International

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met SpaceX CEO Elon Musk in Washington Thursday. US President Donald Trump chose Musk to head a new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) last month. Musk arrived at Blair House with his three young children, who were sitting with Musk...

Cairo: Hamas said Thursday it would release the next group of Israeli hostages as planned, paving the war toward resolving a major dispute that threatened the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The militant group said Egyptian and Qatari mediators have affirmed that they will work...

Islamabad: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday said that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through dialogue between India and Pakistan, with due consideration for the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. President Erdogan, who is in Pakistan on a two-day visit, made the comments after...

Melbourne: Australia protested Thursday what it described as an unsafe and unprofessional interaction over the South China Sea where a Chinese fighter is accused of releasing flares that endangered an Australian military surveillance plane. A Chinese J-16 fighter released flares Tuesday that passed within 30...

Berlin: A driver drove a vehicle into a group of people in Munich Thursday, injuring at least 20 people, authorities said. Authorities didn't provide details about the incident near downtown Munich which took place around 10:30 am, including whether the people were hit deliberately. Police...

A security guard at a Taco Bell outlet in Los Angeles, USA, slapped a female customer Sunday. In footage that surfaced on social media, the woman can be seen at a self-serve kiosk placing her order. However, the exact reason behind the altercation remains unclear....

Ahmedabad:  Adani Green Energy Thursday said it is withdrawing from further engagements in the renewable energy (RE) wind energy project and two transmission projects in Sri Lanka. However, it reaffirmed the availability of any development opportunity in the South Asian country. “Adani Green Energy has...

Fuzhou: A short-tailed bird fossil, stated to be the oldest dating back about 150 million years, was discovered by Chinese scientists in east China's Fujian Province shedding a new light on the origin of the birds, official media here reported Thursday. The fossilised bird Baminornis...

Seoul: South Korea’s Second Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo called on the medical community Thursday to resume talks with the government to resolve the prolonged deadlock over medical reform. "It is very disappointing and regretful that the government and the medical community are holding no...

Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Thursday attended what is likely the final hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December. Yoon and other witnesses, including National Intelligence Service Director Cho Tae-yong, appeared for the eighth formal hearing...