International

Dubai: Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defences to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran's nuclear programme, which could provide an off-ramp, were...

Melbourne: A 42-year-old Indian-origin man has died days after an Australian police officer allegedly knelt on his neck during an attempted arrest, a media report said Sunday. Gaurav Kundi, 42, from Modbury North in Adelaide, died surrounded by his family Thursday after he was hospitalised...

Dubai: Israel unleashed airstrikes across Iran for a third day Sunday and threatened even greater force as some Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defences to strike buildings in the heart of the country. Planned talks on Iran's nuclear programme, which could provide an off-ramp, were...

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif spoke with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, expressing Pakistan's unwavering solidarity with Iran after Israel's attacks, which he described as "blatant provocations". Israel launched attacks on Iranian nuclear and military facilities Friday. The strikes killed several senior military commanders and nuclear...

Tel Aviv: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has expressed deep sorrow over the loss of lives in the overnight Iranian missile strikes that left at least ten people dead and more than 200 injured across various cities in Israel. In a statement on social media platform...

New York: US President Donald Trump issued a stern warning to Tehran Sunday, as hostilities between Iran and Israel escalated into a third consecutive day of cross-border attacks, clarifying that the US had no involvement in the latest strikes but cautioned that any provocation against...

Dubai: An Israeli drone has struck a refinery in Iran's South Pars gas field Saturday, semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported. If confirmed, it would mark the first Israeli attack on Iran's oil and natural gas industry. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the attack. Such sites...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East and Ukraine peace talks, Putin aide Yuri Ushakov said. During the conversation, Putin briefed Trump on his recent talks with...

Kathmandu: Starting Saturday midnight, Nepal is set to export 40 MW of electricity to Bangladesh through an Indian transmission line. Nepal, India and Bangladesh had signed a trilateral agreement October 3, 2024 to export electricity produced by Nepal to Bangladesh via the Indian transmission line....

Male: India Saturday noted with satisfaction that the $400 million currency swap between Male and New Delhi helped boost Maldives' foreign exchange (FX) reserves. The comments by the Indian High Commission in Maldives came after global credit rating agency Fitch on Thursday affirmed the archipelagic...