International

San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has been accused of having sexual relationships with two of his employees, including an intern, and approaching another worker to have his babies, a media report revealed Wednesday. According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk in his...

Dubai/Kuwait City: A massive fire engulfed a multi-storey building in Kuwait housing foreign workers, mostly Indians, early Wednesday, killing at least 49 people and injuring more than 50 others, according to officials. Most deaths were due to smoke inhalation while residents were sleeping, and a...

Seoul: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck near the southwestern county of Buan in South Korea Wednesday, the weather agency said. The quake struck 4 kilometres south-southwest of North Jeolla county, 204 km south of Seoul, at 8:26am at an estimated depth of 8 km, according...

Copenhagen: In her first interview since a man attacked her last week, Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that she is still in the process of fully recovering. "I'm not quite myself yet," Frederiksen told broadcaster DR Tuesday. Frederiksen said she is mainly working from...

Blantyre: Malawi's vice president and nine others were killed in a plane crash, the country's president said Tuesday. The wreckage of the military plane carrying Vice President Saulos Chilima was located in a mountainous area in the north of the country after a search that...

Islamabad: The World Bank has approved an additional loan of $1 billion for cash-strapped Pakistan to support the China-backed Dasu hydropower project in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. According to a report in the Express Tribune newspaper, this constitutes the third major financing by the...

United Nations: The UN Security Council Monday overwhelmingly approved its first resolution endorsing a cease-fire plan aimed at ending the eight-month war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza. The US-sponsored resolution welcomes a cease-fire proposal announced by President Joe Biden that the United States says...

Rome: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's far-right party has strengthened its hand with a strong showing in the European Parliament elections which ended two days ago. However, Italy's main opposition party also gained ground. Meloni's Brothers of Italy gained 28.8 per cent of votes, earning...

Islamabad: Pakistan has approved an ambitious national development plan worth Rs 3.79 trillion (USD 13.6 billion) for the next fiscal year as authorities in the cash-strapped country try to use expansionary public investment to boost growth. The decision, taken at the high-level meeting of the...

Moscow: India Monday wholeheartedly welcomed Egypt, Iran, UAE, Saudi Arabia and Ethiopia joining the BRICS as their representatives attended for the first time a key meeting of the grouping hosted by Russia. Senior diplomat Dammu Ravi led the Indian delegation at the BRICS Foreign Ministers'...