International

Chisinau: President Droupadi Murmu said Monday that India and Moldova have agreed to increase cooperation in trade, investments, supply chains, and will also work on improving connectivity. Addressing a joint press meet with Moldova President C following their talks Presidential Palace in Chisinau Monday, President...

Dubai: India's Ambassador to Oman, Prashant Pise, met distressed Indian women employed as domestic workers in the Gulf nation and assured them of prompt action to address their grievances, the embassy in Muscat said Monday. The embassy's outreach comes amid recurring reports of abuse, exploitation...

Tehran: A construction site of the Darkhovin nuclear power plant in southwestern Iran's Khuzestan province was attacked by US projectiles Sunday, the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) said. In a statement published on its official website, the AEOI said the attack took place at...

Lahore: Pakistan's anti-cybercrime body has issued summons to Noreen Niazi, sister of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, accusing her of disseminating "false, offensive and inflammatory" content on social media to defame state institutions and spread "fake narratives". The summons came after an interview of Niazi...

Tehran: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said Sunday that it has intercepted and shot down the United States' MQ-9 drone in Iran's Ahvaz, local media reported. The advanced air‑defence system operated by the IRGC Aerospace Force under the command of Iran's integrated air defence...

Kabul: Afghanistan's top trading body has called for expanding trade and investment ties with India, stressing the need to ease business procedures, remove administrative barriers and facilitate the issuance of business visas. The proposals were discussed in Kabul during a meeting between Afghanistan Chamber of...

Kyiv: One person was killed and 16 others wounded in an overnight Russian attack on Kyiv that included ballistic missiles, local authorities said. The attack began at around 130 am local time and continued for several hours, with explosions echoing across the capital. Russia launched...

New Delhi: Facebook suffered a widespread outage Sunday, leaving users across several countries unable to access their accounts or use key features, according to outage-tracking platform Downdetector. Downdetector recorded a sharp rise in reports at around 10:39 a.m. ET, with complaints surging to 3,555 from...

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu Sunday emplaned for her State Visits to Moldova, North Macedonia and Romania, marking a significant diplomatic outreach to Eastern Europe and underscoring India’s commitment to strengthening bilateral ties with the three countries. Announcing her departure, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA)...

Washington: US forces launched a new round of strikes against Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction, the US Central Command said in a statement. "Today at 6 pm ET, U.S. forces began launching new airstrikes against Iran at the Commander in Chief’s direction," CENTCOM...