International

Seoul: North Korea has commissioned its new naval destroyer Kang Kon, state media said Monday, as the country pushes to modernise its naval assets and sharpen its combat readiness at sea with nuclear-capable vessels. Leader Kim Jong-un attended the commissioning ceremony held a day earlier...

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv Sunday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow produced no announced breakthrough. It is their first official visit to Ukraine...

Riyadh: Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, Sunday met Saudi Arabia's Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Ahmad bin Sulaiman Alrajhi and discussed cooperation in labour and manpower sectors. "Pleased to meet H.E. Eng. Ahmad bin Sulaiman Alrajhi, Minister of Human...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar Sunday held separate telephone conversations with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt, discussing bilateral and regional issues. The Foreign Office (FO), in a series of posts on social media platform X, said Dar...

Cairo: Iran said Sunday it struck an unmanned US vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, the latest salvo in a new flare-up of fighting between the two countries. The US did not immediately confirm the purported attack, which came a day after the...

New Delhi: India has emerged as a crucial source of diesel for Europe, supplying about 60 per cent of the fuel transiting the Bab-el-Mandeb to the region in August, as Russian exports remain severely constrained and US shipments begin to weaken, according to data from...

New Delhi: India Sunday said a UN-initiated proposed world map must depict Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in accordance with the country's official map, and any "inaccurate" or "misleading" representation will be unacceptable. New Delhi's assertion came two days after it voted...

United Nations: In a cartographic push to reflect the Global South more accurately, the General Assembly has backed a world map that shows the true size of continents and nations. In a resolution adopted with India's backing, the Assembly called on Friday for the adoption...

United Nations: India has co-sponsored a resolution in the UN General Assembly proclaiming November 27 every year as the International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage. The 193-member UN General Assembly Friday adopted by consensus the resolution titled 'International Day for...

Kathmandu: When Amrit Diyali saw a human hand washed downstream by floodwaters, he was struck by how closely it resembled his younger brother Raj Kumar's, who has been missing along with his wife and four-year-old son since the devastating floods hit Nepal. "I found a...