International

Beijing: China Tuesday said the death sentence handed down to deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina is an "internal affair" of Dhaka, as it declined to offer any further comment on the development. Hasina, 78, was Monday sentenced to death in absentia by Bangladesh's International...

Dubai: The Consulate General of India in Jeddah has set up a camp office in Madina to assist the families of Indians who died in a bus accident involving Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia, the mission said Tuesday. Forty-four Indian Umrah pilgrims, including 42 from...

United Nations: The United Nations has said that the verdict against Bangladesh's ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina on charges of crimes against humanity is an “important moment” for the victims, but expressed regret over the imposition of the death penalty. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres...

Kabul: A total of 309 individuals who had been struggling with drug addiction have made a full recovery and rejoined their families in southern Afghanistan's Kandahar province, state-run media reported Tuesday. The former addicts from the provincial capital Kandahar City and other districts of the...

Belem: India will submit its revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the 2035 period by December, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said Monday, while calling on developed nations to achieve net-zero targets well ahead of their current deadlines. Addressing the high-level segment of the COP30 climate...

Dhaka: Following the death sentence of former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the country reeled under protests and attacks throughout the night as several vehicles were torched in five districts. Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) Monday pronounced a death sentence for former Prime Minister Sheikh...

United Nations: The UN Security Council Monday approved a US plan for Gaza that authorizes an international stabilization force to provide security in the devastated territory and envisions a possible future path to an independent Palestinian state. Russia, which had circulated a rival resolution, abstained...

Moscow: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Monday arrived in Russia on a three-day visit to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Heads of State Council meeting. At the airport, Jaishankar was received by Indian Ambassador Vinay Kumar and Alexei Pavlovsky, Director of the Second Asian...

New Delhi: Russian President Vladimir Putin's top aide and Chairman of the Maritime Board of Russia, Nikolai Patrushev Monday called on National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and National Maritime Security Coordinator Vice Admiral Biswajit Dasgupta in New Delhi as both sides discussed significant issues,...

Hyderabad: As many as 45 Umrah pilgrims from Hyderabad died when a bus carrying them caught fire after a collision with an oil tanker near Madina in Saudi Arabia. Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar told media persons that, as per the information received, one pilgrim,...