International

New Delhi: Bangladesh's interim government chief Muhammad Yunus is not in control of the administration and Islamist factions linked to terrorist groups are allowed to spread a hardline ideology, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina has said. In a sharp attack on Yunis, Hasina, who has...

Copenhagen(Denmark): Denmark's government Friday announced a political agreement to ban access to social media for anyone aged under 15. The move, led by the Ministry of Digitalisation, would set the age limit for access to social media but give some parents — after a specific...

Colombo: The Chinese government, frustrated by the growing popularity of the Dalai Lama and Tibetan Buddhism, has increased its repressive religious campaign in Tibet as the Chinese government carried out raids in an Amdo-based monastery and nearby villages to seize photos of the Dalai Lama....

Belem (Brazil): As world leaders head to a second day of climate talks being hosted in Brazil, a major proposal to protect tropical forests worldwide is sure to a major topic of discussion. Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday sought to mobilise funding...

New Delhi: Indian agencies are keeping a close watch as terror groups from Bangladesh are planning a major infiltration drive into the country. In the aftermath of Sheikh Hasina’s ouster and the Jamaat-e-Islami gaining extensive control, terror groups have thrived. Many militants were released from...

Seoul: North Korea launched one suspected short-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after the North warned of proper measures against the latest US sanctions on Pyongyang. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch...

Kingston: Reaffirming its commitment to support Global South partners, India delivered 20 tonnes of Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) materials to Jamaica to help in recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The consignment from the Government of India arrived in Jamaica’s...

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he could travel to India next year and noted that talks with New Delhi are “going good". "It's great, going good. He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) stopped... Largely, he stopped buying oil from Russia,” Trump said at...

Helsinki: India and Finland agreed to strengthen bilateral ties across multiple sectors, including trade, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and clean technologies, during their 13th Foreign Office Consultations in Helsinki Thursday. Sharing details regarding the meeting, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in a post on...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Office rejected as "unfounded and misleading" the allegations that some Hindu pilgrims were denied entry into the country while travelling with a Sikh group Thursday. A group of nearly 1,900 Sikh pilgrims crossed over to Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border for Guru...