International

New Delhi: The deteriorating security situation in Myanmar is "worrying" for both India and Bangladesh as it could impact regional peace and stability, Bangladesh Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud said Wednesday hours after holding talks with National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Mahmud said the issue figured...

Beijing: China opened its fifth research station in Antarctica Wednesday amid concerns over its location suited to collect signals "intelligence" from US-allied Australia and New Zealand, especially the rocket telemetry data from Australia's new Arnhem Space Centre. Chinese President Xi Jinping in a congratulatory message...

Karachi: At least 30 people were killed and more than 40 others injured Wednesday in twin blasts targeting election offices in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province, a day before the general elections in the coup-prone country. In the first incident, a powerful blast outside the office...

Male: President Mohamed Muizzu Wednesday said by bolstering the defence capabilities of the Maldives, the country will soon reach a point where there is no "foreign" military presence, weeks after he sought the withdrawal of Indian defence personnel from the archipelago nation. The statement comes...

Islamabad: Pakistanis will vote Thursday to elect a new government to rule the cash-strapped country amid a spree of violence including deadly blasts on the eve of elections in which the front-runner former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is believed to have the backing of the...

Karachi: At least 12 people were killed and several others injured in a powerful bomb blast outside the election office of an independent candidate in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a day before the general elections. The blast happened outside the office of independent candidate Asfandyar Khan...

New Delhi: India has started exporting bananas to Russia and the export volumes are planned to be increased in the future, media reports said. Russia was earlier importing bananas from Ecuador in large quantities but has now decided to stop buying the fruit from the...

Tel Aviv: Israel has confirmed the death of 31 of the 136 hostages in the custody of Hamas in Gaza. The army has informed families of those hostages about the death of their loved ones, IDF said in a statement Tuesday. The Israeli Army, Military...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has said that more than 50,000 criminals were nabbed and narcotics worth millions of rupees were seized during an ambitious operation against drugs in the island nation in 50 days. Conceptualised by Minister of Public Security Tiran Alles and overseen...

Santiago: The death toll from the forest fires affecting the region of Valparaiso in central Chile has risen to 131, the country's Legal Medical Service (SML) has reported. The agency said in a statement Tuesday that 35 of the deceased have been identified, while medical...