International

New Delhi: Seasoned diplomat Vikram Doraiswami was Thursday appointed as India's new ambassador to China. Doraiswami, a 1992-batch Indian Foreign Service officer, is currently serving as Indian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. India's decision to send the senior diplomat to Beijing comes amid efforts...

New York: The US and Israel's war with Iran has thrust the Strait of Hormuz once again into the crosshairs of a geopolitical conflict. Nearly all traffic in the waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the rest of the globe's oceans, shutting down a...

Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) authorities said Thursday that operations at the Habshan gas facilities have been temporarily suspended due to falling debris from interceptions of missiles and condemned Iran over the "terrorist attack". "The United Arab Emirates has strongly condemned the Iranian...

Kabul: Pakistan and Afghanistan announced a “temporary pause” in hostilities on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, following appeals from Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar, even as tensions remain high after Kabul accused Islamabad of carrying out a deadly strike that killed hundreds. Pakistan’s Information Minister Ataullah...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said that the United States “knew nothing” about Israel’s strike on Iran’s South Pars gas field and warned Tehran of massive retaliation if it “unwisely” targets Qatar again, after Iran struck a portion of Qatar’s LNG facility following the attack....

Dubai: President Donald Trump pledged that Israel would make no more attacks on Iran's major South Pars gas field, but if Iran attacked Qatar again, the U.S. would retaliate and "massively blow up the entirety" of the field. Trump made his threat on social media...

Islamabad: Pakistan Wednesday criticised India for what it called unwarranted remarks about its military campaign against the alleged terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan. India Tuesday unequivocally condemned Pakistan's barbaric airstrike on a drug treatment centre in Kabul and described it as a blatant assault on Afghanistan's...

Washington: Director of US National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday warned that Pakistan’s advancing missile programme could eventually put the United States within range, flagging it as part of a growing set of global threats to the American homeland. Presenting the intelligence community’s 2026 Annual Threat...

Dubai: Israel's defence minister said Wednesday that the Israeli military killed Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib. Israel Katz announced Khatib's killing and said that "significant surprises are expected throughout this day on all the fronts," without elaborating. Khatib's killing follows Israel killing top Iranian security...

Kabul: The European Union (EU) has condemned a Pakistani airstrike on a medical facility in Kabul, describing it as a deadly escalation in the ongoing conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The EU urged both sides to exercise maximum restraint and take all feasible measures to...