International

Wadi Gaza (Gaza Strip): Tens of thousands of Palestinians headed back to the heavily destroyed northern Gaza Strip Friday as a US-brokered ceasefire came into effect in a deal that raised hopes for ending the Israel-Hamas war. All the remaining hostages were set to be...

New Delhi: Kabul will soon send its diplomats to India as part of "step-by-step" efforts to improve bilateral relations, Afghan Foreign Minister Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi said Friday even as he asserted the Taliban will not allow anyone to use Afghan soil against...

Islamabad: The Taliban government Friday blamed Pakistan for striking the Afghan capital and bombing a market in the country's east, accusing its neighbor of violating national airspace. A blast struck before 10 p.m. local time Thursday in the Abdul Haq Square area of Kabul, close...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said Friday that “there seems to be no reason” to meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping as part of an upcoming trip to South Korea after China restricted exports of rare earths needed for American industry. The Republican president suggested...

Washington: President Donald Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and - most vocally - himself. Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was awarded the prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it was...

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said that he secured thousands of new jobs during his visit to India, with a range of UK companies confirming 3.6 billion pounds worth of investments across AI and fintech sectors. Starmer, who concluded his Mumbai visit on...

London: Britain's former prime minister Rishi Sunak has been cleared by a UK government watchdog to take on part-time paid advisory roles with tech giant Microsoft and AI firm Anthropic, both based in the US. Sunak, who is now a backbench Conservative Party MP for...

Tel Aviv: A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas for the Gaza Strip came into effect at noon local time, the Israeli military said Friday, adding that troops were withdrawing to agreed-upon deployment lines. The announcement came hours after Israel's Cabinet approved President Donald Trump's...

Hanoi: Heavy rains and floods triggered by Typhoon Matmo have left 15 people dead and eight others injured across northern and north-central Vietnam, the Vietnam Disaster and Dyke Management Authority said on Friday. More than 225,000 houses were submerged and over 1,500 others severely damaged,...

Oslo: Opposition activist Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela has won the Nobel Peace Prize. The former Opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure in a political Opposition that was once deeply divided, an Opposition that found common ground in...