International

Tokyo: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 jolted southwestern JapanTuesday. Japan's weather agency said tsunami advisories have been issued for the Ariake and Yatsushiro seas, local media reported. The earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at a depth of 10 kilometres at 4:27 p.m. (local time), Japan's...

Islamabad: At least 20 people were killed and dozens critically injured during the Long March organised by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), amid an escalating crackdown by Pakistani authorities on protesters in the region. The death toll is expected to...

Cairo: Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions. But scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions. Saudi...

Beijing: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met China's Vice Foreign Minister Hua Chunying here Monday and discussed the entire gamut of the bilateral relations. Misri, who is currently on an official visit to Beijing, also met Sun Haiyan, Vice Minister of the International Department of the...

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prosecution Monday filed formal charges against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 40 others in a crimes against humanity case related to a police crackdown on a rally in Dhaka in 2013. Several people were killed allegedly during police...

Cairo: Saudi Arabia says it has shot down drones fired by Iran-backed militias in Iraq. The statement posted on social media Monday by the Saudi Defence Ministry came as the US and Iran had paused their attacks over the weekend after weeks of escalation. The...

New Delhi: India Monday summoned Ukrainian Ambassador Oleksandr Polishchuk and lodged a strong protest over killing of an Indian seafarer in an attack on a merchant vessel in the Black Sea last week. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it conveyed to the envoy...

Cairo: Mediators have achieved progress in efforts to get the United States and Iran back to negotiations and avert an all-out war in the Middle East, two regional officials said Monday, with a pause in attacks coming after a period of rapidly escalating tensions. The...

Toronto: A 26-year-old Indian-origin woman was shot dead in a suspected targeted attack in Canada's Toronto city, police said. A 37-year-old man, also of Indian descent, was arrested on charges of her murder, they said. The shooting took place Friday morning at the Humberwood Boulevard...

Tehran: Iran's Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov condemned Ukraine's "illegal" attack on an Iranian commercial ship in the Caspian Sea during a phone call Sunday, according to Iran's foreign ministry. Araghchi condemned Ukraine's move as a "dangerous adventurism and...