International

Washington: The US military launched a strike on another boat accused of carrying drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean Tuesday, killing four people in the fourth such attack announced in the past few days. The operation is the latest in a series of strikes on...

Islamabad: Pakistan's skewed foreign reserves got a major boost after Saudi Arabia pledged an additional USD 3 billion in deposits while extending its existing USD 5 billion facility for a further three years. Pakistan's Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb made the announcement in Washington while speaking...

Seoul: The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday that very detailed measures to verify Iran's nuclear activities must be included in a potential US-Iran agreement to end their war in the Middle East. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi stressed...

Beijing: Russia's top diplomat Wednesday reiterated that Moscow was ready to play a role in solving the problem of enriched uranium in Iran. This role can take on many forms, including reprocessing highly enriched uranium into fuel-grade uranium, transferring a certain amount to Russia for...

Colombo: Four Indian fishermen have been arrested, and their trawler seized for allegedly poaching in Sri Lankan waters, the island nation's Navy said Wednesday. Sri Lanka's North Central Naval Command, in a statement, said it spotted a group of Indian fishing boats engaged in fishing...

London: At least two vessels transited through the Strait of Hormuz en route to Iranian ports after altering their Automatic Identification System (AIS) destination data, following a US blockade on ships entering and leaving Iran, British shipping media reported. The report by British shipping media...

Dhaka: At least 250 people, including Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi nationals, were missing after a boat capsized in the Andaman Sea recently on the way to Malaysia, according to the United Nations' refugee and migration agencies. While details remained sketchy, Bangladesh Coast Guard spokesperson Lt....

Washington: US military claimed Tuesday that it has successfully begun to enforce a blockade of Iranian ports, as the standoff between the US and Iran deepens. Tehran threatened to strike targets across the region, a day after Trump warned on social media that any Iranian...

Washington: President Donald Trump has said that a second round of talks with Iran could be held in Islamabad "over the next two days", according to a US media report Tuesday. "You should stay there, really, because something could be happening over the next two...

Beirut: Lebanon and Israel are set to hold the first direct diplomatic talks in decades Tuesday in Washington, following more than a month of war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group that has rocked the tiny Mediterranean country. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio...