International

Kyiv: US and Russian negotiators Monday sat down for talks in Saudi Arabia on a partial ceasefire in Ukraine, hours after a round of negotiations between US and Ukrainian negotiators, Russian news reports said. The state Tass and RIA-Novosti news agencies said the negotiations began...

Dubai: US airstrikes targeting Yemen's Houthi rebels pounded sites across the country into Monday, with the group saying the one attack in the capital killed at least one person and wounded more than a dozen others. The American strikes entered its 10th day without a...

Seoul: The leader of the South Korean main Opposition Democratic Party (DP) plans to offer his condolences to the victims of wildfires that have engulfed the southeastern county of Sancheong, officials said. DP leader Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to visit a joint memorial altar set...

Beirut: Lebanon has accused Israel of escalating attacks under various pretexts, particularly in the north and south of the Litani River, causing casualties and destruction. "The Israeli forces did not stop airstrikes. This morning, engineering and military vehicles crossed the technical fence and carried out...

Riyadh: Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has said that the talks between US and Ukrainian delegations have concluded in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh, saying the discussion was "productive and focused", with "key points including energy" addressed. In a post Sunday on social media platform X,...

Ottawa: Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney has called a snap election as his country faces US President Donald Trump's onslaught, which has helped the ruling Liberal Party recover dramatically in polls. It can be mentioned here that a snap election is an election that is...

Deir Al-Balah: Israel's military struck the largest hospital in southern Gaza Sunday night, killing one person, wounding others and causing a large fire, the territory's Health Ministry said. The strike hit the surgical building of Nasser Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, the ministry...

Seoul: South Korea's Constitutional Court Monday overturned the impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, reinstating the nation's No. 2 official as acting leader, while not yet ruling on the separate impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Many observers said Monday's ruling doesn't signal much on...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has criticised President Anura Kumara Dissanayake-led government for failing to move ahead with a Renewable Energy Project in Mannar with Indian Conglomerate, Adani. Wickremesinghe made these remarks during a televised discussion Saturday the text of which was released...

Deir Al-Balah (Gaza Strip): More than 50,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the territory's Health Ministry said Sunday, as new Israeli airstrikes killed at least 26 Palestinians overnight, including a Hamas political leader and several women...