International

Bogota (Colombia): A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia Monday, shaking the South American nation and neighbouring Ecuador and prompting people to evacuate homes and buildings. The epicentre was in San Jose Del Palmar, a municipality in the Choco region about 250 miles (400 kilometres)...

Dubai: Iran Monday said it will not reopen the Strait of Hormuz until the United States meets its conditions. "It is up to the US side to stop and make amends for its illegal and destructive actions," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei said, noting...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Monday once again sought the extradition of former premier Sheikh Hasina from India during High Commissioner Dinesh Trivedi's first meeting with Prime Minister Tarique Rahman in Dhaka, amid fresh strains in ties between the two countries. The meeting also "covered a range of...

New Delhi: India's imports of Russian crude oil rose to a record for the second consecutive month in July, underscoring the country's continued reliance on discounted Russian supplies even as Western sanctions have tightened restrictions on Moscow's energy exports. Indian buyers imported Russian crude worth...

Dhaka: Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Dinesh Trivedi Monday called on Prime Minister Tarique Rahman amid fresh strains in ties between the two countries over former premier Sheikh Hasina's virtual media interaction in New Delhi last week. The meeting lasted around half an hour and...

Kyiv: A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said. Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages...

Kathmandu: Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah held a meeting with Indian Ambassador Naveen Srivastava Monday, marking his first one-on-one meeting with a foreign diplomat since becoming country’s prime minister March 27. This marked a departure from his self-imposed rule of avoiding individual engagements with foreign...

Washington: India has pushed back against what it called “misunderstandings” surrounding its proposed FCRA amendment, saying the legislation would strengthen oversight of foreign funding without shutting down lawful civil society. India’s Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, issued a detailed “Myth vs. Reality...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that "we are only semi-negotiating" with Iran, noting that he is prepared to allow economic pressure on Iran to mount -- as opposed to ordering a new military offensive, Axios reported. "We are low keying it," Trump told Axios...

Moscow: Russia needs to create a railway route to the Indian Ocean to reduce dependence on strategically sensitive maritime chokepoints like the Strait of Hormuz and the Bosphorus Strait, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Marat Khusnullin has said. His comments came amid the conflict in West...