International

Deir Al-Balah: Israeli strikes across Gaza killed 19 people overnight, including a woman and her six children, as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken headed to the region Sunday to try to seal a cease-fire deal after months of contentious negotiations. The US and fellow...

Bangkok: Paetongtarn Shinawatra, daughter of the divisive former leader Thaksin Shinawatra, became Thailand's prime minister after receiving a royal letter of endorsement Sunday, two days after she was chosen by Parliament following a court order that removed her predecessor. She replaces another leader from the...

Gaza: A senior Hamas official has accused Israel of obstructing all efforts to finalise a Gaza ceasefire agreement. "The Israeli occupation continues to obstruct all efforts to complete any ceasefire agreement," Sami Abu Zuhri said in a press statement Saturday. Abu Zuhri also accused the...

Washington: In a huge setback to Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a US court has ruled that the Pakistani-origin Canadian businessman could be extradited to India where is wanted for his involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack carried out by Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists. “The (India US...

New Delhi: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his Independence Day address to the nation, said the country is on its way to become the third-largest economy with big reforms across sectors, Dr Gita Gopinath, Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has...

Jerusalem: The Israeli army's fighting in the Gaza Strip has ended, state media reported. Citing senior security officials,Israel's-state owned Kan TV news said that Israel can return and re-enter Gaza "when there is new intelligence," but in general the Israeli military's activity in the Palestinian...

Istanbul: A brawl broke out among Turkish lawmakers Friday during a heated debate over an opposition delegate currently jailed on what are widely considered to be politically motivated charges. Televised footage showed Ahmet Sik, a representative from the same party as the imprisoned deputy, being...

New Delhi: Muhammad Yunus, the chief adviser to the interim government in Bangladesh, called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday, assuring protection, safety and security of Hindus and all other minorities in his country. This is the first conversation between Modi and Yunus after he...

Peshawar: Pakistan's health ministry said Friday it has identified the first case of a new mpox variant that might be more easily transmitted, days after the World Health Organization declared the spread of mpox a global health emergency. The case, in a man who had...

Sao Paulo: Five people died when a twin-engine plane crashed into a farm in the Amazonian town of Apiacas in Brazil's Mato Grosso state. The victims were Arni Spiering, agri-business owner and former president of the Union Sports Club, a football club, two of his...