International

Tehran: Iran launched another crackdown to detain Afghan migrants in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, citing security concerns, Iranian state media reported Sunday. According to Iran's state-run news agency, ISNA, the police commander of Chabahar, Mohammad Shabik, announced that 123 Afghan nationals were...

New Delhi: India, the world's third largest oil-consuming and importing nation, bought crude oil worth 49 billion euros from Russia in the third year of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, a global think tank said. India, which has traditionally sourced its oil from the Middle East,...

Washington: New FBI Director Kash Patel was sworn in Monday as acting chief of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, taking the helm of two separate and sprawling Justice Department agencies, according to a person familiar with the matter. Patel was sworn in...

United Nations: In a dramatic shift in transatlantic relations under President Donald Trump, the United States split with its European allies by refusing to blame Russia for its invasion of Ukraine in votes on three UN resolutions Monday seeking an end to the three-year war....

China: A company in China's Shandong province sparked outrage after issuing a notice requiring employees to marry by September or face termination. According to the South China Morning Post, Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group Co. Ltd. ordered its approximately 1,200 employees aged 28 to 58, including...

Kaburantwa: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has begun the relocation of refugees fleeing from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to Burundi. More than 1,000 DRC refugees who were temporarily sheltered at Kaburantwa Catholic Parish in the Buganda district of the...

Manila: Japan and the Philippines Monday agreed to establish a strategic dialogue between the defence forces of both nations taking into account the rising security threats from China in the Indo-Pacific region. Japanese Defence Minister General Nakatani and his Philippines counterpart Gilberto Teodoro met Monday...

Brussels: The European Union Monday began easing energy and transport sanctions and banking restrictions against Syria, aiming to help breathe life into the conflict-torn country's economy if its new leaders work toward a peaceful future. The EU started to impose asset freezes and travel bans...

Banda Aceh: An Islamic Shariah court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province Monday sentenced two men to public caning for having gay s**. The couple, aged 24 and 18, were arrested November 7, after neighbourhood vigilantes in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, suspected them of being...

Kyiv: A dozen leaders from Europe and Canada visited Ukraine's capital Monday to mark the third anniversary of Russia's invasion in a show of support for Kyiv by some of the nation at war's most important backers. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and...