International

Beirut: The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah this week struck a military post in northern Israel using a drone that fired two missiles. The attack wounded three soldiers, one of them seriously, according to the Israeli military. Hezbollah has regularly fired missiles across the border with...

Moscow: Russian authorities Friday reported more than 100 Ukrainian drone attacks, causing at least one fatality and damage in various regions. The Krasnodar region in the south of Russia and the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine were badly affected in particular. In Belgorod,...

United Nations: Indian economy's growth rate projection for this year has been raised by 0.7 per cent to 6.9 per cent from the forecast made in January by the UN and it retains its position as the world's fastest-growing large economy. The better outlook is...

Houston: Up to 2,000 gallons of oil may have spilt into the Gulf of Mexico after a bunker barge struck a bridge in the island city of Galveston, eastern Texas, the US Coast Guard estimated. The source of the leakage from the barge has been...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday condemned the attack on Slovakia's PM Robert Fico, calling it a "cowardly and dastardly act". The Slovakian Prime Minister was critically injured in an assassination attempt Wednesday. Expressing shock over the attack, PM Modi posted on his X...

Banska Bystrica: Slovak politicians have called for calm in the Central European country after Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times by a would-be assassin Wednesday, a rare instance of political violence that came as a shock despite deep political polarisation. Fico was in...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin Thursday said ties between the two countries have become a stabilising factor for the world and a fine example for other countries, as the two leaders met here amidst mounting pressure over Beijing to...

Bratislava: Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt Wednesday, has regained consciousness after an operation lasting several hours, local media has reported. According to local media TA3, BBC quoted Slovakian Environment Minister Tomas Taraba as saying that the Prime...

Washington: President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first June 27 hosted by CNN and the second September 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks. The...

Bratislava (Slovakia): Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was wounded in a shooting Wednesday afternoon and taken to hospital. Reports on TA3, a Slovakian TV station, said that Fico, 59, was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture...