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Kathmandu: Nepal's leading political parties Saturday described as "unconstitutional" and a "blow to democracy" President Ram Chandra Poudel's decision to dissolve the parliament even as the security situation in the Himalayan nation gradually returned to normal following two days of deadly protests. After dissolving the...

New Delhi: The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) has apprehended two Nigerians and a Brazilian national who are suspected to have escaped from jails in Nepal during the recent anti-government protests, officials said Saturday. The force guarding the India-Nepal international border and the state police have...

Basking Ridge: President Donald Trump said Saturday he believes the Russia-Ukraine war would end if all NATO countries stopped buying oil from Russia and placed tariffs on China of 50 per cent to 100 per cent for its purchases of Russian petroleum. Trump posted on...

New York/Washington: The US has asked G7 countries to impose tariffs on countries purchasing oil from Russia, asserting that only “unified efforts” that cut off funding to Moscow's war machine at source can apply sufficient pressure to end “the senseless killing.” US Treasury Secretary Scott...

Washington: India's Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra,  Saturday (Indian time) engaged in discussions with members of the US House of Representatives on strengthening bilateral trade, energy cooperation, and India's consistent support for resolving the Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy. Kwatra held...

Moscow: A massive 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the east coast of Russia's Kamchatka region Saturday, prompting a tsunami warning. According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the tremor hit 111 kilometres (69 miles) east of the Russian city of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, the administrative centre of the...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Friday said that Pakistan will host the next Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in 2027, as he urged the authorities to start preparations for it in the national capital. Sharif made the announcement while addressing a road development project in...

Kathmandu: Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki took oath as Nepal's first woman Prime Minister Friday, to lead an interim government, ending days of political uncertainty after the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli earlier this week following wide-spread protests. President Ramchandra Paudel...

Singapore: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Friday described US President Donald Trump as "mercurial", whose tariffs on goods have started to hit Indian businesses, and a number of jobs have already been lost. The US has imposed a 50 per cent tariff, including 25 per...

Orem: The suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination has been captured, President Donald Trump said Friday in an announcement representing a significant breakthrough in the investigation into a targeted killing that raised fresh alarms about political violence in the United States. “With a high degree...