International

Tehran: The US and Israel launched an attack Saturday on Iran, with the first apparent strike happening near the offices of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iranian media reported strikes nationwide, and smoke could be seen rising from the capital. President Donald Trump said in...

Washington: Harvard University’s Department of South Asian Studies has apologised for posting what it described as an “insensitive image” related to its Sanskrit programme, following criticism from sections of the Hindu community. The department, in a statement Friday, said it “deeply regrets the posting of...

Mumbai: India and the European Union have agreed to give each other Most-Favoured-Nation (MFN) treatment for five years after their proposed free trade agreement (FTA) comes into force. The move is aimed at ensuring fair and equal treatment in trade in services between both sides....

Washington: The United States (US) has backed Pakistan’s right to defend itself against Taliban attacks, even as border fighting escalated between Islamabad and the Afghan Taliban, with President Donald Trump praising Pakistan’s leadership and a State Department spokesperson telling IANS that Washington supports Pakistan’s right...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Wednesday threatened an attack on Iran. It remains unclear what Trump will decide about using force against Iran, though he laid down two red lines - the killing of peaceful demonstrators and the possible mass execution of detainees. At least...

Washington: Former US President Bill Clinton told House lawmakers that he had “no idea” about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes and insisted he "saw nothing and I did nothing wrong" during his association with the disgraced financier. Clinton appeared for a closed-door deposition before the Republican-led House...

Islamabad: Pakistan Friday said it considers itself in an "open war" with Afghanistan, as its forces killed more than 130 Taliban fighters in airstrikes in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia in response to what Islamabad described as the cross-border attack by the Afghan Taliban. The 2,611-km-long...

Mumbai: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived in Mumbai Friday at the start of a four-day India visit. He will meet business leaders in Mumbai. Carney will fly to New Delhi March 1 and meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi there March 2, as per the...

Tel Aviv: The US Embassy in Israel Friday told its staff that it could leave the country and urged anyone considering departure to do so immediately, as the threat of an American strike on Iran looms. US Ambassador Mike Huckabee told embassy employees in an...

Islamabad: A new government report has revealed that 26.2 million children in Pakistan still remain out of school, local media reported on Friday. Pakistan's Federal Ministry of Education and Professional Training Thursday released the 'Girls’ Education Statistics and Trends Report 2023-24' which revealed the number...