International

New Delhi: After spending $450 million on the Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) moon rover programme, NASA Thursday announced cancelling the mission over budget concerns. The robotic mission, slated to launch in 2025, aboard an Astrobotic Griffin lander as part of NASA's Commercial Lunar...

Beijing: At least 16 people were killed in a department store fire in Zigong City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to the local fire and rescue headquarters. China's Ministry of Emergency Management and National Fire and Rescue Administration said that a working team has been...

Milwaukee (US): US President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms”, the White House said Thursday. “Earlier today following his first event in Las Vegas, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is vaccinated and boosted and he is experiencing...

Washington: Vivek Ramaswamy, the India-descent biotech entrepreneur, has thrown his hat into the ring for the US Senate seat that will fall vacant if former President Donald Trump wins the presidential polls, taking away its current occupant JD Vance, the Republican nominee for Vice-President. “To...

Tehran: Iran has rejected accusations regarding plots to assassinate former U.S. President Donald Trump, while citing legal action for the 2020 assassination of a revered general by U.S. drone, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Wednesday. IRNA quoted Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani as saying...

Milwaukee: Making his maiden appearance before the Republican National Convention, Indian-American entrepreneur-turned-politician Vivek Ramaswamy has asked Americans to vote for former president Donald Trump to revive national pride and reignite the economy. Ramaswamy, 38, a former presidential aspirant who dropped off from the race in...

Dubai/Muscat: An Indian national was among six people killed in a rare shooting attack by Islamic State militant group near a Shia Muslim mosque in Oman's capital. The shooting Monday night near the Imam Ali Mosque also claimed the lives of one policeman and four...

Dubai/Muscat: Thirteen Indians are among the 16-member crew of a Comoros-flagged oil tanker that went missing after it capsized off the coast of Oman, the country's maritime authority said. The tanker capsized 25 nautical miles southeast of Ras Madrakah in the Wilayat of Duqm, and...

Lima: At least 26 people were killed and over a dozen injured in a passenger bus accident in the southern Peruvian region of Ayacucho, local authorities have said. The vehicle belonging to "Empresa Turismo Molina Union SAC" veered off the road and fell into a...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron accepted the Prime Minister's resignation Tuesday but kept him on as head of a caretaker government. Macron's office said in a statement that Macron “accepted” the resignation of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal and other ministers Tuesday. Attal and other government...