International

New Delhi: The free trade agreement (FTA) between India and Oman is expected to come into force from June 1, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Tuesday. The pact was signed in December 2025. "I have had a good meeting with Oman team today...

London: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer doubled down Tuesday on his resolve to stay in office, despite calls to step down. Starmer told Cabinet ministers that he took responsibility for devastating losses that his centre-left Labour Party suffered in last week's local elections across the...

Peshawar: At least eight people, including two security officials, were killed and 35 others were injured when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-laden vehicle in northwest Pakistan Tuesday, police said. The incident occurred in the Lakki Marwat district of the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A...

London: Organisations and individuals accused of enabling hostile Iranian activity, including in the form of criminal proxies on British soil, are among those hit with new UK sanctions. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) said the new measures Monday come in response to Iranian...

Washington: Pakistan, which is playing mediator to end the US-Iran war, allowed Iranian military aircraft to park on its airfields to shield them from American airstrikes, CBS News reported here, quoting US officials. The report also claimed that Iran had also parked its civilian aircraft...

Colombo: As many as 173 Indians are among nearly 200 foreigners arrested in Sri Lanka as part of the latest drive in an ongoing crackdown on cybercrime operations, police said Tuesday. A group of 198 foreigners, comprising 173 Indians and 25 Nepalese, were arrested in...

Manila: An overwhelming majority of the House of Representatives of the Philippines voted to impeach Vice President Sara Duterte Monday over alleged unexplained wealth and threats to have the president assassinated, as the rift between the two top officials escalated. The House, which is dominated...

The Hague: A French woman and two Americans tested positive or showed symptoms of hantavirus Monday as nations around the world scrambled to repatriate passengers from a cruise ship hit by an outbreak and quarantine or isolate them. Passengers from the ship began flying home...

Male: The Maldives has settled payment to India on a USD 50-million treasury bill, President Mohamed Muizzu said Monday, according to a local media report. The move is aimed at reducing the country's external debt burden. India had extended financial support to the Maldives through...

Beijing: US President Donald Trump will pay an official visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced Monday. This will be the first visit to China by a US president in...