International

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,...

Islamabad: Pakistan has sought a USD 10 billion facility from the US to strengthen its foreign exchange position and reassure international investors, Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb has said, as the cash-strapped country seeks to reduce its dependence on repeated emergency financing from friendly countries. Aurangzeb...

New Delhi/ Kabul: Continuing with its humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, India Thursday delivered medicines and medical consumables to a government hospital in Kabul. Taking to X, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) posted: "Augmenting Afghanistan's healthcare! Reaffirming its enduring health partnership with the friendly people...

United Nations: In an implied criticism of Pakistan's role in dealing with terrorism, India has called for transparency in the Security Council listing and delisting groups as terrorist organisations, adding that it should not be driven by narrow political interests. "Presence in the Security Council...

Singapore: Top Indian ministers Thursday met Prime Minister of Singapore, Lawrence Wong, here and discussed the progress made in implementing the roadmap for the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, External Affairs Minister (EAM)...

Washington: US Senator Mark Warner has demanded answers from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg over paid advertisements containing alleged child sexual abuse material, citing an earlier investigation that found similar advertisements running on Instagram in India. Warner, a Virginia Democrat, said Meta had allowed advertisements featuring...

Bangui: The death toll from a gold mine collapse in a western part of Central African Republic has risen to more than 100, a Red Cross volunteer involved in relief efforts and a local official said Wednesday. The low-tech, artisanal gold mine collapsed Tuesday morning...

Washington: Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, has been picked to lead the Food and Drug Administration, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. As a medical doctor and deputy director of the White House Domestic Policy Council who has worked on several of Trump's second-term...