International

Beirut: An Israeli airstrike targeted a neighbourhood in the town of Bint Jbeil in southern Lebanon killing three people, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. Earlier Wednesday, three others were killed and one more injured in Israeli airstrikes on the town of Khiam and the villages...

Canberra: Australia's unemployment rate fell in November, defying the expectations of economists, official data has revealed. According to monthly labour force figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Thursday, the official unemployment rate was 3.9 per cent in November, down from 4.1 per...

Tehran: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says the recent events in Syria, including the fall of its government, were part of a joint plan by the United States and Israel. “There should be no doubt that what has happened in Syria is the result...

Beijing: The “successful” meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping in Russia in October “signified a new beginning” of India-China relations, a senior minister of the ruling CPC has said. Liu Jianchao, Minister of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party...

Islamabad: A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital Wednesday killed the Taliban refugee minister and two others, officials said, in the most brazen attack on a member of the Taliban inner circle since they returned to power three years ago. The explosion struck inside the...

Brussels: European Union envoys have agreed a new raft of sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, targeting in particular a vast shadow fleet of ships that Moscow is exploiting to skirt restrictions on transporting oil and fuel, the EU's Hungarian presidency said Wednesday....

Ottawa: TikTok has challenged a Canadian government order to shut down the Chinese video-sharing app's business operations in the country that was imposed over national security concerns. The company said Tuesday that it filed an application for a judicial review with the Federal Court in...

Cairo: Palestinian medical officials say an Israeli strike on a home where displaced people were sheltering in the northern Gaza Strip has killed at least 19 people. That's according to the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which received the casualties Wednesday after the overnight strike in the...

New Delhi: India evacuated 75 of its nationals from Syria Tuesday, two days after rebel forces overthrew President Bashar al-Assad's authoritarian government, said the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Wednesday. The evacuation was carried out amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation in the country following...

Toronto: Toronto witnessed a powerful demonstration Wednesday as members of the Canadian Hindu community gathered outside the Bangladeshi Consulate to protest the ongoing atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh. The event, organised by Canadian Hindu Volunteers, brought together individuals from diverse backgrounds, unified in their call...