International

Seoul: A Seoul district court Monday sentenced South Korea's former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison after finding him partially guilty of accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker. The Seoul Central District...

New Delhi: India and Japan at a key bilateral meeting in Tokyo Monday discussed ways to deepen cooperation in emerging domains, including defence industrial collaboration, technological innovation, cyber security, space and other areas of shared strategic interest, officials said. Both sides also expressed satisfaction with...

Abuja: Gunmen opened fire at people after a funeral in north-central Nigeria, killing eight, police said Monday. The attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday in the Otukpo-Nobi community of Benue state. Five others were wounded, state police spokesperson Udeme Edet said. It wasn't...

Bangkok: Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the US carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.6 per cent to USD 78.76 per barrel, while US benchmark crude added 3.5 per cent...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday left for Qatar on a one-day visit to offer condolences at the death of former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. Qatar Sunday announced that the former emir, 74, died. He led the country from 1995 to...

Dubai: United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. The attacks, sparked by Iran striking a container ship Sunday in the...

Hanoi: The mortal remains of the 15 Indian nationals who died in the tragic boat accident in Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island will be transported to India from Ho Chi Minh City Monday, said the Indian Embassy in Vietnam. As many as 15 people, including 10...

Bangkok: A fire at a pub near Lat Phrao Road in Bangkok's Chatuchak district killed 27 people and injured dozens of others, Thai media reported. The fire broke out at around 11:57 p.m. local time and was later extinguished. The injured were taken to hospitals...

Washington: Indian American Sheetal Wrzesien, a former Google executive, was shot dead by her husband in Cobb County in Georgia in the US, a local media report said. Wrzesien’s son Jason was injured in the shootout that took place at the couple’s home at Laurel...

Beijing: A study by Chinese geologists has found that an active fault line beneath the world's largest hydropower project on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet could affect its structural stability, raising questions over Beijing's repeated claims that it would help prevent disasters in the region....