International

Dubai:  The toll in Iran's bloody crackdown on nationwide protests has reached at least 5,002 people killed, activists said Friday, warning many more were feared dead as the most comprehensive internet blackout in the country's history crossed the two-week mark. The challenge in getting information...

Washington: TikTok has finalised a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years on the platform now used by more than 200 million Americans. The social video platform...

New Delhi: The anti-India rhetoric in Bangladesh is set to rise as the country gets set to vote in February to elect a new government. Intelligence agencies have picked up intercepts suggesting that violence is set to go up as the elections near, and these...

New York: The US has finalised its withdrawal from the World Health Organisation, one year after President Donald Trump announced America was ending its 78-year-old commitment, federal officials said Thursday. But it's hardly a clean break. The US owes more than USD 130 million to...

Beijing:  A stable policy environment and a predictable, reform-oriented investment climate have ensured India's emergence as the world's fastest-growing major economy in recent times, Consul General in Shanghai Pratik Mathur said Friday. Speaking at the 11th Edition of the Shanghai International Business Cooperation Forum, Mathur...

Colombo: The Sri Lanka Navy has arrested seven Indian fishermen for allegedly fishing in the island nation's territorial waters. The fishermen were arrested, and their two trawlers seized Tuesday off Kovilan, in the northern Jaffna peninsula, the Navy said in a statement. Those arrested will...

New Delhi: Gold and silver prices surged to record highs Friday, as the US dollar weakened and geopolitical tensions surged over threats of US intervention in Iran. MCX gold February futures rose 1.23 per cent to Rs 1,58,261 per 10 grams around 11.25 am. Meanwhile,...

Washington: Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has condemned the detention of a five-year-old boy along with his father by US immigration authorities, making him the fourth student to be detained in a suburban Minneapolis school district in recent days, local media reported Friday. Taking...

Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament Friday, paving the way for a Febuary 8 snap election. The move is an attempt to capitalise on her popularity to help governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years, but...

New York: President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for USD 5 billion Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021. The lawsuit,...