International

Tokyo: A Japanese moon explorer is up and running Monday after several tense days without the sunlight it needs to generate power. Japan's first lunar mission hit its target in a precision touchdown Jan 20, but landed the wrong way up, leaving its solar panels...

Dhaka: China has invited Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for an official visit to the country as Beijing is keen to work with the new government in Dhaka to cement bilateral cooperation in all fields. "We (Dhaka) will find a suitable time for the visit,"...

Washington: Donald Trump cannot "bully" his way through nomination, Indian-American presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has said after her party said that it's time for Republicans to unite around the former US president and frontrunner in the race for the White House in 2024. Haley is...

Luang Prabang: China's growingly assertive posture in the South China Sea and escalating violence in Myanmar topped the agenda for Southeast Asian diplomats meeting in Laos Monday. The gathering is the first high-level meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations since Laos took over...

New York: A 25-year-old Indian student who recently earned an MBA degree in the US was hammered to death by a homeless drug addict whom he had been helping for the past couple of days in Georgia state's Lithonia city. The horrifying incident was caught...

Colombo: All six Sri Lankan fishermen who were abducted by suspected Somali pirates last week have been rescued, a media report Monday quoted the navy spokesperson as saying. Online portal newsfirst.Lk reported that the rescued fishermen, who were aboard the vessel named 'Lorenzo Putha 4',...

Male: The main opposition MDP, which holds a majority in the Maldivian Parliament, is planning to submit a motion to impeach President Mohamed Muizzu even as three members of his cabinet were denied approval during a parliamentary vote Monday, according to media reports here. The...

Istanbul: The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for an attack on a Roman Catholic church in Istanbul during a Sunday Mass that killed one person, in a statement issued late Sunday. The extremist group said that it “attacked a gathering of Christian unbelievers during their...

Washington: The Biden administration will start implementing a new requirement for the developers of major artificial intelligence systems to disclose their safety test results to the government. The White House AI Council is scheduled to meet Monday to review progress made on the executive order...

Moscow: Russia's election commission Monday formally registered President Vladimir Putin as a candidate for the March presidential election, a vote in which he's all but certain to win another six-year term in office. Putin, 71, is running as an independent, but he retains tight control...