International

Gaza: At least 86 Palestinians, including 23 children, were killed in Gaza following Wednesday's announcement of the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, the Palestinian Civil Defence said, amid ongoing Israeli attacks on the strip. Of the total deaths, 73 were reported in the Gaza City in the...

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were convicted in the £190m Al-Qadir University Project Trust case Friday. Imran Khan was sentenced to 14 years in prison, while Bushra Bibi received a seven-year jail term. Judge Nasir Javed Rana delivered...

New Delhi: Chandra Arya, India-origin Member of Parliament for Nepean, has officially entered the race for Prime Minister of Canada after filing nomination and addressing the House in Kannada. Arya, a native of Tumkur district in Karnataka, did his MBA from Dharwad before moving to...

Los Angeles: The fierce wildfires across the Los Angeles area in Southern California of the US have killed at least 27 people and destroyed more than 12,300 structures in more than a week, local authorities confirmed. Firefighters continued to make progress Thursday against two major...

Beijing: China successfully launched a Pakistani satellite into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center Friday. The satellite, named PRSC-EO1, was launched at 12:07 p.m. (Beijing Time) by a Long March-2D carrier rocket and entered its planned orbit successfully, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed Friday that a deal has been reached to release hostages held in Gaza and to implement a ceasefire, following intense negotiations between Israeli and Hamas teams in Qatar, Israeli media reported. The Times of Israel quoted a statement...

Bhubaneswar: Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam will arrive in Capital Friday for a two-day visit, marking his government’s interest in fostering projects and collaborations in Odisha. The visit, scheduled for January 17 to 18, is significant as Singapore is the first country partner of the Utkarsh...

Seoul: The South Korean Constitutional Court said Thursday that it has rejected President Yoon Suk Yeol's request to postpone a hearing on his impeachment scheduled for later in the day. The second formal hearing of the impeachment trial is scheduled later in the day, but...

New Delhi: India Thursday welcomed the ceasefire agreement in Gaza and the decision for the release of hostages between Israel and Hamas. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) expressed hope that this development would pave the way for safe and sustained humanitarian assistance to Gaza....

Washington: Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio US Senate seat that was vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance, two people with direct knowledge of the biotech entrepreneur's wishes told The Associated Press. The 39-year-old from Cincinnati had been weighing...