International

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday greeted Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu on the 61st anniversary of the country's independence, and expressed Beijing's desire to advance a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with Male. In his message, Xi noted that China and the Maldives share a long...

Madrid: Spain is enduring one of its most destructive wildfire seasons in recent years, with massive blazes sweeping through the Madrid region and neighbouring Avila, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate or remain indoors. The fires have ravaged thousands of hectares across Spain,...

London: A merchant vessel carrying four Indian nationals was struck at Ukraine's Port of Odesa, with two crew members confirmed safe while information about the other two is still awaited, the Indian Embassy in Kyiv said Sunday. The incident occurred Saturday when MV AGN Ragnar...

Washington: US military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic efforts have pushed forward to try to avert a return to all-out war. But it remains to be seen whether the US and Iran are at an...

Berlin: A van slammed into people gathered for Berlin's famed LGBTQ+ event Saturday night, killing one person, injuring at least 16 others and prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after they had begun. Berlin police said...

New Delhi: India Sunday urged its citizens to carefully assess the security situation before taking up jobs in maritime zones witnessing conflicts, especially in the Black Sea region. In an advisory, New Delhi flagged concerns over the security situation in and around the Black Sea...

Guangzhou: More than 340,000 people had been relocated in south China's Guangdong Province by 4 pm Saturday as Typhoon Noul approached the coast, the provincial flood, drought and typhoon control authorities said. Typhoon Noul, the 12th typhoon of the year, is expected to make landfall...

Cairo: Yemen's Houthi rebels say they have fired missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida. Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for the Iranian-backed rebels, said in a pre-recorded statement that they...

United Nations: United Nations has said it is "aware" of the students' demonstrations in New Delhi and that it is important that people wishing to protest peacefully be allowed to do so without any fear of harassment, arrest or injury. Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for Secretary-General...

Kyiv: A Russian drone strike killed three people in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, local officials said Saturday, while Romania shot down a drone over its airspace for the second time in two days. Sumy regional head Oleh Hryhorov said Saturday that a large fire broke...