International

West Texas: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake struck West Texas Saturday night (local time), forming part of a seismic swarm shaking the region along the Texas-New Mexico border, the US Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed. The tremor occurred at 7:47 p.m. (local time), about 35 miles south...

New Delhi: India and Angola Saturday signed several key agreements following the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Angolan President João Manuel Goncalves Lourenco at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi. Both countries signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) in the field of...

Melbourne: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years. Opposition leader Peter Dutton conceded defeat in Saturday's election, saying, “We didn't do well enough during this campaign, that much is obvious tonight,...

Mumbai: Responding to the horrifying Pahalgam attack, activist Faizaan Ansari decided to stick posters of popular Pakistani actress Mahira Khan on the Municipal public toilets in Mumbai. When asked about this, Faizaan told IANS, "I have said this earlier as well that Pakistan is solely...

Islamabad: Ahead of IMF's crucial review meeting next week, Pakistan has termed India's announcement that it will request the global lender to review Islamabad's financial support programme as ‘politically motivated’ after the Pahalgam terror attack. The Express Tribune said Saturday quoting officials that India's attempt...

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif warned Tuesday that any structure built by India to divert Pakistan’s share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) would be destroyed, escalating tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours. The remarks came after India announced it would suspend the 1960...

New Delhi: India Saturday suspended exchange of all categories of mail and parcels from Pakistan through air and surface routes amid escalating tensions between the two nations over the Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 people. The order suspending the services was issued by the...

Islamabad: Pakistan Saturday announced that it has conducted a successful training launch of the Abdali Weapon System — a surface-to-surface missile with a range of 450 km, amid heightened tensions with India following the Pahalgam terror attack. “The launch was aimed at ensuring the operational...

New Delhi: After banning all imports from Pakistan, India Saturday barred Pakistan-flagged ships from entering any of its ports, following the barbaric attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, which took 26 lives. According to a directive from the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, Pakistan-flagged...

Singapore: Singaporeans headed to the polls Saturday in a closely watched general election, as the ruling People's Action Party (PAP) seeks a renewed mandate against the backdrop of mounting global economic uncertainty driven by US tariffs on China — the city-state's largest trading partner. By...