International

Bangkok: An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand Thursday, killing eight, officials said. A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 km northeast of the capital Bangkok, were on the pilgrimage....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday held summit talks with his Japanese counterpart Sanae Takaichi focusing on expanding economic ties, enhancing resilient supply chains for semiconductors and boosting cooperation in critical technologies. Following the talks, the two sides are expected to unveil a joint...

Washington: India will mount a coordinated challenge next week to a proposed US tariff on its exports, with government officials and leading industry bodies arguing that Washington's findings on forced labour are legally flawed, unsupported by evidence and could disrupt supply chains linking the world's...

New York: President Donald Trump took in nearly USD 1.2 billion from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses. Mere startups when he took the oath of office, the new ventures...

New Delhi: Diplomat Somnath Ghosh has been appointed India's next High Commissioner to Malaysia, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said in a statement Wednesday. Ghosh is a 1997-batch Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer. "Somnath Ghosh (IFS: 1997), presently Consul General, Consulate General of India, Chicago,...

Doha: Indirect talks between United States and Iran are underway in Doha Wednesday under the mediation of Qatar and Pakistan. "The talks are taking place indirectly now, with no face-to-face meetings between the two sides," a source told Xinhua news agency. "The sessions are closed...

Antwerp (Belgium): At least five people were killed and many others injured Wednesday in a fire at an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said. The blaze broke out mid-morning on the eighth floor of the building, where more than 200 people...

Islamabad: India and Pakistan Wednesday exchanged lists of prisoners, including fishermen, in each other's custody, the Foreign Office here said Wednesday. According to the Foreign Office (FO), the two countries exchanged through diplomatic channels the lists of prisoners in pursuance of the bilateral Agreement on...

Antwerp (Belgium): Several people have been killed and many hurt in a fire in an apartment block in the Belgian city of Antwerp, police said Wednesday. The blaze broke out mid-morning on the eighth floor of the building, where more than 200 people live, in...

Dubai: A ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz after not running Iran's approved route through the water, Iranian state television reported Wednesday. The report identified the affected vessel as a foreign container ship, but offered no other immediate details. The Iranian state TV...