International

Luxembourg: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar called on Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden Tuesday, conveying warm greetings of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussing growing cooperation in financial services, investments, technology and innovation between both nations. "Pleased to meet Prime Minister Luc Frieden of...

Manado (Indonesia): Flash floods triggered by torrential rain killed at least 16 people in Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, officials said Tuesday. Days of monsoon rain burst riverbanks early Monday, triggering fast-moving torrents of water mixed with mud, rocks and debris that swept away people and...

Dubai: The death toll in violence surrounding protests in Iran has risen to at least 35 people, activists said Tuesday, as the country's theocracy acknowledged the unrest in one western province where security forces reportedly raided a hospital. The figure came from the US-based Human...

New York: A defiant Nicolás Maduro declared himself "the president of my country” as he protested his capture and pleaded not guilty Monday to the federal drug trafficking charges that the Trump administration used to justify removing him from power in Venezuela. “I was captured,”...

Tokyo: A strong earthquake hit western Japan Tuesday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, and no major damage or life-threatening injuries were reported. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, occurred in Shimane prefecture in northwestern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological...

Dhaka: A 40-year-old Hindu man, owner of a grocery shop, has been murdered after unidentified attackers struck him with a sharp weapon in Bangladesh's Narsingdi city, according to a local media report. The incident took place Monday night, hours after a Hindu businessman, who was...

Paris: Ukraine's allies are meeting Tuesday in Paris for key talks that could help determine the country's security after a potential ceasefire with Russia. But prospects for progress are uncertain with the Trump administration's focus shifting to Venezuela. Before the US capture of Venezuelan leader...

Washington: The Trump administration has added seven countries, including five in Africa, to the list of nations whose passport holders are required to post bonds of up to USD 15,000 to apply to enter the United States. Thirteen countries, all but two of them in...

Dhaka: A Hindu businessman, who was also the acting editor of a newspaper, was fatally shot in the head by unidentified men Monday in Jessore district of Bangladesh, according to local media reports. The deceased has been identified as 38-year-old Rana Pratap Bairagi, a resident...

New York: Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro is in a federal court Monday to face charges of narco-terrorism after his capture by US forces in his country. Maduro and his wife, Cilio Flores, arrived at the courthouse from the notorious federal lockup, Metropolitan Detention Centre (MDC),...