International

New Delhi: India and Brazil have signed a memorandum of understanding to deepen cooperation in telecommunications and information and communications technologies (ICTs) on the sidelines of the BRICS ICT Track Meeting, the Department of Telecommunications said Friday. The agreement will advance digital innovation, strengthen digital...

New Delhi: India and Russia discussed potential areas of mutual interest in higher education and reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening cooperation in the sector, the Ministry of Education said Friday. Deepti Gaur Mukherjee, Secretary in the Department of Higher Education, held an interaction with Deputy...

Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has rejected the economic threats made against his country, saying that such "failed policies" will stir more hostility among Iranians and "bring more failures". Araghchi's comments came a few hours after Trump threatened "crushing economic measures" against Iran Thursday....

New Delhi: Two commercial vessels carrying a total of 22 Indian nationals have been hijacked by pirates in separate incidents off Yemen and Somalia, a senior shipping ministry official said Friday. He said that according to the latest information, the Indian crew members are safe....

Juneau (US): A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all on board, the US military said. The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles (725 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska,...

Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was shifted back to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi Friday morning after undergoing a medical examination at a private hospital in Islamabad, where he was taken from prison in compliance with a Supreme Court order. Khan, 73, was moved...

Washington/Dubai: US President Donald Trump has warned of economic consequences against any country that provides “any type of lifeline to Iran” as the United States looks to resolve a war it began alongside Israel nearly six months ago. Thousands have been killed in the war,...

Seoul:  North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Thursday, despite a recent olive branch offered by US President Donald Trump, who signalled a willingness to reengage with the North's leader Kim Jong-un. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said...

Dhaka: India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, Thursday assured that New Delhi would take all necessary steps following the deaths of Bangladeshi nationals in a hotel fire in Kolkata, local media reported. “It's very sad. We will certainly do whatever needs to be done,”...

Dhaka: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia, was Thursday elected as the country's new President in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The...