International

Islamabad: Pakistan has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation heads of government meeting being organised here in October, the Foreign Office Spokesperson said here Thursday. During a weekly press briefing, the Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said that invitations have...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military says it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank, including a well-known local commander. There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation Thursday of the death of Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, a commander in...

Colombo: Indian High Commissioner Santosh Jha Thursday handed over the first payment for the hybrid power projects on three Sri Lankan islands off northern Jaffna that are being implemented under Indian grant assistance of $11 million. The projects to install a hybrid renewable energy system...

Beijing: A top Chinese military officer, in a rare meeting with a visiting American official, demanded Thursday that the United States stop ‘collusion’ with Taiwan, the self-governing island that China says must come under its rule. General Zhang Youxia, one of two vice chairs of...

Tokyo: A powerful storm, Shanshan, has landed in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Thursday. The 10th typhoon of the year, classified as "very strong", is moving northward near Satsumasendai city at about 15 kilometres per hour, reports...

Dhaka: Former Bangladesh speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury and ex-commerce minister Tipu Munshi have been arrested over the killing of a goldsmith during the recent quota reform protests that led to the ouster of the Sheikh Hasina-led government, media reports said Thursday. Munshi, 74, was arrested...

Paris: Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of the encrypted messaging service Telegram, was released after paying a five-million-euro (about $5.6 million) bail, but he is required to report to the police twice a week, Paris Public Prosecutor Laure Beccuau said. Durov is officially placed...

Bhubaneswar: Assistant Executive Director for Programme and Policy Development at the World Food Programme Valerie N Guarnieri called on Deputy Chief Minister KV Singh Deo, during her ongoing visit to the state to discuss current and future partnerships. WFP’s Assistant Executive Director, based in Rome,...

Washington: The US Surgeon General Wednesday issued a public health advisory about the impact of modern stresses on parents’ mental health, calling on government, businesses and community organizations to increase resources to provide them more support. The advisory issued by Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who...

Al Faraa Refugee Camp (West Bank): Israel launched a large-scale military operation in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, with its forces killing at least nine Palestinians and sealing off the volatile city of Jenin, according to Palestinian officials. Israel has carried out near-daily raids...