International

Jerusalem: The Israeli military has instructed residents in dozens of northern communities to stay near shelters and avoid non-essential outdoor activities due to possible "retaliation" from Hezbollah. Thousands of pagers and handheld radios used by Hezbollah members exploded across Lebanon Tuesday and Wednesday. Lebanese Health...

Bhubaneswar: A team of officials, representing Government of Bhutan recently visited Basuaghai Wealth Centre here, managed by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC). The six-member high-level delegation from Bhutan attended the orientation by Odisha Urban Academy. Later, the team visited the wealth centre and different facilities such...

Beirut: Israel and Hezbollah exchanged strikes along the border Thursday as the militant group's leader Hassan Nasrallah vowed retaliation for attacks on the group's devices. He said Israel targeted thousands of pagers and detonated them at the same time crossing a “red line". In his...

Beirut: The leader of Hezbollah said Thursday that the mass bombing attack in Lebanon on the group's communications devices was a ‘severe blow’ and said Israel had crossed a 'red line.' But he vowed the group would emerge stronger and continue its daily strikes into...

New York: Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has filed a civil lawsuit against the Government of India and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, with a US court issuing summons in the case. In New Delhi, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Thursday described as completely "unwarranted and...

Tehran: The Iranian ambassador to Lebanon, who was injured in the exploding device attacks this week, has been transferred to Tehran, the Iranian Embassy said Thursday. Ambassador Mojtaba Amani's general health is “very good," the embassy said in a statement. Amani along with some 90...

Beirut: The latest death toll raises the number of people killed by exploding devices to 37 since Tuesday, while the number of injured is above 3,000, Lebanese authorities said. Many of those killed and wounded were members of the militant Hezbollah group. Lebanon's health minister...

Ankara: Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan has described the waves of exploding communication devices as a strategy by Israel to expand the war in Gaza to Lebanon. Fidan, in an interview with the state-run Anadolu Agency Thursday, also voiced concerns over a wider regional conflict....

Hezbollah launched new strikes into northern Israel Thursday, continuing its exchanges with Israeli forces, heightening fears of a larger conflict since their 2006 war. This escalation follows explosions in Lebanon that killed 32 and injured over 3,000. Hezbollah signalled it would maintain near-daily attacks, showing...

Beirut: Hezbollah fired a new barrage into northern Israel Thursday, continuing its drumbeat of exchanges with the Israeli military as fears of a greater war rise after hundreds of electronic devices exploded in Lebanon, killing at least 32 people and wounding more than 3,000 others....