International

Kabul: A powerful, 6.3 magnitude earthquake shook northern Afghanistan before dawn Monday, killing at least 20 people and injuring more than 300 others, a health official said. The US Geological Survey said the quake's epicentre was located 22 kilometres west-southwest of the town of Khulm,...

New York: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has referred to the “progress” his country has made with India as he stressed that Canada is building partnerships abroad amid tariff pressures with the US. Carney's remarks on Saturday came after US President Donald Trump last week...

Kyiv: At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Ukraine's southwestern Odesa region, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday. Elsewhere, Russia continued to pummel the country's energy infrastructure. Russian drones attacked a car park in the Odesa region on Ukraine's Black Sea coast in...

Kabul: India has delivered over 16 tonnes of medicines to Afghanistan to help combat vector-borne diseases like malaria, dengue, and leishmaniasis, a Taliban spokesperson announced Sunday. Taliban spokesperson Sharafat Zaman stated that the medicines and diagnostic kits will support Afghanistan’s National Malaria and Other Vector-Borne...

Hanoi: The death toll from heavy rains and flooding in Vietnam's central region has risen to 35, with 5 people missing and 60 others injured, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority said Sunday. More than 16,500 houses remain inundated, while 361 others were damaged,...

Moscow: Russia strongly condemns the United States for the excessive use of military force during counter-narcotics missions in the Caribbean, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said. “We firmly denounce the use of excessive military force in carrying out actions in anti-drugs operations,” foreign ministry...

London: Ten people, including nine suffering from life-threatening injuries, were rushed to hospital after a stabbing attack on a train in the UK's Cambridgeshire, following which armed police arrested two men in connection with the incidentSaturday evening, authorities said. According to British Transport Police, ten...

Jerusalem: Israeli authorities have identified the remains of three bodies handed over by Hamas on Friday night as not belonging to any Israeli hostages, according to local media reports Saturday. "We ruled out that the remains returned Friday evening are related to Israeli hostages," Israeli news...

New York: An American Hindu organisation asked Vice President J D Vance to “engage with Hinduism” after he said that his wife, Usha, “encouraged” him to re-engage with his faith. Vance is facing criticism over his comments regarding his interfaith marriage after saying he eventually...

Karachi: More than two years after Pakistan started a crackdown against Afghan nationals, nearly 40,000 of them have left the Balochistan capital Quetta, a top provincial official has said. Since October 2023, when Pakistan asked all the foreign nationals, including Afghan illegal immigrants, to leave...