International

Male: Ahead of the March 10 deadline for the withdrawal of Indian military personnel in the Maldives, an Indian civilian team has reached here to take charge of one of the three aviation platforms in the island nation, local media reports said Wednesday. “The civilian...

Tel Aviv: A senior aid official of a UN body has warned that a quarter of the population of the war-trodden Gaza is one step away from an imminent famine. According to reports available from the United Nations' aid agencies in Gaza, Rajesh Rajasingham, director...

Washington: Incumbent US President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump won their respective parties' Michigan's presidential primaries Tuesday, and the two candidates continue marching toward a likely rematch in the November 2024 race for the White House. Trump easily defeated his main rival, Indian-American...

Los Angeles: Actress Hunter Schafer, who is known for her work in the drama streaming series ‘Euphoria’, was taken into police custody for storming 30 Rock during the taping of US President Joe Biden's ‘Late Night’ appearance. The cops and sources said that she was...

Tokyo: Japan Wednesday started the fourth round of release of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean. Despite opposition from local fishermen, residents as well as backlash from the international community, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the plant's...

Bamako: Thirty-one people were killed and 10 others injured when a bus fell off a bridge in Mali. As per Transport ministry, the incident occurred around 5:00 p.m. local time (1700 GMT)  Tuesday on the bridge crossing the Bagoe river, the ministry said in a...

New Delhi: The conflict in Gaza is of "great concern" and the humanitarian crises arising out of it require a sustainable solution that gives immediate relief to those most affected, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Tuesday while calling for reforms of "outdated" global structures...

Brussels: NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told The Associated Press that the military alliance has no plans to send combat troops into Ukraine amid reports that some Western countries may be considering putting boots on the ground in the war-ravaged country. Stoltenberg said that “NATO allies...

Islamabad: An accountability court in Pakistan Tuesday indicted jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the 190 million pounds Al Qadir corruption case. Judge Nasir Javed Rana conducted the hearing at Rawalpindi's high-security Adiala jail where the 72-year-old Pakistan-Tehreek-Insaf founder...

Moscow: A Moscow court Tuesday sentenced a veteran human rights advocate who spoke out against the war in Ukraine to two years and six months in prison. He was taken directly into custody from the courtroom. Oleg Orlov, 70, was convicted of “repeatedly discrediting” the...