International

Jerusalem: The Israeli army said Tuesday that 21 soldiers were killed in the Gaza Strip in the deadliest attack on its forces of the 3-month-old war against the militant Hamas group. The reservists were preparing explosives to demolish two buildings in central Gaza Monday when...

Colombo: A group of Sri Lankan Tamil legislators has sought India's intervention to ensure that Colombo fully implements the New Delhi-mooted 13th Amendment, which provides for the devolution of power to the minority community, a source here said Tuesday. The group led by the veteran...

Chicago: A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago fatally shot himself after a confrontation with law enforcement officials in Texas, police said late Monday. Police in Joliet, Illinois, said on Facebook that at about 8:30pm Central time 23-year-old Romeo Nance...

New York: Billionaire tech magnate Elon Musk has said it is "absurd" that India does not have a permanent seat on the UN Security Council despite being the most populous country on Earth, as he called for an overhaul of the United Nations organs. The...

Sanaa: The US-British coalition struck Houthi camps in Yemen's capital and other provinces at midnight, the media reported Tuesday. The strikes targetted the al-Hafa camp in eastern Sanaa and the al-Daylami air base in the north. They also hit sites in Rada, a city in...

Beijing: Authorities in China's far western Xinjiang region say six people were injured and more than 120 houses were damaged or destroyed in Tuesday's earthquake. The government of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region posted on its official Weibo account that two were seriously injured and...

Islamabad: The Taliban are restricting Afghan women's access to work, travel, and healthcare if they are unmarried or don't have a male guardian, according to a UN report published Monday. In one incident, officials from the Vice and Virtue Ministry advised a woman to get...

Islamabad: Pakistani authorities Monday temporarily shut down at least three leading institutions, including the National Defence University, due to the fear of possible attacks by the militants. The move by the Pakistani authorities to temporarily close down the armed forces run National Defense University, Air...

Geneva: The UN's migration agency is launching its first “global appeal,” seeking $7.9 billion to help people on the move and ensure smoother pathways to migration, at a time when the fallout from climate change, conflict, and both economic distress and opportunities has caused millions...

Islamabad: Pakistan and Iran have "mutually agreed" to reinstate their ambassadors in each other's country, the Foreign Office (FO) said Monday, restoring bilateral ties downgraded following last week's tit-for-tat attacks on each other's territory. Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will also visit the country...