International

Tel Aviv: A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas for the Gaza Strip came into effect at noon local time, the Israeli military said Friday, adding that troops were withdrawing to agreed-upon deployment lines. The announcement came hours after Israel's Cabinet approved President Donald Trump's...

Hanoi: Heavy rains and floods triggered by Typhoon Matmo have left 15 people dead and eight others injured across northern and north-central Vietnam, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority said on Friday. More than 225,000 houses were submerged and over 1,500 others severely damaged,...

Oslo: Opposition activist Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The former Opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure in a political Opposition that was once deeply divided, an Opposition that found common ground in...

New York: US President Donald Trump has repeated his claim of stopping the conflict between India and Pakistan through trade and tariffs, but said he doesn't know if he'll get the Nobel Peace Prize for settling eight wars, including the one between the two nuclear-armed...

Manila: A 7.4-magnitude earthquake Friday morning off the southern Philippines damaged buildings, knocked out power, killed at least one person and prompted evacuations of coastal areas nearby due to a possible tsunami. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said the potential damage was being assessed and rescue...

A 7.6-magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines early this morning. The quake was so powerful that buildings in the surrounding area began to sway like straws. Following the tremor, scientists issued a tsunami warning. Numerous videos of the devastating earthquake in the Philippines are rapidly...

Washington: The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to help support and monitor the ceasefire deal in Gaza as part of a team that includes partner nations, nongovernmental organisations and private sector players, US officials said Thursday. The officials, who spoke on...

Manila: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 hit off a southern Philippine province Friday morning, and a hazardous tsunami was possible nearby. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said it was expecting damage and aftershocks from the earthquake, which was centred...

Kabul: Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan surged dramatically following multiple explosions in Kabul that residents and observers fear were the result of unprovoked cross-border airstrikes. The Afghan capital was shaken as powerful blasts echoed through several neighbourhoods, with witnesses reporting the distinct sounds of aircraft...

Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday congratulated US President Donald Trump on the success of the “historic” Gaza peace deal during a phone conversation that also reviewed the progress of ongoing India-US trade negotiations, officials said. PM Modi also spoke to Trump about the “good...