International

New York: India has been elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the 2026-28 term, marking the country's seventh stint on the Geneva-based rights body. Announcing the results of the election held on Tuesday, the UNHRC in a social media post said...

Washington: US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed on Tuesday that Washington expects support from its allies and friends, including India, over its attempt to counter China’s latest export controls on rare earths. In an interview with Fox News, Bessent characterised the Chinese export controls as...

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) carried out a joint exercise with the United Kingdom Royal Navy over the Indian Ocean Region, demonstrating growing synergy between the two forces, the IAF said Wednesday. The exercise, conducted October 14, featured IAF's Sukhoi-30 MKIs, Jaguars, AWACS,...

Washington: Ashley J Tellis, a prominent Indian-American strategic affairs expert, has been arrested on a charge of unlawfully retaining national defence information. A respected voice in Washington's foreign policy establishment, Tellis is currently a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, specialising in...

Tel Aviv: Israel says it has received the remains of four more deceased hostages from Hamas. The return of the bodies Tuesday came after an Israeli military agency said it would cut aid deliveries to Gaza by half, citing concerns that the militant group was...

Peshawar: Clashes erupted Tuesday between Pakistani and Afghan forces in a remote northwestern border region, with state-run media in Pakistan accusing Afghan troops of opening "unprovoked fire" that was repulsed. Pakistani forces responded, damaging Afghan tanks and military posts, according to Pakistan TV and two...

Los Angeles: D'Angelo, the Grammy-winning R&B singer recognised by his raspy yet smooth voice and for garnering mainstream attention with the shirtless “Untitled (How Does It Feel)” music video, has died. He was 51. The singer, whose real name was Michael Eugene Archer, died Tuesday,...

Washington: The International Monetary Fund has raised India’s growth projection to 6.6 per cent, an upward trend of 0.2 percentage points, in its latest Global Economic Outlook report. The IMF, in its report released in Washington Tuesday, said that India’s strong growth in the first...

Dhaka: At least 16 workers were killed and several others injured Tuesday in a fire that broke out at a garment factory and a chemical warehouse in the Bangladeshi capital, officials said. The devastating fire broke out at a chemical warehouse next to the garment...

Brussels: Belgian police fired tear gas in an attempt to disperse tens of thousands of people who flooded Brussels Tuesday to protest Prime Minister Bart de Wever's proposed austerity measures. Minor scuffles broke out between police and protesters, some of whom played drums and horns...