International

Moscow: In his first trip since the start of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday began a two-day high-profile visit to Russia to hold summit talks with President Vladimir Putin with a focus on boosting bilateral ties in areas of energy, trade...

Lahore: Former Pakistan foreign minister and a close aide of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, Shah Mahmood Qureshi was Monday transferred from the Adiala jail in Rawalpindi to Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail and is set to be produced before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in...

London: The ascension of the Labour government has injected rare impetus into Britain's capital market. On Friday, the first day of the newly-elected Labour government, the domestically-focused FTSE 250 index rose by 0.86 per cent and the country's 10-year bond yield dipped by 0.8 percentage...

Seoul: South Korea's antitrust regulator is expected to take punitive steps against Google regarding allegations that it has unfairly bundled YouTube's music service with its premium subscription programme, officials said Monday. The tech giant was accused of providing the YouTube Music streaming service to users...

Jakarta: A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorised gold mining operation on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people, officials said Monday. Nineteen others were reported missing. About 35 villagers were digging for grains of gold Sunday in a pit at...

New Delhi: India seeks to play a supportive role for a peaceful and stable region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday as he embarked on a high-profile visit to Russia to hold summit talks with President Vladimir Putin amid the conflict in Ukraine. It is...

Paris: Voting was underway in France Sunday in pivotal runoff elections that could hand a historic victory to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and its inward-looking, anti-immigrant vision — or produce a hung parliament and political deadlock. The snap legislative elections in this nuclear-armed...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron voted in high-stakes legislative elections Sunday that could force him to share power with the rising far right. Macron called the surprise vote after the anti-immigration, nationalist National Rally made huge gains in the June 9 European elections, taking a...

New Delhi: With the new government taking charge in Britain, senior officials of India and the UK will hold the next round of talks this month for the proposed free trade agreement to resolve the pending issues and close the negotiations, an official said. The...

New Delhi: Ahead of his visit to Austria, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Sunday the shared values of democracy, freedom and the rule of law form the bedrock upon which the two countries will build an ever-closer partnership. Modi's remark came a day after Austrian...