International

United Nations: To combat sexual violence in conflict situations, India has advocated a multifaceted approach that includes “gender-responsive arms control” that prevents the proliferation of weapons. “Demilitarisation, intertwined with disarmament, calls for gender-responsive arms control” (and) “this approach recognises the role of weapon proliferation in...

Washington: US President Joe Biden is set to sign a historic bill regarding a huge foreign aid package Wednesday, that will also ban TikTok in the country if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stake within a year. The US Senate passed the bill...

London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Tuesday welcomed the passage of his government's controversial Safety of Rwanda Bill by Parliament overnight and pledged that nothing will stand in the way of illegal migrants being flown out to the African country. A day after he revealed...

Islamabad: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistan Army Chief General Asim Munir discussed regional peace, stability and border security, months after the two neighbours carried out tit-for-tat air strikes against alleged terrorist hideouts on rival lands. Gen Munir called on Raisi, the first head of...

Kuala Lumpur: Ten people were killed following a mid-air collision involving two Malaysian military helicopters Tuesday morning in Perak state, the country's Navy said. The incident occurred at 9:32am local time over the Lumut Royal Malaysian Navy base while undergoing a flypast rehearsal, the Royal...

Jerusalem: Lebanese armed group Hezbollah launched about 35 rockets toward northern Israel while Israel carried out airstrikes in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said in a statement. The rockets triggered air raid sirens in the city of Safed and other communities in northern Israel, but...

New York: Donald Trump "orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt” the 2016 presidential election, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of the former president's historic hush money trial. The opening statements marked the first time that prosecutors have presented a criminal case against...

Tel Aviv: The head of Israel's military intelligence directorate resigned Monday over the failures surrounding Hamas' unprecedented October 7 attack, the military said, becoming the first senior figure to step down over his role in the deadliest assault in Israel's history. Maj. Gen. Aharon Haliva's...

Hyderabad: Two students from Telangana studying in the United States died in a road accident in the US state of Arizona. Nivesh Mukka and Goutham Kumar Parsi, both 19 years old, were killed when a car in which they were travelling collided head-on with another...

London: Wet wipes containing plastic are set to be banned from sale in the UK under legislation expected to be confirmed Monday. UK Environment Secretary Steve Barclay is expected to announce plans to introduce legislation before the summer recess in July following a long-running campaign...