International

Dubai: The United States will launch an effort Monday to "guide" stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, President Donald Trump said, giving few details about a sweeping effort to help hundreds of vessels and some 20,000 seafarers. Trump said in a social media...

Dubai: A bulk carrier near the Strait of Hormuz has reported being attacked by multiple small craft, the British military's United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said Sunday, marking at least two dozen attacks in and around the strait since the Iran war began. All...

Kathmandu: Nepal  Sunday objected to India and China planning to conduct the upcoming Kailash Mansarovar Yatra via Lipulekh Pass, claiming that it is Kathmandu's territory. In a statement, the Nepalese Foreign Ministry said that Kathmandu was not consulted before finalising the route for the pilgrimage....

Nablus (West Bank):  One Palestinian man was killed, and four others seriously wounded during an Israeli military raid in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Nablus Sunday, the Palestinian Red Crescent said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the man's wife was in labour at a...

Beijing: India's Ambassador-designate to China Vikram Doraiswami arrived in Beijing Sunday to take up his new assignment, and was accorded a warm welcome by senior Chinese and Indian officials. Deputy Director, Asia Department of the Chinese Foreign Ministry Li Jianbo and Charge d'Affairs of the...

Karachi: Pakistan has approved the export of donkey meat to China after a Chinese company warned it could shut operations, prompting intervention by the prime minister's office. The dispute involves the Hangeng Trade Company operating in Gwadar, a port city central to China-backed projects, where...

Islamabad: Two men from the minority Hindu community have qualified to join the federal civil service of Pakistan, where representation of such groups in government jobs is historically low. Jeevan Rebari and Khem Chand Jandora, both from Sindh province, were among the 170 candidates qualified...

Lahore: Iran has conveyed a multi-layered proposal to Washington in an attempt to break the deadlock over peace talks, a senior official familiar with the development said Sunday. US President Donald Trump says he is still not satisfied with Iran's new offer to end the...

Tehran: Iran's army spokesman Mohammad Akraminia said that the country's armed forces are controlling the Strait of Hormuz, and no friendly or hostile vessel can transit the waterway without their permission. Controlling the Strait of Hormuz is "an inherent right" of Iran, of which the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said military strikes against Iran could resume "if they misbehave" even as he said that he was reviewing a fresh proposal from Tehran to end the now paused war. Trump, on his way to Miami from Palm Beach, said he...