International

Colombo: The death toll due to floods and landslides has risen to 56 and 21 remain missing in Sri Lanka as it announced a public holiday Friday other than for those involved in essential services. At least 46 deaths have been recorded within the past...

New Delhi: India has secured third ranking in Asia Power Index 2025, while the United States and China occupy the first and second spot respectively, a globally reputed think tank said in its findings. Another striking feature of the report is India’s steadily growing power...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin will undertake a two-day visit to India from December 4 to hold annual summit talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi that is expected to produce significant outcomes to further solidify the bilateral strategic ties. The Ministry of External Affairs...

Hong Kong: Hong Kong firefighters searched through a high-rise tower complex apartment-by-apartment Friday for more victims after a massive fire engulfed seven of its eight buildings, killing at least 128 people in one of the city's deadliest blazes. Crews were prioritising apartments from which they...

New Delhi: Indian Intelligence agencies have alerted the security forces to remain in a state of very high alert in the wake of the developments unfolding in Pakistan. Trouble is brewing in Pakistan in the wake of rumours relating to the death of former Prime...

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump Friday said he will “permanently pause" migration from all “third world” countries and deport foreign nationals who are a “security risk” as his administration intensified crackdown on immigration in the wake of the killing of a National Guard member...

Islamabad: Pakistan and Russia have reaffirmed their commitment to a "forward-looking" partnership and agreed to deepen bilateral cooperation in diversified trade, energy, business-to-business engagements and social sectors like health and education. The 10th Pakistan-Russia Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation, co-chaired...

Hong Kong: Firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 94 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city's modern history. Rescuers holding flashlights were going...

New York/Washington: The Trump administration has said it will conduct a “rigorous” re-examination of all Green Cards issued to immigrants from “every country of concern” in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard service members by an Afghan national. US Citizenship and Immigration...

Beijing/Hong Kong: Firefighters battled for a second day Thursday to contain a massive inferno that ripped through seven high-rise residential towers in Hong Kong, as the death toll climbed to 75 and over 280 people remained missing in what officials described as the city's worst...