International

Kathmandu/Singapore: India's global partners, including the US, UK, France, Russia and Iran, Saturday extended greetings to the country on its 80th Independence Day, reaffirming their commitment to strengthening bilateral ties and regional cooperation. French President Emmanuel Macron, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Australian Prime Minister Anthony...

Maumere (Indonesia): A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, killing at least 47 people, collapsing buildings and causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities said dozens of residents were injured. Authorities issued a tsunami warning and...

Beirut: Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least 11 people Saturday, in the deadliest attacks since a precarious truce between Israel and Hezbollah went into effect June 20. Lebanon's Health Ministry and state news agency said one of the airstrikes that targeted a home...

Maumere (Indonesia): A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, collapsing buildings and homes, killing at least five people and causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities issued a tsunami warning and urged coastal residents to move...

Maumere (Indonesia): A 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia early Saturday, collapsing buildings and homes, killing at least two people and causing panic in a region prone to deadly quakes. Authorities issued a tsunami warning but later lifted it when Indonesia's Meteorology,...

New Delhi: As Bangladesh reels under an acute energy crisis, India on Friday said it is examining Dhaka's request for additional supply of petroleum products. "We have an ongoing arrangement with Bangladesh for the supply of diesel. Insofar as the request for additional supplies is...

Abu Dhabi: Two vessels belonging to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz Thursday evening, local authorities and media said early Friday. In a statement posted on social media, the UAE Ministry...

Washington: US Thursday accused more than 40 countries, including India, of operating a “shadow transhipment network” to help China evade high tariffs and unveiled plans to use artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and penalise such practices. In a report titled ‘The Great Trans shipment Scam’,...

Dhaka: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a longtime secretary general of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia, was nominated by the ruling party Thursday as its presidential candidate. The presidential election scheduled for August 20 was necessitated after...

Zurich: The heads of six Arab soccer federations expressed their "full support" and "confidence" in Gianni Infantino Thursday as the embattled FIFA president fights to keep his job after his failed World Cup private investment plan. The backing came from 2030 World Cup co-host Morocco,...