International

Addis Ababa: The United States lifted sanctions against Eritrea's ruling party and the military that the Biden administration imposed, according to the US Department of the Treasury. The sanctions were issued in 2021 over humanitarian and human rights concerns in the northern Ethiopian region of...

Kyiv: Ukraine has received a new 3.3-billion-euro (about 3.78 billion US dollars) tranche from the European Union to finance priority defence needs, Ukrainian Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said Friday. The funds will be used, in particular, to purchase missiles and drones, Koretskyi said on Telegram....

Seoul: Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Saturday rejected a recent resolution by the UN nuclear watchdog against Pyongyang's nuclear program, vowing to maintain the credibility of the country's nuclear capabilities in the face of what she called nuclear threats...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has announced an agreement with Denmark and Greenland that he says gives Washington permanent control over Greenland’s security, allows an expanded American military presence and restricts access by US adversaries. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the arrangement would...

Washington: Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are among the business leaders due to attend a White House state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping next week, as Washington prepares for talks with Beijing on artificial intelligence, trade and export controls. The guest list...

Washington: President Donald Trump has renewed a $100,000 fee for certain H-1B visa applications and ordered closer scrutiny of employers that lay off American workers, according to a White House fact sheet and an executive order. The measures combine the fee renewal with new checks...

United Nations: India, whose shipping and nationals have suffered collateral damage in the Strait of Hormuz conflict, has reiterated its call for respecting international law and said commercial maritime traffic "must not become targets of geopolitical tensions". "Navigational rights must not be subject to coercion,...

Washington: President Donald Trump has signed a law expanding sanctions against Russia and providing for tariffs of up to 100 per cent on major buyers of Russian oil and gas, while extending US sanctions authority against Iran for five years. Trump signed the Lindsey O....

Washington: President Donald Trump said Friday that he was banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavourable coverage, and threatened that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow. Trump wrote on his social media site that effective...

Riyadh: Explosions were heard in the Saudi capital Riyadh early Saturday. Local residents received air defence alerts via mobile apps. The Saudi Directorate of Civil Defence later issued a statement on X saying the danger has passed in Riyadh and Al-Kharj and urged residents to...