International

Bangkok: A fire at a pub near Lat Phrao Road in Bangkok's Chatuchak district killed 27 people and injured dozens of others, Thai media reported. The fire broke out at around 11:57 p.m. local time and was later extinguished. The injured were taken to hospitals...

Washington: Indian American Sheetal Wrzesien, a former Google executive, was shot dead by her husband in Cobb County in Georgia in the US, a local media report said. Wrzesien’s son Jason was injured in the shootout that took place at the couple’s home at Laurel...

Beijing: A study by Chinese geologists has found that an active fault line beneath the world's largest hydropower project on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet could affect its structural stability, raising questions over Beijing's repeated claims that it would help prevent disasters in the region....

New Delhi: India's five-member team delivered a flawless performance at the 56th International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) 2026 in Colombia, winning five gold medals and helping the country secure the joint World No. 1 rank alongside China, Kazakhstan, Russia, South Korea, and Taiwan. The Indian contingent...

New Delhi: Afghanistan's Minister of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, Mawlawi Ataullah Omari, who visited India from July 7-12, held talks with Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and explored new avenues for collaboration, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The Afghan minister was accompanied by a...

Dhaka: At least 44 people have died in flood and landslide incidents in a week, officials said Sunday even as rivers remained above the danger level, leading to the displacement of over 2.5 lakh families across Bangladesh. Overnight torrential rains of 76 mm from 12...

Manila: The US, the UK and a dozen other Western and Asian countries reasserted Sunday that China's expansive claims in the South China Sea are illegal based on a 2016 arbitration ruling. A joint statement issued by the 14 nations said they rejected destabilising actions...

Peshawar: A police constable was shot dead by an unidentified assailant in a terrorist attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province Sunday, police said. The incident took place in the mountainous district of Buner. According to preliminary reports, Constable Miskeen Zada was sitting inside a police...

Kyiv: A Ukrainian attack in southwest Russia killed one person and wounded three more, local officials said Sunday, as Kyiv's forces continued to bombard Russia's oil facilities. The head of Russia's Samara region, Gov Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said that a child was among the injured. He...

Hanoi: The mortal remains of the 15 Indian nationals who died in a boat accident in Vietnam are being transported to Ho Chi Minh City and will be flown back to India at the earliest after official formalities are completed, the Indian Embassy in Vietnam...