International

Kazan: Expressing concerns over the situation in Middle East and West Asia, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Thursday said that there remains a "widespread anxiety" that the ongoing conflict would spread further in the region. "The situation in the Middle East, West Asia for...

Beirut: The Lebanese military says an Israeli strike killed three of its troops, including an officer, as they were evacuating wounded people in southern Lebanon. In a Thursday post on X, it said the strike hit the outskirts of the southern town of Yater. The...

Beijing: China Thursday said the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Russia's Kazan Wednesday carries a ‘great significance’ as they reached an “important common understandings” to improve the bilateral ties. “They reached important common understandings on improving and developing...

Paris: France pledged to provide a 100-million euro ($108-million) package to support Lebanon at an international conference Thursday, as President Emmanuel Macron said 'massive aid' is needed to support the country where war between Hezbollah militants and Israel has displaced a million people, killed over...

Peshawar: Pakistani security forces killed nine terrorists, including two suicide bombers and a "high-value" terrorist, during an operation in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the military said Thursday. The intelligence-based operation was conducted late Wednesday in the Bajaur district of the province, according to...

Washington: India's priority is not to impose its dominance but to enhance its influence, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, asserting that no country, whether the US or China, can ignore New Delhi today. Sitharaman made the remarks Wednesday during a panel discussion on...

Dhaka: The Bangladesh interim government has banned Bangladesh Chatra League, the student organisation of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's party Awami League, after a demand by a student group that led the July-August uprising under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009. The government, under the powers...

Beirut: Hashem Safieddine, a strongman who rose through the ranks of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah over decades to become the second-most powerful person within the organisation, has died. Safieddine, who was about 60, was killed in early October in a series of Israeli...

Kazan/Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed "in principle” to the suggestions made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during their meeting here Wednesday to improve India-China relations, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. In his meeting with Modi on the sidelines of the 16th BRICS Summit in...

New Delhi: Spanish President Pedro Sanchez will be on an official visit to India from October 27-29 during which he will hold delegation level talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to give a boost to bilateral ties, the Ministry of External Affairs announced Wednesday. "This...