International

Karachi: At least 12 people died over 24 hours after heavy rains, thunderstorms and flash floods gripped different provinces of Pakistan as an average of 30 to 45 mm of precipitation for four hours threw life out of gear in Karachi Thursday. Authorities declared an...

Dubai: Iran fired more missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab states Thursday, demonstrating Tehran's continued ability to strike its neighbours even as US President Donald Trump claimed the threat from the country was nearly eliminated. Iran's attacks on Gulf states, along with its chokehold on...

New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Thursday said that six Indian ships carrying products like LPG, LNG, have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz so far as New Delhi remains in touch with Iran and other countries for safe transit of Indian ships...

Hong Kong: Oil rose more than 7% and world shares fell after President Donald Trump said in his first national address since the Iran war began that the US will continue to hit Iran very hard. Trump also said in his Wednesday night speech that...

Washington: The US Embassy in Baghdad warned citizens Thursday that Iran-linked militias in Iraq may intend to conduct attacks in central Baghdad in the next 24-48 hours. The embassy said the attacks could target US citizens, businesses, universities, diplomatic facilities, energy infrastructure, hotels, airports, and...

Beirut: Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded others Saturday as hostilities continued between Israel and Hezbollah despite a ceasefire. The Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon Saturday came as Israel's military issued a new warning for residents of nine southern...

London: German airline Lufthansa has said that it has located the Oscar statuette belonging to Russian filmmaker Pasha Talankin that went missing after airport security at New York's JFK flagged it as a potential weapon and forced him to check it in as cargo. Talankin,...

Washington: The United States has removed sanctions on Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez, according to an update posted on the website of the US Treasury Department. The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control on Wednesday (Local time) said Rodriguez had been removed from its...

Seoul: North Korea appears to be speeding up the construction of its third 5,000-tonne Choe Hyun-class destroyer, a South Korean lawmaker said Thursday, as Pyongyang has been seeking to strengthen its naval power. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the construction of another 5,000-tonne...

Washington: President Donald Trump said US forces will keep hitting Iran "very hard" in the next two or three weeks and bring the country "back to the Stone Ages," even as he touted the success of US operations and argued that all of Washington's objectives...