International

In today’s day and age, a social media spectacle erupts when two famous personalities fire salvos at each other using below-the-belt remarks. Instead of debating and finding a meaningful outcome, the topic somehow gets diverted. A similar showdown occurred in America’s political arena when a...

Paris: Major world political leaders are meeting for an AI summit in Paris, where challenging diplomatic talks are expected while tech titans fight for dominance in the fast-moving technology industry. Heads of state, top government officials, CEOs and scientists from around 100 countries are participating...

Washington: President Donald Trump said he will announce Monday that the United States will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from Canada and Mexico, as well as other import duties later in the week. “Any steel coming into the...

Dhaka: Forty people have been arrested in Bangladesh in an operation launched following a violent attack on a student group's activists during vandalism at an Awami League leader's house on the outskirts of Dhaka that left several people injured, according to a media report. Chief...

London: Ever since Winston Churchill coined the phrase in the wake of World War II, politicians have extolled the “special relationship” between the United States and Britain. Under President Donald Trump's second administration, Britain will settle for a merely functional relationship with its former colony...

Islamabad: Jailed former Pakistan premier Imran Khan Sunday penned an open letter to Army chief Gen Asim Munir in which he criticised the military's unlawful actions and its engagement in politics and urged it “to return to its constitutional limits”. In the letter posted on...

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said an elevated US security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to bolster his nuclear weapons programme further, state media reported Sunday. Kim has previously made similar warnings, but...

Washington: Reiterating US President Donald Trump's firm stance, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for the immediate release of all Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, following the return of three captives. Taking to X, Rubio posted, "After 490 harrowing days in captivity, Eli, Or,...

New York: US President Donald Trump stated that he has no plans to deport Prince Harry or take action on his visa case, suggesting that the former royal already faces enough difficulties due to his “terrible” wife, Meghan Markle. In an interview with the New...

Beijing: Chinese rescuers searched for some 30 people after a landslide Saturday in southwestern Sichuan province buried 10 houses and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate. The Ministry of Emergency Management deployed hundreds of rescuers including firefighters following the landslide in a village in Junlian...