International

Washington: Indian-American Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy has been nominated once again by President Joe Biden to serve as the US's representative on the executive board of the World Health Organisation. The 46-year-old physician's nomination was re-sent as his confirmation to the position had been...

Beijing: China's space agency said Wednesday that its latest lunar explorer had arrived at the launch site in preparation for a mission to the moon in the first half of this year. State broadcaster CCTV posted photos on its website of the unit under wraps...

Peshawar: At least four people, including three policemen, were killed after terrorists attacked a toll plaza in Pakistan's northwestern region Wednesday, police said. The incident happened when unidentified terrorists attacked Laachi toll plaza in Kohat district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Wednesday morning. "Terrorists attacked...

Tokyo: As of Wednesday, 203 deaths were reported following the 7.6 magnitude quake that slammed the western coastline of Japan on New Year's. Seven of them were at evacuation centres, where rescued people died from injuries and sickness. Such deaths weren't directly caused by the...

Washington: The US Central Command (CENTCOM) Wednesday said the Navy shot down a barrage of drone and missile attacks launched from Yemen by the Iran-backed Houthi militia to the southern Red Sea, in one of the largest attacks by the rebels in the region in...

Dhaka: Following the ruling Awami League's (AL) win in the January 7 Bangladesh general elections, incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina took the oath of office Wednesday for her historic fourth-consecutive term. The oath to Hasina and other newly-elected MPs was administered by Parliament Speaker Shirin...

Guayaquil (Ecuador): It was a day like any other at the TC Television studio in Guayaquil, Ecuador, with its mid-afternoon newscast underway, when the masked gunmen burst in unleashing at least 15 minutes of threats and fear – all broadcast live First a man with...

Tel Aviv: International non-profit, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has said that it received assurances from the prosecutor's office at the International Criminal Court (ICC) that it will probe crimes and atrocities against journalists in Gaza amid the raging Israel-Hamas war. In a statement Tuesday, the...

Washington: The US space agency has pushed back its manned Artemis mission to the Moon to 2025 that will send the first woman and first person of colour on the lunar surface. NASA will now target September 2025 for Artemis II, the first crewed Artemis...

Tel Aviv: The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said that it has killed a senior commander of Hezbollah responsible for several drone attacks on Israel. The IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari in a press statement confirmed that the Hezbollah commander Ali Hussein Barji was killed by...