International

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday left for a two-nation visit to Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic to attend the SCO summit, saying he looked forward to advancing India's vision for the organisation and working with fellow members for a region free from the...

New York: US President Donald Trump said that the United States and Venezuela have reached an oil agreement. "The United States of America has just entered into an Agreement with the Country of Venezuela on, THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY!" Trump wrote in...

Kathmandu: The death toll from flash floods in central Nepal rose to 626 Saturday, with more bodies being recovered and nearly 2,000 people still missing following the disaster. The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority (NDRRMA) said the bodies were recovered from eight districts...

Kathmandu: Nearly 2,500 stranded people, including 163 foreigners, were evacuated by rescue teams in Nepal, as search and relief operations continued Saturday following the devastating flash floods that killed over 500. The flash floods swept through Rasuwa and other parts of central Nepal on Wednesday,...

Kathmandu: Nepal has waived the trekking fee for foreign nationals returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage through the western Hilsa border point in Humla district for one week, amid disruptions caused by the devastating floods in the Bhote Koshi River. The Department of Immigration said...

Peshawar: At least one person was killed, and nine others sustained injuries in an explosion Friday in northwest Pakistan, police said. According to the police, the incident occurred in the Makeen bazaar area of South Waziristan district in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A man...

Stavanger (Norway): King Harald V of Norway, who went into exile in the United States as a child during the Nazi occupation of his homeland and refused a string of European noblewomen in order to marry his school sweetheart, has died. He was 89. The...

Toronto/New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday said India and Canada have an opportunity to deepen financial-sector cooperation and build long-term investment partnerships, as she highlighted the complementarity between the two economies. Addressing a high-level India-Canada Business Roundtable in Toronto in the presence of...

Kathmandu: As many as 290 Indians have remained out of contact in the aftermath of the deadly floods in the Bhote Koshi river, which have left a trail of destruction across the Himalayan country, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. The Ministry also...

Beijing: Chinese Premier Li Qiang Thursday visited the Gyirong Township near the Nepal border post in Tibet, where 558 people were reported missing after a massive flash flood that caused heavy casualties. The flash flood struck the Gyirong Township in the Tibet Autonomous Region Wednesday...