International

Manila: The United States plans to deploy more high-tech missile systems to the Philippines to help deter aggression in the South China Sea, where the treaty allies Tuesday condemned what they called China's illegal, coercive, aggressive, and deceptive activities. Beijing has repeatedly expressed alarm over...

Geneva: Delegations from Moscow and Kyiv were in Geneva Tuesday for another round of US-brokered peace talks, a week before the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his government's delegation was in Switzerland, and Russian state news...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman is all set to be the Prime Minister of the country after his party's Members of Parliament elected him as leader of the parliamentary party, making it official. The development came even as all the newly elected...

Peshawar: At least three militants and as many policemen were killed during a search operation in northwest Pakistan, police said. The search operation was conducted Monday in Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, when terrorists belonging to Fitna al-Khawarij opened fire on a police team. According to...

Dhaka: The newly elected Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) lawmakers were sworn in Tuesday, six days after the crucial general elections in the country. Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) has bagged 209 out of 297 seats, while right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami secured 68 seats in the 13th Parliamentary elections....

Geneva: The US and Iran are expected to hold their second round of talks about Iran's nuclear program Tuesday in Geneva as the United States ramps up its military presence in the Middle East and Iran holds large-scale maritime exercises. US President Donald Trump has...

New Delhi: Pakistan’s Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir has conveyed his displeasure to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding the state of affairs of the country’s cricket board. The army chief raised this issue after Pakistan’s humiliating defeat against India in the ongoing T20 World...

Dhaka: Outgoing interim government chief Muhammad Yunus Monday said his 18-month rule restored three core pillars of Bangladesh's external engagement - "sovereignty, national interests, and dignity", and it is no longer a "submissive" nation. In his farewell address to the nation, Yunus said that at...

United Nations: India's permanent contribution to the agenda of the international community and that of the UN is of "enormous importance for us", the UN chief has said, as he pointed to a "positive mega trend" of the increasingly enhanced roles of developing economies like...

Colombo: The Sri Lanka Navy Monday apprehended 25 Indian fishermen for allegedly poaching in the island nation's territorial waters. The fishermen were apprehended, and their two trawlers were seized in Sri Lankan waters off Kankesanthurai, Jaffna, the Navy said in a statement. The fishermen will...