International

New Delhi/Dhaka: Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's decision to skip the BRICS summit in India was "immature" and damaged Bangladesh's national interest, former PM Sheikh Hasina has said, warning that foreign policy driven by personal reactions or short-term political calculations is inherently counterproductive. Hasina said Bangladesh's...

Washington/New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will travel to India next week to further strengthen energy cooperation, the Department of State informed. Rubio will first visit Samarkand in Uzbekistan, and will then travel to Mumbai and Jamnagar in India from October 17-22, it...

Hong Kong: China's exports surged 36.3% in September from a year earlier, its customs agency said Wednesday, as pressure ramped up from its trading partners including the European Union to rebalance trade. The exports data, which was better than what economists had expected, accelerated from...

Washington: Katie Zacharia, the new White House press secretary, faced reporters for the first time Tuesday for a very brief turn at the lectern, taking a handful of questions before abruptly wrapping it up. Zacharia, a conservative commentator who most recently worked for President Donald...

Saint-Denis: Swedish activist Greta Thunberg joined protesters outside a high school in a working-class suburb of Paris Tuesday as French pupils took to the streets for another day of demonstrations over poor learning conditions. Now in its fourth week, the nationwide protest movement over teacher...

Washington: The Trump administration has moved to scrap a rule that lets H-1B and other skilled foreign workers routinely win extensions when their facts have not changed, and has made permanent a separate rule ending automatic renewals of work permits for spouses of H-1B workers...

Islamabad: Pakistan Tuesday successfully test-fired the hypersonic ballistic missile Fatah-2 Extended Range (ER), capable of engaging long-range targets with high precision, the army said. According to the army, the weapon system is equipped with advanced navigation and state-of-the-art avionics. It is capable of engaging targets...

Dubai: India Tuesday advised its nationals in Saudi Arabia to remain calm and stay vigilant in view of an evolving security situation in the Gulf kingdom. Saudi Arabia has been facing a series of deadly drone and missile attacks targeting civilian infrastructure by Yemen's Iran-backed...

New Delhi: India Tuesday highlighted the upward trajectory of its longstanding partnership with Spain and reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening ties across trade and investment, defence and security, culture and tourism. New Delhi's commitment was reaffirmed by Secretary (West) at the Ministry of External Affairs...

Lahore: A Peshawar-bound passenger train derailed in Pakistan's Punjab province Tuesday, killing at least six people and injuring 40 others, police said. The accident occurred at around 515 am when the train was travelling from Karachi to Peshawar, according to police information. The Rehman Baba...