International

United Nations: Bangladesh's Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman was Tuesday elected as the President of the 81st session of the UN General Assembly in a closely-contested election. Rahman and Cyprus' Special Envoy for Multilateralism Andreas Kakouris were vying to lead the 193-member General Assembly in its...

California: Hackers have reportedly manipulated Meta's AI-powered support chatbot to gain control of several prominent Instagram accounts, according to cybersecurity researchers. Among the accounts said to have been compromised in recent days are a former White House Instagram account from the Obama administration, which still...

New Delhi: India Tuesday categorically rejected any role for third parties to resolve its boundary row with Nepal, days after Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah sought involvement of China and the UK to address the long-standing dispute. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said both...

Dubai: Iran stopped communicating with mediators after Israel threatened to bomb Beirut as it continues fighting the Iranian-backed Lebanese militia Hezbollah, two semiofficial Iranian news agencies reported. The reports by the Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both believed to be close to Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary...

Berlin/New Delhi: The German Embassy in New Delhi Tuesday announced that Indian nationals will no longer require a transit visa when travelling to another country with a layover at a German airport. “The lifting of the so-called airport transit visa requirement for Indian citizens was...

New Delhi: Venezuela's Acting President Delcy Rodriguez will travel to India for a working visit from June 3-7 and will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to discuss bilateral ties, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Tuesday. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi...

Beirut: Israeli drone strikes on southern Lebanon Tuesday killed eight people, including a father and his son and daughter, a day after US President Donald Trump said Israel and Hezbollah agreed to dial back fighting. Israel threatened Monday to strike Beirut's southern suburbs, causing panic...

New York: About 30 individuals from India, found to be living in the US illegally and working as commercial truck drivers, have been arrested as part of a federal operation and will soon be deported. The US Customs and Border Protection said in a statement...

New Delhi: India and the US are scheduled to hold fresh trade negotiations from Tuesday, and both sides are aiming to finalise the first phase of a long-awaited Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) that could significantly reshape trade ties between the two countries. The talks that...

Kyiv: Russia attacked Ukraine with a barrage of missiles and drones overnight Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, injuring dozens and trapping others, authorities said. At least four people were killed in Kyiv and 58 people were injured, including three children, Ukraine's state emergency service...