International

Dubai: Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen's port city of Mukalla Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates. The UAE did not immediately acknowledge the strike. The attack signals a new escalation...

Florida (US): President Donald Trump warned Iran against reconstituting its nuclear program Monday as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to his home in Florida for wide-ranging talks. The warning comes after Trump has insisted that Tehran's nuclear capabilities were “completely and fully obliterated”...

Dhaka: Bangladesh first woman Prime Minister Khaleda Zia, who played a major role in restoring democracy after a period of tumultuous military rule and dominated the country's politics for decades died Tuesday after a prolonged illness. She was 80. "My mother is no more," Zia's...

Moscow: Russia Monday claimed that 91 long-range Ukrainian drones attempted to attack President Vladimir Putin's country residence in Novgorod region, north of Moscow. In a televised statement, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the drone attack in the intervening night of Sunday and Monday failed...

Beijing: China Monday launched massive military drills in the middle areas of the Taiwan Strait as a “punitive and deterrent” action against Taiwan's separatist forces, days after the US announced a record USD 11.1 billion arms sales to Taipei. The two drills, in which a...

Kyiv: The United States is offering Ukraine security guarantees for a period of 15 years as part of a proposed peace plan, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, though he said he would prefer an American commitment of up to 50 years to deter Russia...

London: IPL founder Lalit Modi Monday apologised for calling himself and Vijay Mallya the two biggest fugitives of India in a video posted on social media and said that his statement was misconstrued. In the now-deleted video from Mallya's 70th birthday celebrations in London, Lalit...

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Monday announced the terms for an independent review of the Bondi Beach terror attack, but he again resisted calls to launch a royal commission. The review, led by former intelligence chief Dennis Richardson, will assess whether multiple agencies, including...

Mexico City: A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southern Mexico Sunday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media. The accident occurred on...

Karachi: Pakistani security forces have killed four terrorists in the Kalat district of the Balochistan province. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the terrorists were killed during a raid on their suspected hideout in the Kalat district. Last week, the ISPR claimed that security...