International

Hong Kong: China's exports returned to growth in November after an unexpected contraction in October, pushing its trade surplus in dollar terms for 2025 past the $1 trillion mark for the first time, according to data released Monday. Exports climbed 5.9% from a year earlier...

Washington: US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Allison Hooker, has arrived in India for an official visit, during which she is scheduled to meet senior Indian officials to discuss regional security, economic cooperation, and shared priorities in the Indo-Pacific, including through the Foreign...

Washington: President Donald Trump said Sunday that a deal struck by Netflix to buy Warner Bros. Discovery “could be a problem” because of the size of the combined market share. “There's no question about it,” Trump said, answering questions about the deal and various other...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar met Maros Sefcovic, European Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, in New Delhi Monday, expressing hope that the visiting delegation’s engagements in India would be productive. Taking to the social media platform X, Jaishankar wrote in a...

Lahore: Pakistani law enforcement agencies have arrested 12 militants from the Punjab province of the country, police said Monday. The Punjab Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) said in a statement that during intelligence-based operations conducted in Lahore, Faisalabad and Bahawalpur, it arrested 12 dangerous militants and...

Tehran: A second flight carrying Iranians deported from the United States has left America, Iranian officials said, as Washington reportedly planned to send hundreds of prisoners back to the Islamic Republic. The deportations come as tensions remain high between Iran and the US after America...

Colombo: Indian envoy Santosh Jha met Sri Lankan politician Namal Rajapaksa Monday and reiterated New Delhi's support for Sri Lanka in its recovery efforts from the devastating Cyclone Ditwah, which has claimed nearly 630 lives in the island nation. Jha's meeting with Namal, the son...

Dhaka: In yet another instance of escalating internal conflict within the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), at least ten people were injured after clashes broke out between two factions over the party’s nomination for a constituency in Gazipur district, local media reported. The violence erupted Sunday...

New York/Washington: The annual defence policy bill of the US has highlighted broadening America's engagement with India, including through the Quad, to advance the shared objective of a free and open Indo-Pacific region and address the challenge posed by China. The National Defence Authorisation Act...

Kyiv: President Donald Trump Sunday claimed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “isn't ready” to sign off on a US-authored peace proposal aimed at ending the Russia-Ukraine war. Trump was critical of Zelenskyy after US and Ukrainian negotiators completed three days of talks Saturday aimed at trying...