturday "strongly denounced" the North's suspected ballistic missile launch, calling for the North to halt acts that heighten tension between the Koreas. "The South's military strongly condemns the recent ballistic missile launch by the North, and expresses deep regret for...