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Islamabad: Members of Pakistan's national and provincial assemblies Saturday voted in the Presidential elections in which Asif Ali Zardari is set to be elected for a second time. Zardari, the 68-year-old joint candidate of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N),...

Dubai: An attack by Yemen's Houthi rebels set off explosions ahead of a Singapore-flagged vessel in the Gulf of Aden, authorities said, the latest in a campaign of assaults by the Iranian-backed group over Israel's war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The attack Friday...

Dhaka: Curbing trans-border crimes, human trafficking, and enhanced joint-patrolling were some of the issues discussed at the 54th India-Bangladesh Director General-level border coordination conference from March 5-9 in Dhaka. While the Indian delegation was led by Nitin Agrawal, Director General of Border Security Force (BSF),...

Islamabad: Polling to elect 14 president of Pakistan is underway at Sindh provincial Assembly Saturday. The polling which began at 10 a.m. will conclude at 4 p.m, Dawn news reported. For the office of President, Asif Ali Zardari, the joint candidate of PPP and the...

Seoul: Seven people went missing after a fishing boat capsized off the southern coastal city of Tongyeong in South Korea Saturday, the Coast Guard said. Two South Koreans and seven Indonesians were aboard the 29-ton vessel when it overturned in waters 68 kilometers south of...

Tokyo: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday called on Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and apprised him of the progress made by the two countries in the just-concluded Foreign Ministers Strategic Dialogue. Jaishankar, who is on a visit to Japan from March 6-8 Thursday co-chaired...

Mumbai: The NPCI Friday announced that Unified Payment Interface (UPI) is now live in neighbouring Nepal. UPI users can scan QR codes to make payments to Nepalese merchants, an official statement said. This follows a tie-up between the National Payments Corporation of India International Payments...

Tokyo: Exuding confidence that India will have a stable government for 15 years, even longer, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said Friday that long-term political stability is essential for good governance. His remarks at the Nikkei Forum on India-Japan Special Strategic Partnership in Tokyo came...

Washington: US President Joe Biden launched a scathing attack against his November presidential election rival Donald Trump, mentioning the 2021 Capitol riot, and said he will not bow down to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. In his State of the Union address, Joe Biden denounced...

Washington: The US is standing up against China's unfair economic practice, standing up for peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and revitalising its partnership with allies like India, US President Joe Biden has said. In his last State of the Union address before the...