International

New Delhi: European football will pay tribute to the victims of the devastating flash floods that struck Nepal last month, with UEFA arranging a moment of silence before every Champions League fixture as a gesture of solidarity with those affected by the tragedy. The tribute...

Kfar Rumman (Lebanon): Israel's air force carried out two airstrikes early Monday on a southern Lebanese village, killing at least nine people and wounding others, including women and children, Lebanon's Health Ministry said. Monday's strikes came amid a new round of escalation between Israel and...

Kathmandu: A national day of mourning is being observed Monday in Nepal in honour of those who lost their lives in the devastating flood that struck the Bhote Koshi River in Rasuwa district August 26. A Cabinet meeting held September 3 decided to observe a...

Tehran: Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary Mohsen Rezaei has said that his country would announce a restricted zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days and place any ship attempting to transit the area on Tehran's sanctions list. In an interview with...

Miami: Five people were killed and five others injured after an Amazon cargo plane overran a runway and crashed at Miami International Airport in the US state of Florida, authorities have said. The accident occurred at 1:58 p.m. local time (1758 GMT) Sunday, Miami-Dade County...

Seoul: North Korea has commissioned its new naval destroyer Kang Kon, state media said Monday, as the country pushes to modernise its naval assets and sharpen its combat readiness at sea with nuclear-capable vessels. Leader Kim Jong-un attended the commissioning ceremony held a day earlier...

Washington: US President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arrived in Kyiv Sunday for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after a three-hour meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow produced no announced breakthrough. It is their first official visit to Ukraine...

Riyadh: Minister of State for External Affairs, Kirti Vardhan Singh, Sunday met Saudi Arabia's Minister of Human Resources and Social Development, Ahmad bin Sulaiman Alrajhi and discussed cooperation in labour and manpower sectors. "Pleased to meet H.E. Eng. Ahmad bin Sulaiman Alrajhi, Minister of Human...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar Sunday held separate telephone conversations with his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and Egypt, discussing bilateral and regional issues. The Foreign Office (FO), in a series of posts on social media platform X, said Dar...

Cairo: Iran said Sunday it struck an unmanned US vessel trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, the latest salvo in a new flare-up of fighting between the two countries. The US did not immediately confirm the purported attack, which came a day after the...