International

Beijing: Southern China was reeling Tuesday from heavy rains that triggered landslides killing at least nine people, knocking out power for entire villages and burying crops. Meanwhile, northern parts of the country are battling drought, as the country faces two extremes of severe weather. Four...

Gangtok: Fifteen more stranded tourists were evacuated from Lachung and adjoining regions of Sikkim's landslides-hit Mangan district Tuesday, officials said. The district administration along with Border Roads Organisation (BRO), State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and other volunteers are taking the...

New York: Nikhil Gupta, who has been accused of being involved in a 'murder-for-hire' plot against a Khalistani separatist, has told a federal court here that he is not guilty. Appearing before Magistrate Judge James Cott Monday, he made the "not guilty" plea through his...

New Delhi: India is committed to further strengthen its comprehensive global strategic partnership with the US for global good, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday after meeting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan. Earlier, NSA Ajit Doval and Sullivan held wide-ranging talks focusing on the...

Melbourne: Chinese Premier Li Qiang said he agreed with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese Monday to properly manage their nations' differences as they emerge from a hostile era in which minister-to-minister contacts were banned and trade barriers cost Australian exporters up to 20 billion Australian...

New York: Nikhil Gupta, who has been accused of involvement in an alleged plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist here has been extradited to the United States and is in federal custody, according to prison records. The Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate records Sunday showed...

Tehran: Iranian Interim President Mohammad Mokhber and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have reiterated the two countries' commitment to further improving ties, according to a statement published on the website of the Iranian president's office. The two leaders made the remarks Sunday during a phone...

Obburgen (Switzerland): Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the “territorial integrity” of Ukraine to be the basis for any peace agreement to end Russia's two-year war, though some key developing nations at a Swiss conference did not join in. The joint communique capped a two-day...

New Delhi: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sunday that negotiations are currently underway regarding the sale of surplus renewable energy to India. "A feasibility study is currently being conducted on establishing a power line connection between Sri Lanka and India, with further discussions expected...

Jerusalem: The Israeli military Sunday announced a ‘tactical pause’ in its offensive in the southern Gaza Strip to allow the deliveries of increased quantities of humanitarian aid. The army said the pause would begin in the Rafah area at 8am (0500 GMT, 1am eastern) and...