International

Warsaw: Conservative Karol Nawrocki won Poland's weekend presidential runoff election, according to the final vote count on Monday. Nawrocki won 50.89% of votes in a very tight race against liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski, who received 49.11%. The race had Poland on edge since a...

Istanbul: Delegations from Russia and Ukraine gathered in Turkiye Monday for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, although expectations were low for any significant progress on ending the three-year war. The Ukrainian delegation led Defence Minister Rustem Umerov was...

Islamabad: Any attempt to portray Pakistan as the source of regional instability is divorced from reality, the Foreign Office (FO) said Monday. The FO was responding to the Indian leadership's criticism of Pakistan over terrorism. Indian leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath...

Kyiv: Ukraine launched Operation Spider Web against Russia, carrying out massive drone attacks targeting several airfields deep across the Russian territories. This military action came against the backdrop of scheduled peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul. According to the reports, Ukraine's Security Service...

Boulder (US):  A man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled ‘Free Palestine’ and threw an incendiary device into a group that had assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages in Gaza, law enforcement officials said Sunday. Six people were injured, some with burns. The suspect, Mohamed...

Kyiv: A Ukrainian drone attack has destroyed more than 40 Russian planes deep in Russia's territory, a Ukrainian security official told The Associated Press Sunday, while Russia pounded Ukraine with missiles and drones a day before the two sides meet for a new round of...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal Sunday indicted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and two others on several charges, including mass murder, for their alleged role in the violent crackdown on student-led protests last year. Sunday's proceedings marked the start of Hasina's trial in absentia nearly...

Beijing: China Sunday denounced US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth for calling the Asian country a threat, accusing him of touting a Cold War mentality as tensions between Washington and Beijing further escalate. The foreign ministry said Hegseth had vilified Beijing with defamatory allegations the previous...

New York: The Pahalgam terror attack was an act of economic warfare meant to destroy tourism in Kashmir, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, asserting that India has made it clear that it will not allow nuclear blackmail to prevent it from responding to terror...

Rafah: At least 31 people were killed and over 150 were wounded on Sunday while on their way to receive food in the Gaza Strip, according to health officials and multiple witnesses. The witnesses said Israeli forces fired on crowds around a kilometre from an...