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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...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's request for a Rapid Finance Instrument is being considered as a priority by the IMF in view of the recovery efforts after the devastating cyclone Ditwah, the global lender said Sunday. Catastrophic floods and landslides following Cyclone Ditwah have left Sri Lanka...

Beijing: India's Ambassador to China, Pradeep Kumar Rawat, and Consul General in Shanghai, Pratik Mathur, Sunday inaugurated the new Chancery of the Consulate General of India in Shanghai at the Dawning Centre in Changning district, marking the first relocation of its office premises in over...

Dhaka: Bangladesh's mobile phone traders and students held a protest here Sunday, causing traffic congestion in several parts of the capital, including the Science Laboratory,  Shahbagh, Agargaon and outside the Education Building, local media reported. Mobile phone traders held a sit-in in front of the...

Moscow: Russian journalists accompanying President Vladimir Putin during his recent visit to India have expressed disappointment over what they described as very strict security restrictions during the 23rd India-Russia summit. Putin was on a two-day visit to New Delhi from December 4-5 to attend the...