International

New York: US gas prices jumped past an average of USD 4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 Tuesday as the Iran war pushed fuel prices to soar worldwide. According to the motor club AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular...

Tokyo: Japan's Defence Ministry said Tuesday that long-range missiles with counterstrike capabilities have been brought into service for the first time at two Ground Self-Defence Force (GSDF) bases in the country, a move that has sparked domestic opposition. The deployment of the missiles at Camp...

Jakarta: Indonesia has called on the United Nations (UN) to convene an emergency Security Council meeting following the deaths of three Indonesian peacekeepers in Lebanon, officials said. Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono conveyed the request to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday through a phone call, stressing...

Beijing: An Indian Chamber of Commerce delegation is currently visiting China to interact with their counterparts, marking the first such visit after the five-year freeze in relations. A delegation of the Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Chambers of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) is on a visit to...

Ottawa: A man, known to be of Indian origin, has been killed in Canada's Surrey in an incident of shooting allegedly related to organised crime, local media reported. The shooting incident was reported from a townhouse complex in Surrey's Sullivan Heights Saturday night, in which...

Madrid: Despite the attacks on Saudi Arabia by Iran in recent weeks amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, Islamabad has so far refrained from deploying significant forces to support Riyadh under the bilateral defence agreement. This inaction has raised questions in diplomatic circles about...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has told aides that he's willing to end the US-Israeli war with Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing Trump administration officials. Trump and his aides recently assessed that a mission...

Dubai: A likely strike by the United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. The attacks were testament to the intensity of...

Bangkok: Asian nations are increasingly competing for Russian crude oil as an energy crisis mounts amid the month-old war by the US and Israel against Iran, which has choked off roughly a fifth of the world's oil supply. Much of the oil from the mostly...

Washington: US President Donald Trump ‘would be quite interested’ in calling on Arab countries to help pay for the costs related to the ongoing US-Israeli war against Iran, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. "I won't get ahead of him (Trump) on that," Leavitt...