International

Islamabad: Pakistan Monday urged India to resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May, saying the recent decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague showed that the agreement was still "valid and...

Kendrapara: Launching a crackdown on illegal immigrants, Odisha police Monday detained around 18 suspected Bangladeshi nationals, residing illegally at different locations of coastal Kendrapara district. As part of the drive to identify foreign nationals infiltrating into the district, at least 18 individuals were found staying...

Beijing: China Monday said that the boundary dispute with India is complicated and will take time to settle but at the same time, it expressed its readiness to hold discussions on the delimitation of the border and keep it peaceful. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in...

London: Human rights groups lost their legal challenge Monday to the British government's decision to supply Israel with parts for F-35 fighter jets and other military equipment. The Palestinian group Al-Haq and the U.K.-based Global Legal Action Network alleged that the government broke domestic and...

Bangkok: World shares started the week mixed, with European markets opening lower, after US stocks closed at an all-time high following their recovery from the shocks of the Trump administration's trade policies. Canada's decision to cancel a plan to tax US technology firms that had...

Lahore: Monsoon rains in the Punjab province of Pakistan have claimed 18 lives, including 11 children, while 57 persons have also been injured in rain-related incidents in the last 24 hours, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) said Monday. The PDMA, in a factsheet released...

New Delhi: The Indian team, headed by Special Secretary in the Department of Commerce Rajesh Agrawal, will remain in Washington until Monday for negotiations on an interim trade agreement with the US, an official said. The stay of the Indian officials has been extended for...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Monday announced that Ukraine is aligning with the European Union's sanctions package targeting the Iranian administration, describing them as "the most brutal regimes in the world." "Our institutions are working on the synchronisation of European and Ukrainian sanctions. We are...

Tehran: The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Monday rejected the “offensive and insolent remarks” by US President Donald Trump against senior Iranian Officials. “Such insolent statements and undiplomatic behaviour not only constitute a flagrant violation of universally shared moral principles and the provisions of the...

Islamabad: Pakistan and China are working on a proposal to establish a new regional organisation that could potentially replace the now-defunct South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), according to a media report Monday. Quoting diplomatic sources familiar with the development, the Express Tribune newspaper...