International

Washington: Republicans rallied behind former US president Donald Trump who Thursday was convicted of a felony as a grand jury in New York found him guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records. This made him the first former president to be convicted of a...

Colombo: Sri Lanka has urged Russia to immediately stop sending Lankan ex-military personnel, now serving as mercenaries in the war against Ukraine, to the warzone. State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said Thursday that the Lankan government has made an official request in this...

Kyiv: Russia conducted an array of aerial attacks on Ukraine with cruise missiles, drones and ballistic missiles, Ukraine's air force said Thursday, while the chief of the army said Russia is increasing its troop concentration in the Kharkiv region where Moscow's forces have made significant...

Male: India is supporting 65 community development projects worth $23 million in the Maldives and steady progress has been achieved in implementing them, the Indian mission said here Thursday. Of the 47 High Impact Community Development Projects in Maldives under grant aid by the Government...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's government had not discussed at any point the postponement of the presidential election which will be held on schedule this year, Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena said, dismissing as “irresponsible” a controversial proposal by President Ranil Wickremesinghe's party to postpone both presidential and...

Tel Aviv: The Israeli military has said that it has taken operational control of the entire route along the Gaza-Egypt border, known as the Philadelphi area, and discovered 20 tunnels that were used for cross-border smuggling. This was announced by the spokesperson of the Israel...

Dhaka: The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors has approved two projects totalling $700 million to provide basic services and build disaster and social resilience for both the host communities and the displaced Rohingya population in Bangladesh. The 350-million-dollar Inclusive Services and Opportunities for Host...

Islamabad: A group of militants used kerosene to set fire to a girls' school in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, destroying furniture, computers and books, police said Wednesday, in the latest in a surge in such attacks. No one was hurt in the overnight attack...

New Delhi: Prominent Indian celebrities, including Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Alia Bhatt and Kareena Kapoor Khan, have shown solidarity with Palestine after an Israeli airstrike on a camp in Rafah killed 45 people. Israel has faced condemnation for the strikes on the southern Gaza city of...

Islamabad: A Pakistan court Wednesday did not announce its verdict on the appeals against the conviction of jailed former premier Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the illegal marriage case after the judge recused himself. Khan, 71, and Bibi, 49, were sentenced to...