International

Male: The Maldives has settled payment to India on a USD 50-million treasury bill, President Mohamed Muizzu said Monday, according to a local media report. The move is aimed at reducing the country's external debt burden. India had extended financial support to the Maldives through...

Beijing: US President Donald Trump will pay an official visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson announced Monday. This will be the first visit to China by a US president in...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has rejected Iran's proposal to end the months-long war as "totally unacceptable" without sharing details, even as a key Republican leader urged him to consider the "military option". Trump received the Iranian proposal Sunday amid hopes that it could lead...

Kathmandu: A Turkish Airlines aircraft caught fire while landing at Nepal's Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) Monday morning, forcing the suspension of flight operations for around two hours, airport officials said. There were 277 passengers and 11 crew members on board the plane, and all are...

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Sunday that Iran has conveyed its response to a US proposal aimed at ending the conflict in West Asia, as efforts continued to sustain a fragile regional ceasefire. Pakistan has been mediating talks between Washington and Tehran amid...

Kathmandu: The policy document of Nepal's new government will be announced Monday, the first day of the Federal Parliament's budget session. This will be the first budget session of the Parliament after Prime Minister Balendra Shah and his Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) rode to power...

Dubai: Iran has sent its response to the latest US ceasefire proposal to Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, Iran's state-run media said Sunday. State TV said Iran seeks to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon,...

Port of Spain: India and Trinidad and Tobago have signed eight agreements in sectors including tourism, healthcare, infrastructure and Ayurveda during External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's two-day visit to the Caribbean nation, according to an official statement. Jaishankar, who visited the Caribbean nation on May...

Dubai: The shaky ceasefire in the Iran war was tested again Sunday when drones of unclear origin set fire to a cargo ship off Qatar's coast and entered Kuwaiti airspace before dawn, authorities said. Qatar and Kuwait said that no casualties were reported from either...

Tenerife (Spain): A hantavirus-stricken cruise ship with more than 140 people on board has arrived at Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, off the coast of West Africa, where the passengers and some of the crew are to disembark. The World Health Organisation, Spanish...