International

New Delhi: Domestic airlines are scheduled to operate 96 flights to and from the Middle East Friday while the carriers have cancelled 278 international services for the day, the government said Friday amid the conflict in the region. The situation in the Middle East has...

Dubai: US President Donald Trump appeared to rule out negotiations with Iran to end the conflict in the Middle East. He said in a social media post Friday that there will be no deal absent "unconditional surrender" from Tehran. "After that, and the selection of...

London: German media group Axel Springer has agreed to buy the owner of Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper for 575 million pounds (USD 766 million), the companies announced Friday. The agreement ends a long saga over ownership of the Telegraph Media Group, which publishes the 171-year-old...

Washington: American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain. The unemployment rate blipped up to 4.4%. The Labour Department reported Friday that hiring deteriorated from January, when companies, nonprofits and government agencies added 126,000 jobs. Economists...

Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian Friday said that "some countries" have begun "mediation efforts" to resolve the ongoing conflict with the United States and Israel which also led to the assassination of country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei last week. "Some countries have begun mediation...

New Delhi: Top government sources  Friday described as "baseless and preposterous" claims that the Indian Navy provided intelligence to the US on an Iranian frigate that was sunk by a US military submarine two days back. There is no question of providing any input to...

New Delhi: The government will use all policy tools and support measures to help domestic exporters deal with the ongoing West Asia crisis, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. He said that the government has set up an inter-ministerial group to look into...

Hong Kong: World shares were mixed Friday following a retreat on Wall Street, while the price of oil resumed its upward climb, hitting its highest level in nearly two years. US futures fell as the war with Iran entered its seventh day, with Israeli airstrikes...

Jakarta (Indonesia): Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday. Hafid in a statement to media said that she just signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no...

Kathmandu: Rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah's newly formed Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) was on Friday heading towards a landslide victory in Nepal's first general elections since the violent Gen Z protests toppled the K P Sharma Oli-led government in September. According to the Election Commission, the RSP...