International

Rio De Janeiro: Massive floods in Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities said Sunday. At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains...

Washington: A driver died after a vehicle crashed into a gate at the White House Saturday night, but the fatal collision is being investigated “only as a traffic crash” and there was no threat to the president's residence, law enforcement authorities said. The male driver,...

Paris: Chinese President Xi Jinping kicked off a three-country trip to Europe Sunday with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing's growing power and the US-China rivalry. European carmakers are losing ground to subsidised Chinese electric vehicles. Diplomats fret about alleged Chinese spies...

Washington: Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said that the Indian market has “unexplored” opportunities which his conglomerate holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, would like to explore “in the future". Buffett's remarks came at Berkshire's annual meeting Friday when Rajeev Agarwal of DoorDarshi Advisors, a US-based hedge fund...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday announced that his government has decided to close Al Jazeera channel's operations in the country. "The government headed by me unanimously decided: the incitement channel Al Jazeera will be closed in Israel," Netanyahu posted on X, thanking his...

Toronto: Canada is a ‘rule-of-law country’ with a strong and independent justice system and a fundamental commitment to protect its citizens, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said, a day after three Indian nationals were charged with the murder of Khalistan separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar. Nijjar,...

United Nations: Invoking global peace icon Mahatma Gandhi's message on freedom of the press, UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis called on member states to reaffirm their commitment to protecting journalists and media workers worldwide. In a post on X on World Press Freedom Day,...

United Nations: A UN spokesperson has declined to comment on US President Joe Biden calling India, China, Russia and Japan “xenophobic”, but stressed that all member states should continue to uphold the basic standards in the UN human rights covenants. “I wouldn't comment on what...

Kyiv: Russian air defence systems destroyed four US-supplied long-range ATACMS missiles fired at the Crimean Peninsula by Ukrainian forces, the Russian Defence Ministry said Saturday morning. The scope and impact of the attack on Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Moscow in 2014, was initially...

Kyiv: Multiple fires have broken out in the north-eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv following Russian missile and drone attacks overnight, authorities said Saturday. The largest blaze erupted on a warehouse premise and spanned an area of about 3,000 square metres, the State Emergency Service of...