International

Kyiv: Russian glide bombs and artillery struck a city in southern Ukraine Wednesday, killing one person and wounding nine others as Moscow forces continued daily attacks across the country. The city of Kherson was struck with glide bombs Wednesday morning, and when rescue teams arrived...

Beijing: The Chinese military on Wednesday criticised the United States for increasing its defence budget to USD one trillion, saying that "wanton use of force will not make America great again". Reacting to reports that the US defence budget for fiscal year 2026 will reach...

Beijing: A Chinese military spokesperson Wednesday condemned a recent US assessment report for its irresponsible remarks on China, saying that smearing China cannot help remove the US label as the empire of hacking. Zhang Xiaogang, spokesperson for the Ministry of National Defence, made the remarks...

Bangkok: World shares were mostly lower Wednesday as stocks of Nvidia and other technology companies were walloped by tighter US controls on exports of advanced computer chips used for artificial intelligence. The future for the S&P 500 was down 0.8 per cent while that for...

United Nations: India has called out attempts to introduce new parameters such as religion and faith as the basis for representation in a reformed UN Security Council, asserting that this runs completely counter to the accepted basis of regional representation. India's Permanent Representative to the...

Washington: The row between Harvard University and US President Donald Trump escalated further after the elite university refused to accept far-reaching policy changes ordered by the White House, and Trump threatened to strip it of its tax-exempt status. As it is Harvard University is facing...

Male: The Maldives has changed its immigration law to bar Israeli passport holders from the country over the war in Gaza. The amendment was passed by Parliament Monday and approved by President Mohamed Muizzu Tuesday, according to a statement from the president's office. It was...

Washington: The United States announced late Tuesday that China now faces tariffs of up to 245 per cent on exports to the US, in response to Beijing’s recent retaliatory trade measures. The White House said the new tariffs come as part of a broader national...

Beijing: China appointed a new top international trade negotiator Wednesday amid tariff tensions with the US. The government said that Li Chenggang has been appointed to replace Wang Shouwen, who participated in the trade negotiations for the 2020 trade deal between the China and the...

New York: A US federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a 21-year-old undergraduate Indian whose student visa was cancelled. Krish Lal Isserdasani has been pursuing a bachelor's degree in computer engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an F-1 student visa...