International

Brussels: NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte warned Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “wipe Ukraine off the map” and could come after other parts of Europe next, as he urged Europeans to press their governments to ramp up defense spending. “It is time...

Garda Serai (Afghanistan): Thousands of people attended the funeral Thursday of a Taliban minister killed in a Kabul suicide bombing claimed by the Islamic State group. The funeral for Khalil Haqqani, the minister for refugees and repatriation, was held in eastern Afghanistan's Paktia province. The...

Seoul: South Korea's National Assembly voted Thursday to impeach the national police chief and the justice minister over their enforcement of martial law last week. The opposition-controlled assembly plans to submit a second impeachment motion against President Yoon Suk Yeol later in the day after...

Riyadh: Following the official announcement of Saudi Arabia as the host country for the FIFA World Cup 2034, celebrations kicked off with spectacular events worldwide, including vibrant flash mobs at London's Piccadilly Circus and Dubai Mall's iconic fountain. Moreover, Saudi will be the first country...

London: Indian film The Kumbaya Story has bagged a trophy at the 13th tve Global Sustainability Film Awards (GSFA) held at the iconic BAFTA here. Produced by the Kumbaya Producer Co. Ltd, the movie clinched the award in the Transforming Society Short Film category at...

London: A 32-year-old Indian student has died in a road accident in eastern England's Leicestershire while four other people were hospitalised with serious injuries, according to police. Chiranjeevi Panguluri died on the spot as a passenger in a car that ended up in a ditch...

Beirut: An Israeli airstrike targeted a neighbourhood in the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon killing three people, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. Earlier Wednesday, three others were killed and one more injured in Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khiam and the villages...

Canberra: Australia's unemployment rate fell in November, defying the expectations of economists, official data has revealed. According to monthly labour force figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Thursday, the official unemployment rate was 3.9 per cent in November, down from 4.1 per...

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the recent events in Syria, including the fall of its government, were part of a joint plan by the United States and Israel. “There should be no doubt that what has happened in Syria is the result...

Beijing: The “successful” meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Russia in October “signified a new beginning” of India-China relations, a senior minister of the ruling CPC has said. Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party...