International

New Delhi: Michelle Bachelet, the former President of Chile and a global advocate for human rights, has been awarded the 2024 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament, and Development. The announcement was made by an international jury chaired by Shivshankar Menon, former National Security Advisor...

Paris: French President Emmanuel Macron vowed Thursday to stay in office until the end of his term, due in 2027, and announced that he will name a new Prime Minister within days following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier. Macron came out fighting...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a phone call, discussing the latest developments in Syria, according to a statement from Erdogan's office. During the phone conversation Thursday, Erdogan highlighted Turkey's commitment to stability in Syria, reiterating that Ankara's primary...

Dhaka: A special tribunal in Bangladesh Thursday banned the publication of any speeches by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who is in exile in India after being ousted in August following mass protests. The decision came a day after Hasina made her first public speech...

Tehran: At least 29 people were injured as an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 jolted the southwestern Iranian province of Khuzestan, the semi-official Fars news agency reported. The quake, which occurred at 7:32 a.m. local time at a depth of 10 km with its...

Beirut: Syrian insurgents entered the central city of Hama Thursday after days of intense clashes with government forces as they push forward with their week-long offensive that brought large parts of Syria under their control. The Syrian army said it has withdrawn from Hama after...

Asunción (Paraguay): Paraguay Thursday kicked out a Chinese envoy for allegedly interfering in its domestic affairs and urging the South American nation to break off ties and long friendship with Taiwan. The Chinese diplomat was given 24 hours to leave the country. In a curt...

New Delhi: In order to prevent recurrence of military standoff along their contested border, India and China Thursday reflected on the lessons learnt from the eastern Ladakh face-off that ended a few weeks ago following the completion of the disengagement process in Depsang and Demchok....

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian government for creating ‘stable conditions’ for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and offered to place Russian manufacturing sites in India. Speaking at the 15th VTB Investment Forum in Moscow on Wednesday, Putin...

New York: Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest US health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk, then disappeared into Central Park. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, 50, died...