International

Kathmandu: Nepal government Wednesday formally approved the withdrawal of the 3 per cent equity tax imposed on private education and health sectors following widespread public criticism. The Council of Ministers approved the proposal submitted by Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle to waive the 3 per cent...

Kyiv: Ukraine pushed on with its fight against Russia's invasion under new military leadership Wednesday, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bowed to public pressure and fired his commander-in-chief. Ukraine has made significant progress in the war this year, and a rift between the country's outgoing army...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila Wednesday to discuss priority areas including trade, tariffs, energy, defence, critical minerals, and artificial intelligence. The US State Department said the two top diplomats agreed on the importance...

Karachi: Ten militants were killed and two female suicide bombers apprehended by Pakistani security forces in sanitisation operations in restive Balochistan province, the military said Wednesday. Seven militants were killed in the Surab district, while three others were killed in Mastung, the military's media wing...

Washington: Activists from a US-based advocacy group held demonstrations in New York and San Jose to express solidarity with activist Sonam Wangchuk, who has been on an indefinite hunger strike in New Delhi over alleged irregularities in the conduct of the NEET exams. Activists from...

Jerusalem: Amid renewed hostilities and growing security concerns in West Asia, Air India Wednesday said it is extending its suspension of operations on the Tel Aviv-Delhi route till end of September. The airline has been continuously extending its suspension of operations on the route for...

Manila: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday that he will be meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio July 23, on the sidelines of the ongoing multilateral Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) events in the Philippines. "The meeting has already been agreed...

Seoul: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will embark on a five-nation trip this week that will also take him to three South American nations for talks with their leaders, the presidential office said Wednesday. The President will depart Friday first for San Francisco, where...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Wednesday announced plans to onshore drug manufacturing by keeping tariffs on imported generic medicines at zero per cent for two years before raising them to 100 per cent in August 2028 and 200 per cent thereafter -- a move that...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila Wednesday to discuss priority areas, including trade, tariffs, energy, defence, critical minerals, and artificial intelligence. Jaishankar and Rubio are also understood to have exchanged views on the West...