International

Washington: The United States is preparing to station an Arctic Security Cutter at Coast Guard Base Kodiak in Alaska as Washington expands its security presence in the strategically important polar region. US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced the plan during a visit to the...

Washington: A 17-year-old Indian-American boy in Acton, a town about 40 kilometres northwest of Boston, has been charged with murdering his mother and younger brother after investigators said he had used the Internet and ChatGPT to search for ideas or fantasies about killing his family....

Washington: The United States has revoked more than 600 visas from foreign nationals as part of a new campaign against birth tourism, the State Department said Wednesday. The department said it had established a Birth Tourism Prevention Task Force to identify visa holders who travelled...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said the United States has “total control” over the Strait of Hormuz and indicated that Washington intends to retain its hold over the strategic waterway. “The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL...

Beijing: Former Chinese premier Zhu Rongji, one of the country’s foremost economic reformers who spearheaded sweeping changes to the state-owned enterprises and helped secure China’s entry into the World Trade Organisation, died Wednesday. He was 98. Zhu died of illness, the state-run Xinhua news agency...

London: British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has appointed a leading Indian-origin strategist and media executive to the role of Expert Adviser on Structure and Process. Gautam Rangarajan, a former BBC strategist and musician, takes charge at 10 Downing Street this week in the newly created...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday threatened retaliation for Western seizures of its commercial vessels, describing them as "piracy." Speaking on a visit to a Russian warship that was taking part in a naval exercise in the Pacific, Putin described the Western moves to detain...

Lahore: At least 15 people, including women and children of a family, died after a three-wheeler vehicle fell into a canal reportedly due to overspeeding in Punjab province of Pakistan, authorities said Wednesday. The rickshaw was carrying 26 wedding guests when it fell into the...

Kyiv: Ukrainian anti-ship missiles, jet-powered aerial drones and sea drones blitzed a major Russian naval base on the Black Sea coast in a unique nighttime operation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday. Cutting-edge drones developed by Kyiv since Russia invaded more than four years ago...

Cairo: A drone strike ignited a fire at an electrical facility in a western Libyan city Wednesday, knocking the facility out of service in the latest of a wave of attacks on energy and oil facilities that threaten to plunge the country into further chaos....