International

Kolkata: The West Bengal CID arrested one person from the state's Bongaon area in North 24 Parganas district for his alleged involvement in the "murder" of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim Anar, an officer said Friday. The man, a butcher by profession, has admitted during interrogation...

Hanoi: An overnight fire in an apartment building on a narrow alley in Vietnam's capital killed 14 people and injured six others, state media said Friday. The apartment building in central Hanoi could only be accessed through an alley just 2 metres (6.5 feet) wide,...

Kolkata: After procuring some crucial clues, a team of officials from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of West Bengal Police probing the mysterious death of Bangladesh MP Anwarul Azim, has reached Dhaka. Sources said some crucial information was accessed by the investigation officials after the...

Frankfurt (Germany): The US sought to build support for squeezing more money for Ukraine out of frozen Russian assets and for uniting against China's aggressive trade practices as finance ministers from the Group of Seven rich democracies opened a two-day meeting Friday on the shores...

Seoul: South Korea Friday imposed independent sanctions on seven North Koreans and two Russian vessels for engaging in illicit weapons and fuel trade with Russia and other activities in violation of UN sanctions. The latest move came as South Korea seeks to step up efforts...

United Nations: India has abstained on a UN General Assembly resolution to create an annual day to commemorate the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica during the civil war that followed the break-up of Yugoslavia. The resolution sponsored by Germany and Rwanda was carried Thursday with only...

Melbourne: More than 100 people are estimated to have been killed in a landslide in remote Papua New Guinea Friday, Australian Broadcasting Corp reported. The landslide reportedly hit Kaokalam Village in Enga Province, about 600 kilometers (370 miles) northwest of the South Pacific island nation's...

Islamabad: A grand opposition alliance is in the making in Pakistan which plans to ‘topple’ the coalition government of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif by holding massive rallies, protest sit-ins and forming a combined joint resistance. The current government, formed after the February 8 elections, has...

Moscow: A deputy chief of the Russian military general staff has been arrested on charges of large-scale bribery, Russian news reports said Thursday, the latest in a series of bribery arrests of high-ranking military officials. The arrest of Lt Gen Vadim Shamarin followed the arrest...

Dubai: Iran Thursday prepared to inter its late president at the holiest site for Shiite Muslims in the Islamic Republic, a final sign of respect for a protégé of Iran's supreme leader killed in a helicopter crash earlier this week. President Ebrahim Raisi's burial at...