International

Colombo: India has surpassed the UK to emerge as Sri Lanka's second-largest export market in January-April this year, the Export Development Board said here today. The US remains the island country's largest export market. "India has consolidated its position as Sri Lanka's second-largest export destination,...

Beijing/Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Monday met Chinese President Xi Jinping, who hailed Beijing's "unbreakable" friendship with Islamabad and commended Pakistan for taking the initiative to play a mediating role in restoring peace in West Asia. During the meeting at the Great Hall of the...

Karachi: At least 24 people are feared dead and many injured after a powerful explosion ripped through a shuttle train in Pakistan's Balochistan province Sunday, officials said. The banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the blast in Quetta, the capital city of...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Sunday said that negotiations between the US and Iran are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, but he has told the negotiators not to rush into a deal and that time is on our side. In a post on...

Beijing: A joint China-Nepal scientific expedition has completed the first full-depth ice core drilling at the summit of Mt Everest to collect samples for understanding climate and environmental changes in ultra-high-altitude areas. Members of the joint expedition conducted scientific sampling work, including ice core drilling,...

Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay: Aboard the RFA Lyme Bay docked off the coast of Gibraltar, hundreds of British sailors are waiting to be deployed for a mine-clearing mission to the Strait of Hormuz that is still in doubt. US President Donald Trump has lashed...

Kyiv: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Russia used the powerful hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile during a mass drone and missile attack on Kyiv Sunday that killed at least two people, marking the third time the weapon has been used in the four-year war....

Cairo: US President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran on the war in the Middle East, including opening the Strait of Hormuz, has been "largely negotiated" after calls with Israel and other allies in the region over the weekend. But other officials counselled caution...

New Delhi: Relations between India and the US have not lost momentum, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday after holding high-level talks with External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Rubio, who is currently in New Delhi, said, "India-US relations have not lost momentum India-US relations...

Karachi: At least 24 people were killed and nearly 70 injured after a powerful explosion ripped through a shuttle train in Pakistan's Balochistan province Sunday, authorities said. The explosion occurred near Chaman Phatak railway station in Quetta. Pakistan's Railways Minister, Hanif Abbasi, confirmed the explosion...