International

United Nations: India Wednesday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution that demanded that Israel bring an end, "without delay", to its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory within 12 months. The 193-member General Assembly adopted the resolution, with 124 nations voting...

United Nations: The UN General Assembly strongly supported a nonbinding Palestinian resolution Wednesday demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in Gaza and the occupied West Bank within a year. The vote in the 193-member world body was 124-14, with 43 abstentions. Israel's UN Ambassador,...

Beirut: Three Hezbollah members were killed evening in an Israeli airstrike on a village in southern Lebanon, according to Lebanese military sources. The military sources, who spoke anonymously, told Xinhua news agency Tuesday that an Israeli warplane fired two air-to-ground missiles at a house in...

Taipei: Taiwanese company Gold Apollo said Wednesday that it authorised its brand on the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria but that another company based in Budapest manufactured them. The pagers were manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT, based in Hungary's capital, according to a...

Washington/New York: Former president Donald Trump slammed India as an 'abuser' on the issue of import tariffs, he described Modi as a 'fantastic man'. Speaking Tuesday at his first public appearance following the recent apparent assassination attempt, the Republican presidential candidate said PM Modi will...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government has granted magisterial powers to the Army for two months to improve law and order in the country and prevent "subversive acts". The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification on the government's decision Tuesday, saying it will be applicable with...

New York: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says that he got "a very nice call" from his Democratic adversary Kamala Harris Tuesday following the second assassination attempt. "Today, a little while ago, I got a very nice call from Kamala," he said Tuesday, mispronouncing her...

Washington/New Delhi: US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has said at a campaign event that he will meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi next week, media reports said. Trump announced the meeting while addressing the people in Flint, Michigan, while he was speaking about US...

Bhubaneswar: The Odia diaspora, Nuakhai Paribar UAE, recently celebrated the 10th edition of Nuakhai Bhetghat at SEE Institute in Dubai. In the largest Nuakhai celebration held outside India, Odias from across the UAE gathered in large numbers at the institute hall mirroring a microcosm of...

Beirut: Dozens of people were wounded in Beirut's suburbs after their handheld pagers exploded Tuesday, Lebanese state media and security officials said. A senior military intelligence official and an official with a Lebanese group with knowledge of the situation, both of whom spoke on condition...