International

Berlin: A fire at a bar in the Swiss Alps has left people dead and injured during New Year's celebrations, police said early Thursday. Multiple people were killed in the blaze, and many others were injured in the Alpine ski resort municipality of Crans-Montana, Switzerland,...

New York: Zohran Mamdani became mayor of New York City just after midnight Thursday, taking the oath of office at a historic, decommissioned subway station in Manhattan. Mamdani, a Democrat, was sworn in as the first Muslim leader of America's biggest city, placing his hand...

Washington: President Donald Trump said he's dropping — for now — his push to deploy National Guard troops in Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon, a move that comes after legal roadblocks hung up the effort. Trump said in a social media post Wednesday that...

Kyiv: In his New Year’s Eve address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine wants the war to end but will not accept a weak peace agreement, stressing that any deal must not come at the cost of the country’s future. His remarks came shortly...

New York: Incoming Mayor Zohran Mamdani will take his midnight oath of office on a centuries-old Quran, marking the first time a mayor of New York City uses Islam's holy text to be sworn in and underscoring a series of historic firsts for the city....

Melbourne: Auckland was the first major city to ring in 2026 with a downtown fireworks display launched from New Zealand's tallest structure, Sky Tower, followed by a defiant celebration in Australia in the aftermath of its worst mass shooting. South Pacific countries are the first...

Kyiv: Russian drones blasted apartment buildings and the power grid in the southern Ukraine city of Odesa in an overnight attack that injured six people, including a toddler and two other children, officials said Wednesday. Four apartment buildings were damaged in the bombardment, according to...

Dhaka: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar arrived in Dhaka Wednesday and conveyed the Indian government's condolences to BNP acting chairman Tarique Rahman on the passing of his mother and former Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. In a post on X, the EAM said that...

Dhaka: The funeral prayer of Bangladesh's former prime minister Khaleda Zia will be held Wednesday at 2 pm, officials said. The coffin of former prime minister Zia will be placed at the west end of Manik Mia Avenue instead of the South Plaza of the...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar will represent the government and people of India at the funeral of Khaleda Zia, the first woman Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairperson of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), Wednesday. Zia, a three-time Prime Minister and long-time...