International

London: The US Air Force has evacuated air refuelling tankers from their base in eastern England due to a threat from Iran, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. Two tankers stationed at RAF Mildenhall were diverted to Germany Monday, and several other tankers were relocated...

Abu Dhabi: Three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States opened Tuesday in Abu Dhabi, the head of Kyiv's delegation said. We have moved to a trilateral negotiation format involving Ukraine, the United States and Russia, Rustem Umerov, the head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence...

New Delhi: The European Union's ambitions to expand its presence in Southeast Asia through large-scale infrastructure and sustainability projects are facing fresh uncertainty as a prolonged budget dispute in Brussels threatens funding for overseas development initiatives, a report has said. At the centre of the...

Dhaka: Over 150 Chinese nationals have been filming and livestreaming from economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, falsely depicting them as parts of New Delhi, India, according to several reports. While recording footage from these locations, they made disparaging comments about India's living standards,...

Dimapur/Kohima: The University of Oxford returned the remains of 39 members of the Naga community, which were held at its Pitt Rivers Museum for more than a century, in a historic repatriation initiative. The remains were formally handed over to the Forum for Naga Reconciliation...

Islamabad: One police officer was killed and three others were abducted after armed assailants targeted a police checkpost at Shah Almas Pir Pahari in Hangu district of Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, local media reported Tuesday. District Police Officer Salahuddin Kundi said that the armed assailants...

Quetta: Pakistani forces came under a series of drone and improvised explosive device (IED) attacks across Balochistan’s Mastung and Kalat districts, resulting in multiple casualties and significant material losses, according to local media reports citing sources. Reports suggest that at least two drones struck the...

Abu Dhabi: The three-way talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States start Tuesday in the United Arab Emirates, renewing a push for peace after several rounds of negotiations earlier this year. The two-day session in Abu Dhabi, the first such meeting since February, will...

Hong Kong: China's trade surplus exceeded USD 1 trillion for a second straight year, according to official data released Tuesday, as pressure mounts for greater balance in trade with Beijing. Exports in October surged 35.2 per cent from a year earlier, the customs agency said....

Washington: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth defended the war in Iran as necessary despite questions about its electoral cost, brushed aside impeachment concerns, and urged Republicans to approve a major military funding package. Speaking to reporters after remarks at the Naval War College Monday (local...