International

New York: Johnson & Johnson said Monday it would pay an estimated $5.5 billion to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging its baby powder and other talc products cause ovarian cancer, in a landmark deal that could end a contentious legal battle that has...

Washington: President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the new tariffs imposed by the US on forced labour will not hurt the economy as they would bring billions of dollars in investments. Trump told Fox News that the forced labour tariffs were the "other way of...

Washington: President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy are meeting Tuesday ahead of Sen Lindsey Graham's funeral, their second sit-down this month and after a far-right activist with the US president's ear had a widely publicised change of heart on Russia's war against Ukraine....

Kampala: Uganda's Ministry of Health Tuesday officially declared an end to the current Ebola outbreak, saying advances in epidemiological investigations and the fully characterised nature of the outbreak provided sufficient scientific evidence that transmission had been interrupted. "The Ministry of Health is pleased to announce...

Kathmandu: Nepal Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal Tuesday held talks on regional cooperation with BIMSTEC general secretary Indra Mani Pandey in Kathmandu, officials said. Pandey is currently on a two-day visit to Nepal. BIMSTEC stands for the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic...

Kathmandu: Curfew remained in force for the second consecutive day Tuesday in parts of Nepal's India-bordering Sunsari district as tension persisted following communal violence that left one person dead and several others injured. The District Administration Office (DAO), Sunsari, said curfew and prohibitory orders would...

Islamabad: The military-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won nine out of 13 seats in the first phase of elections held in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Election Commission said Tuesday. There were allegations of massive rigging in the first phase of the polls held Monday, in which...

Tokyo: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.1 jolted southwestern JapanTuesday. Japan's weather agency said tsunami advisories have been issued for the Ariake and Yatsushiro seas, local media reported. The earthquake struck Kumamoto Prefecture at a depth of 10 kilometres at 4:27 p.m. (local time), Japan's...

Islamabad: At least 20 people were killed and dozens critically injured during the Long March organised by the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), amid an escalating crackdown by Pakistani authorities on protesters in the region. The death toll is expected to...

Cairo: Mediators have achieved progress in getting the United States and Iran back to negotiations, regional officials said Monday, after both sides paused attacks following a period of rapidly escalating tensions. But scattered attacks by armed groups across the region underscored the lingering tensions. Saudi...