International

Colombo: Sri Lanka has increased retail fuel prices by over 8 per cent with effect from midnight Monday in a bid to curb hoarding and panic buying amid rising global crude oil prices, officials said Tuesday. The price revision comes as global crude oil prices...

Dubai: Iranian fired drones towards Saudi Arabia and Kuwait early Tuesday as the war in the Middle East shows no sign of abating. The Saudi Defence Ministry said it has destroyed two drones over the kingdom's oil-rich eastern region, while in Kuwait, the National Guard...

Dubai: US President Donald Trump said Monday that the war against Iran could be short-lived, but he left open the possibility of an escalation in fighting if global oil supplies are disrupted by the Islamic Republic, which chose a new hard-line supreme leader. Oil prices...

Kathmandu: Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane has said he looked forward to strengthening Nepal-India ties through "development diplomacy" as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for congratulating him on the party's electoral success. RSP is heading towards a two-thirds majority in Nepal's parliamentary...

Dubai: Iran has launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries while more than a week of heavy US and Israeli bombardment continues. Iranian state TV announced early Monday that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has been named supreme leader in defiance of threats by US President...

Abu Dhabi: The UAE's Ministry of Defence said Monday that its air defences detected 15 ballistic missiles, of which 12 were destroyed, while three fell into the sea. According to the statement released by UAE's Ministry of Defence amid the ongoing conflict in West Asia,...

Tehran: The Indian Embassy in Tehran Monday advised its nationals in Iran not to approach any of the land borders for travelling outside the country without prior coordination with the Embassy. The Embassy said that it will not be able to help Indian nationals after...

New Delhi:  Indonesia has agreed with India to buy the BrahMos missile system, its Defence Ministry spokesperson Rico Ricardo Sirait said Monday. Rico told the Reuters news agency that the agreement was "part of Indonesia’s modernisation of military hardware and defence capabilities, especially in the...

New Delhi: Iran had sought India's permission for three of its ships to dock at Indian ports and the approval was granted the next day, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Monday, amid tensions in the Indian Ocean region following the sinking of an Iranian...

Manama: The Indian Embassy in Bahrain Monday advised Indian nationals in the country to remain vigilant and take due care amid the prevailing regional situation. The Embassy asked Indian nationals to follow updates and advisories issued by it and the local authorities. It also released...