International

Jerusalem: Israel's evacuation orders in the Gaza Strip now cover two-thirds of the territory, or 246 square kilometres (95 square miles), United Nations humanitarian monitors said Tuesday. More than half of Gaza's population of 2.3 million people is now crammed into the town of Rafah...

Washington: Indian-American Republican Presidential candidate Nikki Haley, the lone challenger left against former US President Donald Trump, has formally requested Secret Service protection citing ‘multiple issues,’ the BBC reported. The former South Carolina Governor and United Nations ambassador discussed the request for protection in an...

Betul: India is likely to sign Tuesday a multi-billion dollar deal to extend LNG imports from Qatar till 2048 at rates that are lower than current prices, sources said. Petronet LNG Ltd will sign the deal with QatarEnergy to extend import of 7.5 million tonne...

Sanaa: The US-British coalition launched three airstrikes on Yemen's northern province of Saada before dawn Tuesday, media reported. The strikes targetted sites in the eastern part of the province's capital city, which bears the same name, the Houthi-run al-Masirah TV said without elaborating. The fresh...

Washington: The US government has announced a new policy that will allow the imposition of visa restrictions on individuals involved in the misuse of commercial spyware. The misuse of commercial spyware has been linked to arbitrary detentions, forced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the most...

London: Britain's King Charles III has started a schedule of regular treatments after being diagnosed with cancer following his recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement and will be postponing his public duties, Buckingham Palace has said. While the palace has not specified the form...

Kyiv: Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was weighing a possible dismissal of the country's top military officer, a prospect that has shocked the nation fighting Russia's invasion and worried Kyiv's Western allies. Asked whether he was considering the ouster of Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Zelenskyy...

London: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing a fresh conflict of interest row after a Conservative minister on a trade mission to India last April said he would be happy to help IT firm Infosys, owned by his wife's family, grow in the UK. According...

Peshawar: At least 10 policemen were killed and six others injured as heavily armed terrorists attacked a police station in northwest Pakistan Monday, ahead of the February 8 general elections in the country. The incident took place at Chodwan police station in Daraban tehsil in ...

Male: Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu Monday said the first group of Indian military personnel will be sent back from the island nation before March 10, while the remaining Indians manning two aviation platforms will be withdrawn by May 10. In his maiden address to Parliament,...