International

Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has urged the members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to unite and consistently prevent the United States from pressuring any of them. "The OPEC members should act in a way so that their measures do not...

Seoul: South Korean Acting President Choi Sang-mok was grilled Thursday at a special parliamentary committee investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid, with Opposition lawmakers questioning him about a memo Yoon allegedly gave Choi ordering a budget for an emergency legislative body. The main...

Jerusalem: Israel's defence minister says he has instructed the army to prepare plans for large numbers of Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip in line with President Donald Trump's proposal for the war-ravaged territory. Defence Minister Israel Katz Thursday said the plan “will include options...

London: The Bank of England is widely expected to cut interest rates for the third time in six months later Thursday, even though inflation remains above its target. Most economists think the nine-member Monetary Policy Committee will lower the bank's main interest rate by a...

New Delhi: ChatGPT, one of OpenAI’s most popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools Thursday faced a global outage as millions of users were unable to access the service. Many frustrated users took to social media platforms like X Thursday to report that ChatGPT was not working...

Washington: A federal judge in Maryland has indefinitely blocked US President Donald Trump's executive order to end birthright citizenship for undocumented immigrants and foreign visitors with temporary visas. Judge Deborah L. Boardman from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland on Wednesday...

Washington: Demonstrators gathered in cities across the US Wednesday to protest the Trump administration's early actions, decrying everything from the president's immigration crackdown to his rollback of transgender rights and a proposal to forcibly transfer Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. Protesters in Philadelphia and at...

Jerusalem: A day after US President Donald Trump announced America's withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), Israel's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gideon Sa'ar, has said that Israel would also join the US in its decision not to participate in the UNHRC. Sa'ar...

New Delhi: A large group of protesters Wednesday vandalised and set on fire Bangladesh founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's residence in Dhaka during a live online address of his daughter and former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The angry mob vandalised the memorial and residence of Sheikh...

Buenos Aires: President Javier Milei has ordered Argentina's withdrawal from the World Health Organisation due to profound differences with the UN agency, a presidential spokesperson said Wednesday. Milei's action echoes that of his ally, US President Donald Trump, who began the process of pulling the...