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Colombo: Sri Lanka is planning to expand the Jaffna International Airport with an aim to accommodate a higher volume of foreign tourist arrivals into the country and provide services to tourists in the North, officials said. Civil Aviation Minister Anura Karunathilake said that by expanding...

New Delhi: India Monday advised all its nationals residing in Iran to leave the country by all available means of transport, including commercial flights, in view of the evolving security situation. The Indian embassy in Iran issued a fresh advisory to the Indian nationals amid...

Dubai: The next round of talks between the United States and Iran will be Thursday in Geneva, Oman's foreign minister said Sunday, shortly after Tehran's top diplomat said he expected to meet US envoy Steve Witkoff then. Foreign Minister Badr al-Busaidi said on social media...

Washington: Mexican security forces have killed Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantes, one of the country’s most powerful drug kingpins, triggering violent reprisals across several states and prompting fresh advisories for US citizens. US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau said he had been informed that...

Jerusalem: Describing India as a global power and its Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a personal friend, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday talked about his vision of a hexagon of alliances in and around the region that will include India. This week, expression will...

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit here is getting entangled in Israel's domestic politics, with Opposition leader Yair Lapid threatening to boycott his parliamentary address unless the Supreme Court chief is invited for it, as per convention. Modi is expected to arrive in Israel...

Lahore: A Canadian national who came to Pakistan this month to conduct doctoral research on 'anti-imperialist politics' has gone missing in Lahore city, police said Sunday. Lahore police have registered a kidnapping case against unidentified suspects on the complaint of Yousuf Rashid, a friend of...

Brisbane: US President Donald Trump has announced the United States will increase baseline tariffs on imports from all countries to 15 per cent, as the fallout continues from a seismic Supreme Court ruling Friday. Trump had imposed sweeping "reciprocal tariffs" last year under an emergency...

Islamabad: Pakistan, in a midnight military action targeted at least seven terrorist hideouts in Afghanistan in retaliation for the recent rebel attacks, it emerged early Sunday. In the latest terrorist incident, an army lieutenant colonel and a soldier were killed in a suicide attack in...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Saturday said that he was raising the proposed global tariff to 15 per cent, up from the 10 per cent he announced a day earlier. Trump said in a social media post on that he was making the decision "Based...