International

Cape Canaveral: The two astronauts who will spend extra time at the International Space Station are Navy test pilots who have ridden out long missions before. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams have been holed up at the space station with seven others since the...

Jerusalem: Israel launched a series of intense airstrikes in southern Lebanon early Sunday in what it said was a pre-emptive strike against the Hezbollah militant group, threatening to trigger a broader regionwide war that could torpedo efforts to forge a cease-fire in Gaza. The army...

Paris: Pavel Durov, billionaire co-founder and chief executive of Telegram, was arrested at the Bourget airport outside Paris on Saturday evening for alleged offences related to the popular messaging app, media reports said, citing police officials Durov was travelling aboard his private jet, TF1 TV...

Beijing: From its decades-old doctrine of winning local wars, China's military is shifting its focus to winning wars against “strong enemies and opponents,” a top defence official has said, amidst the mounting challenges Beijing faces on multiple fronts, including from the US. President Xi Jinping...

Kyiv: Russia and Ukraine exchanged drone, missile and artillery attacks Saturday as Kyiv marked its third Independence Day since Moscow's full-scale invasion. A woman was killed and a man wounded when Russian forces shelled the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, the capital of the partially...

Kathmandu: The post-mortem of the 27 Indian pilgrims who were killed in the tragic bus accident in Nepal was underway in a hospital in the Bagmati province Saturday, a senior official said, ahead of the transportation of the bodies to Maharashtra. At least 27 Indian...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy has arrested 11 more Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in the country's territorial waters, taking the total number of arrests this year to 333, according to an official release. Friday, 11 Indian fishermen were arrested, and their trawler seized off...

Cairo: At least three dozen Palestinians were killed in multiple Israeli strikes in the southern Gaza Strip, officials said Saturday, even as preparations moved ahead for high-level cease-fire talks in the Egyptian capital. Among the dead were 11 members of the same family, including two...

Beijing: Torrential rains have left 11 people dead and 14 others missing in the city of Huludao, China's Liaoning Province. The heavy rainfall caused extremely severe damage in Huludao, particularly in the city's Jianchang County and Suizhong County. Roads, power lines, communication networks, houses, and...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Friday said he looks forward to visiting India as it can be a "key" in the global diplomatic efforts to end the war between his country and Russia. Zeleskyy's comments came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on his first trip...