International

Tehran: Iran is set to hold what it has described as a "historic" funeral ceremony in Tehran Saturday to honour 60 individuals, including senior military commanders and prominent Nuclear scientists, who were killed during the recent 12-day conflict with Israel. The commemorative events will begin...

Washington: A divided Supreme Court Friday ruled that individual judges lack the authority to grant nationwide injunctions, but the decision left unclear the fate of President Donald Trump's restrictions on birthright citizenship. The outcome was a victory for the Republican president, who has complained about...

New Delhi: India Friday banned imports of certain jute products and woven fabrics from Bangladesh through all land routes amid strained relations between the two countries. However, imports are allowed only through Nhava Sheva seaport in Maharashtra, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said...

Beijing: The purge of China's powerful defence and security establishment continued as top military officials, including a senior general, chief of navy and a nuclear scientist, were expelled from the national legislature Friday. General Miao Hua along with Vice Admiral Li Hanjun, chief of staff...

Islamabad: Seven people died after 18 tourists, including women and children, were carried away by flash floods Friday in the Swat River in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The incident occurred in the Fizagat area, where the members of two families were having breakfast near the riverbank...

Qingdao: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has proposed to his Chinese counterpart Dong Jun that India and China should solve the "complex issues" under a structured roadmap comprising steps to de-escalate tensions along the frontiers and rejuvenate the existing mechanism to demarcate the borders. Singh and...

Bangkok: The US and China have signed an agreement on trade, President Donald Trump said, adding he expects to soon have a deal with India. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told Bloomberg TV that the deal was signed earlier this week. Neither Lutnick nor Trump provided...

Hanoi: Asia's dependence on Middle East oil and gas, and its relatively slow shift to clean energy, make it vulnerable to disruptions in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic weakness highlighted by the war between Israel and Iran. Iran sits on the strait,...

New Delhi: The world's third-richest man, tech billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is all set to marry former journalist Lauren Sanchez Friday in what is being described as a star-studded wedding. The extravagant celebration, hosted in Venice, Italy, is expected to cost approximately Rs...

Kyiv: Ukrainian forces have halted Russia's recent advance into the northern Sumy region and have stabilised the front line near the border with Russia, Ukraine's top military commander said Thursday. Col. Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces, said that Ukrainian successes...