International

Beijing: Officials of the Indian Embassy in Beijing have met representatives of China's state-run Xinhua news agency amid ongoing efforts between the two countries to normalise relations. The meeting took place between Shweta Singh, Minister of the Embassy, and Wang Jianxin, Deputy Director-General of the...

Dhaka: A special Bangladeshi tribunal Sunday sentenced to death three police officers, including Dhaka's former police chief in absentia, on charges of attempting to tame the 2024 student-led violent street protest that toppled the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina's regime. Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT-BD)...

Victoria (Seychelles): India and Seychelles Sunday unveiled 19 outcomes following talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Patrick Herminie, expanding cooperation in areas ranging from defence and maritime security to digital payments, space, healthcare, agriculture and education. The package of outcomes reflects the broadening...

Beirut: As the White House has soured on Israel's war with Hezbollah in Lebanon, US President Donald Trump has shocked many in the region by pushing an alternative: Let Syria fight the Iran-backed militant group instead. He has suggested that the battle-hardened and Islamist-led insurgents...

Victoria (Seychelles): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday was conferred with the honorary 'Guardian of the Blue Horizon' title by Seychelles' President Patrick Herminie in Victoria, marking his 34th international honour from a foreign nation. PM Modi thanked Seychelles for the honour and dedicated it to...

Victoria: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Seychelles President Patrick Herminie held a meeting at State House in Seychelles Sunday. The two leaders are expected to review the full spectrum of bilateral cooperation and discuss regional and international issues of mutual interest. External Affairs Minister (EAM)...

Dubai: Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened a "complete halt" could come to negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks. The attacks...

New Delhi: India has dispatched urgent humanitarian assistance to earthquake-hit Venezuela under "Operation Amistad" as part of its disaster relief response, following a series of powerful earthquakes that have caused widespread devastation in the South American nation. Announcing the development, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar...

Caracas: The death toll from the earthquakes that struck Venezuela Wednesday, has risen to 1,430, Venezuelan National Assembly President Jorge Rodriguez said. Rodriguez Saturday, said on state television that 3,238 people have been injured and 3,142 families affected by the disaster. After the two powerful...

Dubai: The US military said Saturday it had struck 10 targets in Iran at President Donald Trump's direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war's uneasy ceasefire. US Central Command, in a post to social media, said that US military aircraft targeted...