International

Jerusalem: Iran said Sunday it successfully launched three satellites into space with a rocket that had multiple failures in the past, the latest for a programme that the West says improves Tehran's ballistic missiles. The launch comes as heightened tensions grip the wider Middle East...

Colombo: India has pledged to assist in the rescue of six Sri Lankan fishermen captured by the Somali pirates, Sri Lanka Navy spokesman Gayan Wickremasuriya said Sunday. The multi-day fishing trawler Lorenzo Putha-4 set sail from Dikowita fishing harbour in Sri Lanka January 16. Wickremasuriya...

Karachi: Dr Mahrang Baloch, the woman who led a month-long sit-in protest to highlight the issue of police torture and missing persons in Pakistan's Balochistan, has said a “revolution” was brewing in the troubled province. In her address at the Shahwani Stadium in Quetta, the...

Islamabad: Pakistan has sought a comprehensive investigation into the killing of nine of its nationals in a brutal attack in Iran that occurred days after the tensions between the two nations following a tit-for-tat cross-border fire. Nine Pakistani workers were gunned down and three others...

Ottawa: India is now cooperating with Canada in the ongoing probe into the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in British Columbia and bilateral ties are improving following months of tensions over the matter, a former Canadian national security advisor has said, describing the changing...

Rafah (Gaza Strip): The head of the main UN aid agency in the war-battered Gaza Strip warned late Saturday that its work is collapsing after nine countries decided to suspend funding over allegations that several agency employees participated in the deadly Hamas attack on Israel...

Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has highlighted the necessity of coordination with Pakistan to safeguard the two countries' shared border. Raisi made the remarks Saturday when meeting with Pakistan's Ambassador to Iran Muhammad Mudassir Tipu to receive his credentials, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a...

Washington: US negotiators are making progress on a potential agreement under which Israel would pause military operations against Hamas in Gaza for two months in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages who were captured in the October 7 attack on Israel, according...

Jerusalem: The crew aboard a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker hit by a missile launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels extinguished an hourslong fire onboard the stricken vessel Saturday sparked by the strike, authorities said. The attack on the Marlin Luanda further complicated the Red Sea crisis caused...

New Delhi: The Indian Navy Saturday said its guided missile destroyer INS Visakhapatnam has deployed a team to help fire-fighting efforts on board British oil tanker MV Marlin Luanda which has 22 Indian and one Bangladeshi crew members. According to foreign media reports, the tanker...