International

Cairo: Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen overnight claimed new attacks on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, as Yemen's Saudi-backed government described the rebels' swift advance along the Red Sea coast as a "painful" development in a new front in the Iran war. The Houthis' capture of a key...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin departed from New Delhi on Sunday after attending the 18th BRICS Summit hosted by India. Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, saw off President Putin. "Honoured to see off H.E. President Vladimir Putin at...

Jakarta: Indonesian rescuers say about 130 passengers and crew are missing after a ferry carrying more than 240 people sank in bad weather in the Java Sea Sunday. At least 107 people were rescued and the bodies of six passengers were recovered as the search...

Cairo: An Iranian commercial vessel was struck early Sunday off Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz, with one person killed and four wounded, Iranian state media said, a day before Tehran seeks to brief regional countries on its contested efforts to manage shipping traffic...

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping departed from New Delhi Sunday after attending the 18th BRICS Summit hosted by India. Xi Jinping participated in the two-day BRICS Summit at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi. He joined leaders of BRICS member countries in a joint tree...

Tehran: Iran, Iraq and Turkey have stressed the need to prevent an escalation of tensions in the West Asia region. The issue was highlighted in separate phone calls between Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi and his Turkish and Iraqi counterparts Saturday, according to statements...

Washington: The United States has approved an additional $1 million to help Nepal identify flood victims, taking its State Department assistance for the disaster response to more than $5 million as American forensic specialists work alongside Nepali police. The new funding will provide forensic support...

New Delhi: Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that China and India are partners, not rivals, and opportunities, not threats, for each other's development during his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, the Chinese...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday conveyed to Chinese President Xi Jinping that peace and tranquillity along the frontier remains essential for development of India-China relations, emphasising that existing agreements on border management must be strictly observed. In their talks on the sidelines of...

New Delhi: BRICS leaders Saturday called for practical measures to make cross-border payments among member countries faster, cheaper, more transparent and secure, as the grouping seeks to deepen financial cooperation. In the New Delhi Declaration, the grouping recognised the need for harnessing the collective potential...