Kyiv: Ukraine is ready to observe a ceasefire in airstrikes against Russian cities involved in the negotiation process, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced. "From now through the end of Saturday, as well as on Sunday and Monday, Ukraine is ready to refrain from strikes on...
Tehran: At least 11 people were killed and seven others wounded as a fuel tanker exploded in a traffic accident in western Iran Saturday, state-run IRIB news agency reported. The incident occurred on an intercity road between Sanandaj County in Kurdestan province and Hamedan County...
Cairo: US military Saturday said it struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with missiles, warning that it would "if necessary, destroy Iran's limited and exposed oil fleet." The military's statement said a US aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded "multiple unprovoked...
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a 72-hour pause in strikes on Kyiv, the Kremlin said Saturday, as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Moscow to try to revive a stalled push to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. "Putin has ordered...
Warsaw: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Saturday paid his respects at the Kolhapur Memorial in Warsaw, commemorating India’s humanitarian gesture of providing refuge to around 5,000 Polish women and children during the Second World War. Quoting the inscription at the memorial, which reads, “Dispersed...
Kathmandu: A Nepali woman and a Chinese national were rescued alive from two separate flood-affected areas Saturday, 11 days after deadly floods struck areas along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors in Nepal, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. A 64-year-old woman, Chandrika Shrestha, was...
United Nations: India has voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution aimed at correcting the world map to promote a more accurate representation of continental landmasses. The 193-member UN General Assembly Friday overwhelmingly adopted the resolution 'Correct the map rebalancing global cartographic representation...
Kathmandu: The Indian tunnel rescue team, which is continuing to work alongside the Nepalese Army, has made a temporary track inside the Chilime tunnel in flood-hit Rasuwa district to allow more heavy equipment to reach the affected areas, authorities said Saturday. The teams also dug...
Washington: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has widened a process allowing certain US-born children of foreign government employees to register as lawful permanent residents, while acknowledging that a federal court injunction limits implementation of the new rule. The interim final rule applies when neither...
Washington: Indian American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi has demanded that President Donald Trump disclose whether he, his family, political allies or major donors stand to financially benefit from his administration’s Venezuela oil agreement before substantial US taxpayer resources are committed. Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois and...
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