International

Nouakchott: Mauritanian coast guards recovered the bodies of 89 illegal migrants near N'Diago, southwestern Mauritania, local media has reported. The migrants were aboard a large traditional fishing boat that was stranded off the Atlantic Ocean, four kilometres from the town of N'Diago, Xinhua news agency...

Dhaka: Indian Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi has met with the newly-appointed army chief of Bangladesh General Waker-Uz-Zaman, and discussed the robust bilateral ties and explored new avenues for cooperation between the two armed forces. Admiral Tripathi began a five-day visit to Bangladesh June...

New Delhi: India and the United Kingdom have agreed to deepen cooperation between their cyber agencies in order to build a safe and robust cyberspace, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Thursday. The Sixth Cyber Dialogue between the two sides was held in New...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay a visit to Russia from July 8 to 9 to hold the 22nd India-Russia annual summit that will review the entire range of multifaceted ties between the two countries, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Thursday....

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar Thursday met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in the Kazakhstan capital Astana, and said that the "Line of Actual Control (LAC) must be respected and peace and tranquillity in the border areas be always enforced". The two met...

Sao Paulo: At least 180 people have died from weeks of record flooding in southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state and 32 people remain missing, said the civil defence agency. Torrential rains began April 29 and continued for days, inundating cities across the state....

New Delhi: The Labour Party is expected to form the new government in the UK after 14 years of Conservative rule as the country goes to polls Thursday. As per the British media reports, most of the poll predictions have projected over 400 seats for...

Dhaka: Devastating floods have left large swaths of land in Bangladesh's northeastern Sylhet division underwater, marking the third wave of flooding in less than a month in the region. More than 1 million people in the northeastern Bangladesh districts including Sylhet and nearby Sunamganj and...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday sent a condolence message to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the stampede in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras district. "Esteemed Mrs President, Esteemed Mr Prime Minister, kindly accept the most sincere condolences over the tragic accident in...

Vientiane: Seven people were killed and 43 others injured in unexploded ordnance (UXO)-related accidents during past six months, with most of the accidents occurring while children were playing with these devices or farmers were digging. From January to June, over 33,500 UXO devices have been...