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Vancouver: Multiple people were injured and several killed after a vehicle drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Filipino Festival in Vancouver, Canada, according to the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) Sunday (Indian time). Authorities confirmed that the driver, who drove a black SUV into...

Muscat: A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran, purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing 18 people and injuring around 750 others. Helicopters and aircraft dumped water from the air on the...

Patit Mandal, OP In a sharp response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack that killed 26 Indian civilians, India has announced the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan. The Centre plans to study ways to maximise the use of water from the three...

Islamabad: Pakistani health authorities have initiated ‘emergency preparedness’ measures to secure pharmaceutical supplies in response to the suspension of trade ties with India, according to a media report Saturday. In response to India's decision to suspend the Indus Water Treaty following the Pahalgam attack, Islamabad...

Vatican City: World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the peripheries and reflected his wish to be remembered as a simple pastor. Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in...

Kyiv: All Ukrainian troops have been forced from parts of Russia's Kursk region, which Moscow lost control of last year to a surprise Ukrainian incursion, Russia's top general said in a Kremlin meeting Saturday. Ukrainian officials denied the claim. Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General...

Muscat: A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran, purportedly linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing five people and injuring more than 700 others. Mehrdad Hasanzadeh, a provincial disaster management official, gave the...

Lahore: More than 450 Indians have left Pakistan for their home via the Wagah border over the last three days after they were forced to cut short their visits because of the cancellation of visas in the wake of developments following the Pahalgam terror attack....

Muscat: Iran and the United States held in-depth negotiations in Oman over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear programme Saturday, talks that likely will hinge on the Islamic Republic's enrichment of uranium. The talks ran for several hours in Muscat, the mountain-wrapped capital of this sultanate on...

Vatican City: President Droupadi Murmu Saturday attended the funeral Mass of Pope Francis at St Peter's Square in Vatican City. Francis, who was the first non-European Pope in nearly 1,300 years, died Monday. He was 88. Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Minority Affairs, Kiren...