International

Kathmandu: Nepal's parliamentary committee Wednesday endorsed the names of proposed ambassadors to 10 countries, including India, according to an official. The Parliamentary Hearing Committee approved Nischal Nath Pandey as the proposed ambassador to India, Kalyan Raj Sharma to China and Chiranjung Thapa to the US,...

Dubai: India Wednesday advised its nationals in Saudi Arabia to stay indoors in case of an aerial attack and follow the instructions issued by local authorities. The new advisory comes amid tensions in the Gulf kingdom due to a series of deadly drone and missile...

Jerusalem: Colombia inaugurated its Embassy in Jerusalem Wednesday as its new President Abelardo de la Espriella moved to restore full diplomatic relations with Israel, reversing his predecessor's decision to sever ties over Israel's military operations in Gaza. The ceremony was attended by Israeli Foreign Minister...

Washington: President Donald Trump's new press secretary stepped to the podium, the eyes of a packed room of journalists -- and many in their audiences -- upon her. She smiled broadly at the sea of faces both probing and friendly. With that, Katie Zacharia went...

Cairo: Two regional officials say offices belonging to senior executives with Saudi oil giant Aramco were hit in an overnight Houthi strike on the company's headquarters, in the latest demonstration of the Iran-backed rebels' ability to attack high-profile targets even after issuing warnings that they...

Colombo: Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence imposed on a Sri Lankan migrant worker over a comment he made on Facebook, Sri Lanka's deputy foreign minister said Wednesday. Anojan Sivarasa, 27, was sentenced to death in September after being convicted of blasphemy...

New Delhi: Observing that the right to seek compensation has to be enforced, the Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Ministry of External Affairs to consider issuing a public notice inviting families of Indians who have died while fighting in the Russia-Ukraine war to seek assistance...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy voiced outrage Wednesday over Russia's continuing aerial bombardment of Ukraine's energy infrastructure in apparent defiance of US President Donald Trump's demand for a ceasefire. Moscow's forces pounded Ukraine's power grid, as well as oil and gas facilities, for the third...

London: A section of diaspora groups in the UK organised an "Emergency Protest" outside the High Commission of India in London in solidarity with the protests in New Delhi. Convened by the South Asia Solidarity Group, Cambridge South Asian Forum Against Hindutva, Indian Workers' Association...

Taipei: Taiwan plans to buy 6 million metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually from a US project once extraction starts and could invest up to USD 4.4 billion in it, its Economic Affairs Ministry said Wednesday, in what US President Donald Trump touted as...