International

Washington: US military has paused its airstrikes on Iran after nearly two weeks of intensifying bombing, while diplomatic efforts have pushed forward to try to avert a return to all-out war. But it remains to be seen whether the US and Iran are at an...

Berlin: A van slammed into people gathered for Berlin's famed LGBTQ+ event Saturday night, killing one person, injuring at least 16 others and prompting police to call off the celebrations and a concert in the German capital hours after they had begun. Berlin police said...

New Delhi: India Sunday urged its citizens to carefully assess the security situation before taking up jobs in maritime zones witnessing conflicts, especially in the Black Sea region. In an advisory, New Delhi flagged concerns over the security situation in and around the Black Sea...

Guangzhou: More than 340,000 people had been relocated in south China's Guangdong Province by 4 pm Saturday as Typhoon Noul approached the coast, the provincial flood, drought and typhoon control authorities said. Typhoon Noul, the 12th typhoon of the year, is expected to make landfall...

Cairo: Yemen's Houthi rebels say they have fired missiles and drones on Saudi Arabia in response to Saudi airstrikes on the strategic Red Sea city of Hodeida. Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, the military spokesman for the Iranian-backed rebels, said in a pre-recorded statement that they...

United Nations: United Nations has said it is "aware" of the students' demonstrations in New Delhi and that it is important that people wishing to protest peacefully be allowed to do so without any fear of harassment, arrest or injury. Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for Secretary-General...

Kyiv: A Russian drone strike killed three people in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region, local officials said Saturday, while Romania shot down a drone over its airspace for the second time in two days. Sumy regional head Oleh Hryhorov said Saturday that a large fire broke...

Irbil: Iran targeted American strongholds around the Persian Gulf Friday, while the US bombarded Iranian military sites as the rivals showed no sign of backing away from their conflict after a 13th straight night of strikes. With fighting flaring again and diplomacy uncertain, both sides...

Washington:  A US senator has introduced a bill in the Senate that seeks to pause issuance of new H-1B visas for three years and codify the USD 100,000 fee imposed by the Trump administration, which was struck down by a federal court. US Senator Tim...

Tehran: A Mozambique-flagged LPG tanker with 28 Indian crew members on board came under attack in Iranian territorial waters Friday, the Indian Embassy in Iran stated. "The Embassy of India in Tehran is aware that the Mozambique-flagged LPG tanker DISHA (IMO No. 8818219) came under...