International

Tel Aviv: The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) Tuesday announced that the head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ's) Rocket and Missile Unit in Rafah was eliminated in an intelligence-based strike. The eliminated militant, identified as Ahmed Aish Salame al-Hashash, was leading the PIJ's rocket and missile...

Canberra: Australia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have reached a deal on a free trade agreement. Don Farrell, Australia's Minister for Trade and Tourism, Tuesday announced that negotiations on the Australia-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement have concluded, Xinhua news agency reported. He said at...

Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank has assured Pakistan it will provide USD 2 billion annually in new loans to the cash-strapped country amid the government's inability to get cheaper credit due to its worsened ratings, according to a media report Tuesday. The assurance was given...

New Delhi: Indian and the US officials held the US-India 2+2 Intersessional Dialogue and discussions covered bilateral strategic and defence priorities as well as regional and global issues, an official statement said. The officials of the Ministry of External Affairs and Defence and the US...

New York: Social media giant Meta announced that it has banned Russian state media broadcaster RT and other Kremlin-controlled networks over the alleged "foreign interference activity." Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has alleged that the outlets were involved in deceptive influence operations and tried...

Washington: Former US president Donald Trump is safe after he escaped an apparent assassination attempt while he was golfing on his course in Florida, a second bid on his life in two months. The incident took place Sunday at the Trump International Golf Club in...

Jerusalem: Palestinian officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed 16 people in the Gaza Strip, including five women and four children. A strike early Monday flattened a home in the built-up Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, killing at least 10 people, including four women and...

Dubai: The Taliban have suspended polio vaccination campaigns in Afghanistan, the UN said Monday. Afghanistan is one of two countries in which the spread of the potentially fatal, paralysing disease has never been stopped. The other is Pakistan. News of the suspension was relayed to...

Dhaka: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said it will help the Bangladeshi interim government's efforts for vital structural reforms in the country. The Manila-based lender expressed its eagerness to help the crisis-ridden South Asian economy, as a senior ADB delegation, led by its South Asia...

Washington: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Sunday that it was investigating an incident at former US President Donald Trump's golf course in Florida as an "attempt assassination" on him. A man was in custody and found an AK-47 style rifle, two backpacks filled...