International

Moscow: Russia issued a permanent entry ban on 99 Canadian citizens as a countermeasure, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. "Russia imposes a permanent entry ban on 99 Canadian citizens, who are involved in the elaboration and implementation of Ottawa's anti-Russia policies, as a countermeasure," the...

Beijing: A powerful Chinese rocket crashed after an "accidental launch” during a ground test Sunday due to a structural failure, a private company responsible for the rocket said. Space Pioneer, also known as Beijing Tianbing Technology, said in a statement that the Tianlong-3 rocket was...

Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monday announced that it has now joined Project Nexus with the four ASEAN countries to create a platform to facilitate instantaneous cross-border retail payments. Nexus, conceptualised by the Innovation Hub of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), aims to...

Colombo: Sri Lanka has voiced its concern to India over the death of a naval sailor who was killed in a recent operation to seize an Indian trawler allegedly engaged in illegal fishing in the island nation's territorial waters. The Sri Lankan High Commissioner in...

Tirana: Renowned Albanian novelist Ismail Kadare has died after being rushed to a hospital in Tirana, his publishing editor said Monday. He was 88. Kadare has long been mentioned as a possible contender for the Nobel Literature Prize. Onufri Publishing House editor Bujar Hudhri said...

Mumbai: Oscar and Grammy award-winning composer A. R. Rahman’s documentary 'Headhunting to Beatboxing', which is directed by Rohit Gupta, is set to have its world premiere at the Indian Film festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024 in Australia. Speaking about the film’s premiere at the festival,...

Kyiv: Explosions were heard in Kyiv, Ukraine's capital amid Russian missile attacks, a local official and media outlets reported. The air defence was operating near the capital, and the debris from the destroyed missile hit an apartment block in Kyiv's northern Obolonskyi district, said the...

Seoul: North Korea fired two ballistic missiles in an eastward direction Monday, South Korea's military said, after warning of countermeasures against a joint military exercise held by South Korea, the US and Japan. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said one short-range ballistic missile was...

Doha: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday met Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani in Doha and reviewed bilateral relationship, with a focus on political, trade, investment, energy, technology, culture and people-to-people ties. Jaishankar, who arrived here on a day-long visit,...

New Delhi: Navy chief Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi began a five-day visit to Bangladesh Sunday with an aim to further consolidate the bilateral defence engagement and explore new avenues of cooperation in the maritime domain. The trip comes more than a week after Bangladeshi Prime...