International

Dhaka: Bangladesh has dismissed Pakistani Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar's claims that Dhaka's long-standing demand for an apology over the 1971 genocide had already been resolved twice in the past. "The issue (1971 genocide in Bangladesh) was settled for the first time...

New York/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance Sunday said President Donald Trump has applied “aggressive economic leverage” such as “secondary tariffs on India” to force Russia to stop bombing Ukraine. Vance was speaking during an exclusive interview on NBC News' “Meet the Press” when...

Cairo: Israeli airstrikes hit Yemen's capital Sunday, just days after the Houthi rebels fired a missile toward Israel, the rebels said, the latest Israeli attack targeting the Iranian-backed group. The Houthi media office said the strikes hit multiple areas across the capital of Sanaa, including...

Kathmandu: Nepal has officially joined the International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA), an India-led global initiative to protect seven species of big cats. IBCA is a multi-country, multi-agency coalition of over 90 big cat range countries and non-range countries with an interest in big cat conservation....

Seoul:  North Korea conducted a test-firing of two types of newly improved air defence missiles to assess their combat capability, with leader Kim Jong-un supervising the test of new weapons, state media reported Sunday. The Missile Administration carried out the test Saturday, firing two types...

New York: Two individuals of Indian descent were among the five fatalities when a tour bus crashed while returning to the city from a visit to Niagara Falls, according to State Police. Saturday, police identified them as Shankar Kumar Jha, 65, a visitor from Madhubani,...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was Saturday shifted to the intensive care unit of the Colombo National Hospital, a day after he was arrested and refused bail over alleged misuse of state funds during his tenure. Wickremesinghe, 76, was taken to the main...

Lahore: Jailed former premier Imran Khan's nephew Shershah Khan was sent to a five-day physical remand by a Pakistani court Saturday in a case related to the May 9, 2023, riots. The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) claimed that the government took this step to use it...

Dhaka: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar arrived in Dhaka Saturday for a rare two-day visit, aimed at rebuilding ties with Bangladesh following the ouster of longtime prime minister Sheikh Hasina. A special flight carrying Dar, the most senior Pakistani leader to visit Bangladesh since 2012,...

New Delhi: The United States and Pakistan have a history with each other but they also have a history of overlooking that history, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Saturday, reminding of the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden near Islamabad in 2011. Jaishankar's...