International

Tokyo: The death toll from the devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan's Ishikawa prefecture January 1, increased to 220 Sunday, while 20 people are still unaccounted for, according to authorities. Strong winds, snow and high waves are expected in northern and eastern Japan from Sunday...

Quito: All hostages held by inmates in Ecuador's prisons have been freed, local media reported citing the country's prison agency SNAI. The hostages were freed by Saturday evening, Xinhua news agency reported. Amid a surge in violence in the country, some 150 prison guards and...

Aden: A Houthi official has said that the US and UK forces flew spy drones ‘for hours’ over the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah, where conflicting reports of a new airstrike emerged. Ali Ahmed Kashar, the Houthi Deputy Governor of Hodeidah, told Xinhua news agency...

Beijing/Male: Returning home after a five-day high-profile state visit to China, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu Saturday struck a defiant note saying that his country may be small but “doesn't give them the license to bully us”. His comments came amid a diplomatic row with India...

Taipei (Taiwan): Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan's presidential election Saturday and his opponents conceded, a result that will chart the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy's relations with China over the next four years. At stake is the peace and stability of the...

Taipei: With half of votes counted, the candidate from Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party Lai Ching-te is leading in the race for the presidency according to local media reports. Polls closed Saturday in Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary election that will chart the trajectory of the...

Wellington: After almost five years of engagement and a postponement due to the coronavirus pandemic, former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern married longtime partner Clarke Gayford in a private ceremony Saturday. Details of the event were closely held by the pair, but the ceremony...

Tel Aviv: Idan Amedi, star of the popular Netflix web series 'Fauda', has been released from the ICU after he was admitted for grievous injuries he sustained in the ongoing war in Gaza. He has now been shifted to the trauma centre at the Sheba...

New Delhi: An IndiGo flight en route to Guwahati from Mumbai was compelled to make an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka Saturday. The diversion was prompted by thick fog that obstructed the aircraft's attempt to land at the Guwahati airport, resulting...

Washington: The US military early Saturday struck another Houthi-controlled site in Yemen that it had determined was putting commercial vessels in the Red Sea at risk, two US officials said. Associated Press journalists in Sanaa, Yemen's capital, heard one loud explosion. The first day of...