Athens: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck off the coast of Crete in Greece Thursday, said the German Research Centre for Geosciences. The earthquake also prompted the European authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The tremor struck at 6.19 a.m, 58 km north-northeast of Elounda...
Washington: US President Donald Trump strongly condemned the shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, late Wednesday night (US time), calling it an act of anti-Semitism. The victims -- a male and a female employee of the Israeli...
Washington: Two Israeli Embassy staff were shot dead near the Jewish Museum in Washington, as confirmed by US Homeland Security. A male and a female employee of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot by an unknown assailant as they exited the Capital Jewish Museum...
New Delhi: India Wednesday expelled a Pakistani official working at the Pakistan High Commission here on charges of indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the official has been given 24 hours to leave the...
Moscow: Displaced residents of Russia's Kursk region will be able to return home safely despite ongoing challenges, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said during his visit to the region. The President assured citizens who have been temporarily displaced following Ukraine's incursion into the region would...
Dhaka: Bangladesh's Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Waker-Uz-Zaman Wednesday addressed all officers at the Army Head Quarters (AHQ) in Dhaka, during which he reportedly stated that there will be no Humanitarian Corridor, nor any port allotted to any foreigners till an elected government comes...
United Nations: While the Security Council was debating maritime security and expressing concern over terrorism on the seas, Pakistan tried to bring up a river issue, the Indus water. That was in keeping with Islamabad's total obsession with matters relating to India, regardless of the...
Karachi: At least four children were killed and 38 others injured when a school bus was hit by a blast in Pakistan's Balochistan province Wednesday morning, according to media reports. The blast occurred in the Khuzdar district, the Dawn newspaper reported, quoting Khuzdar Deputy Commissioner...
London: Writer, activist and lawyer Banu Mushtaq's short story collection ‘Heart Lamp' has become the first Kannada title to win the coveted GBP 50,000 International Booker Prize in London. Mushtaq described her win as a victory for diversity as she collected the prize Tuesday night...
London: British Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced Tuesday that Britain has suspended trade negotiations with Israel over its Gaza blockade. Lammy also said the Israeli ambassador had been summoned. Earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza on Tuesday, describing...
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