International

New Delhi: India and the US are "very close" to finalising the framework for their proposed bilateral trade agreement, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said Monday, noting that both nations are actively engaged in negotiations. The two countries are holding two parallel negotiations -- one on...

Dhaka: Legal proceedings were initiated against senior journalist Anis Alamgir after he was taken into custody by the Detective Branch (DB) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) for questioning relating to "specific issues", local media reported Monday. This came as yet another case of escalating...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a three-country tour starting Monday, which will include Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman. PM Modi will arrive in Jordan Monday at the invitation of King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein. During the two-day visit to the Hashemite...

Washington: Creepy, zany and demonstrably fake content is often called "slop”. The word's proliferation online, in part thanks to the widespread availability of generative artificial intelligence, landed it Merriam-Webster's 2025 word of the year. “It's such an illustrative word," said Greg Barlow, Merriam-Webster's president, in...

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Monday spoke to his Australian counterpart, Penny Wong, and conveyed India's condolences over Sydney's Bondi Beach terror attack, in which 15 innocent people were killed. In a post on X, EAM Jaishankar said, "Just spoke to Australian...

United Nations: Six Bangladeshi peacekeepers were killed in a drone attack on a UN logistics base in Sudan, according to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. The attack on Saturday was carried out in the Abeyi region by the Rapid Support Forces, a rebel militant group battling Sudan’s...

Canberra: One of the alleged shooters involved in the terrorist attack that took place at Bondi Beach in Australia's Sydney Sunday has been identified as Naveed Akram, local media reported, citing a senior law enforcement official. The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity,...

Kathmandu: Indian ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava, who had taken ill during a hike in Nepal's Lalitpur district, is stable, officials said Sunday. Srivastava was airlifted to Kathmandu in a Nepal Army helicopter Saturday after he experienced sudden health problems during the hike at Champadevi...

Tel Aviv: Israeli President Isaac Herzog Sunday condemned the attack on the Jewish community in Australia's Sydney and offered condolences to the bereaved families of the victims. At least 10 people, including one gunman, have been killed and 12 others are injured after a shooting...

Berlin: US envoys arrived in Berlin Sunday morning for another round of talks intended to secure a deal to end the war in Ukraine. US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner were spotted in downtown Berlin by a photographer...