International

Paris: The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games began with the 'Parade of the Nations' here in which athletes from 205 countries sailed down the iconic Seine river on boats, marking a dreamy break from tradition despite rain threatening to play spoilsport. French President Emmanuel...

Vientiane (Laos): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday met his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov and other leaders from Brunei, New Zealand and Laos and discussed various aspects of bilateral collaboration, including education and agriculture technology. Jaishankar is in the capital of the Laos People's Democratic...

Manila: The death toll from the severe flooding and landslides triggered by the southwest monsoon enhanced by Typhoon Gaemi has risen to 33, police said Friday. Police said 11 people died in the Philippine capital region, Manila, 12 in the Calabarzon region, and 10 from...

Jakarta: A 6.0-magnitude earthquake rocked off Indonesia's eastern Maluku province Friday morning without triggering giant waves, the country's meteorology, climatology and geophysics agency said. The tremors occurred at 03.32 a.m. local time on Friday, with the epicentre situated 121 km from Maluku Barat Daya regency...

Atlanta (US): Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation's two most popular Democrats. The endorsement, announced Friday morning in a...

Paris: France's high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralysing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. French officials condemned the attacks...

Islamabad: Pakistan authorities Friday braced for a possible showdown with supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf after the party announced a countrywide protest for the release of all arrested party leaders. Apart from the PTI, the rightwing Jamaat-e-Islami also announced a...

Colombo: Sri Lanka has once again rejected allegations of the Tamil minority 'genocide' charge by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and claimed the accusation was 'arising from local domestic vote bank politics. Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry Thursday rejected the allegation made by the Canadian Prime...

Colombo: Sri Lanka will hold the presidential poll September 21, the election commission announced Friday, ending the months-long speculation over the key contest which is likely to determine the future of economic reforms in the cash-strapped country. This will be the first election to be...

Islamabad: In a major setback to Pakistan's ruling coalition, the election commission has notified 39 successful MPs as lawmakers of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party following a landmark Supreme Court directive. The decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) may help the...