International

Juneau (US): A charter aircraft carrying eight people crashed at a remote radar site in western Alaska, killing all on board, the US military said. The crash happened at Cape Newenham Long Range Radar Site Airport, approximately 450 miles (725 km) west of Anchorage, Alaska,...

Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was shifted back to Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi Friday morning after undergoing a medical examination at a private hospital in Islamabad, where he was taken from prison in compliance with a Supreme Court order. Khan, 73, was moved...

Washington/Dubai: US President Donald Trump has warned of economic consequences against any country that provides “any type of lifeline to Iran” as the United States looks to resolve a war it began alongside Israel nearly six months ago. Thousands have been killed in the war,...

Seoul:  North Korea fired a barrage of short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Thursday, despite a recent olive branch offered by US President Donald Trump, who signalled a willingness to reengage with the North's leader Kim Jong-un. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said...

Dhaka: India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, Thursday assured that New Delhi would take all necessary steps following the deaths of Bangladeshi nationals in a hotel fire in Kolkata, local media reported. “It's very sad. We will certainly do whatever needs to be done,”...

Dhaka: Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir, a longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) and a close ally of former premier Khaleda Zia, was Thursday elected as the country's new President in the first contested poll for the post in 35 years. The...

Kyiv: Russia pounded the Ukrainian capital Kyiv and the surrounding region with scores of missiles and drones in a nighttime aerial attack that lasted for hours and killed at least 14 people, officials said Thursday. Moscow's forces have in recent months intensified their ballistic missile...

Dhaka: The possibility of Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman's visit to India next month for BRICS Summit remains slim unless an appropriate environment based on mutual trust is created, along with a dignified invitation from New Delhi, his Foreign Affairs Adviser Humaiun Kobir has said....

Seoul: South Korea said North Korea fired an unidentified projectile off the North's east coast, the Yonhap News Agency reported, citing South Korea's military as saying the launch happened on Thursday. The reported launch happened a day after the powerful sister of North Korean leader...

London: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have decided to move back to the UK with their two children later this month but will remain non-working members of the royal family, according to UK media reports. Harry, the younger son of King Charles III,...