International

New Delhi: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, French President Emmanuel Macron, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan were among the world leaders who extended greetings on Diwali on Sunday. "Diwali carries a shared message of...

Tel Aviv: Israeli President Isaac Herzog has officially given opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the first chance to form the next government. After the formal announcement Sunday evening, Eisenkot, who ran as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main rival, now has to launch complicated negotiations with potential...

Washington: Conservative activists led by Jake Lang stormed Diwali celebrations in Seattle carrying placards calling for deporting all "dot heads", an act that was swiftly condemned by US lawmakers and community leaders. Lang and fellow activist Thomas Allen waved the American flag and carried placards...

Tehran: The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early Sunday two "violating" oil tankers attempting to pass through an "unauthorized" route in the Strait of Hormuz caught fire after hitting naval mines. In a statement on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah...

Bhubaneswar: Exploring opportunities in drone technology, healthcare, sustainability and digital innovation, Israeli delegates interacted with Odisha-based startups at a Business and Innovation Roundtable held at O-Hub in Bhubaneswar recently, aimed at strengthening business ties and technological cooperation between Israel and Odisha. The event was jointly...

Krakow (Poland): Five people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a gunman opened fire Saturday afternoon in a market square in Krakow, Poland, police said. The gunman aimed at random people as he drove by the city's Main Square, Krakow police said....

Tehran: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday that its aerospace division has established underground missile and drone production facilities and is continuously increasing the range of its missiles. "We managed to rapidly relocated the production of missiles and drones from the surface to...

Cairo, Nov: Airstrikes in a town near the capital, Sanaa, Saturday killed 22 people and wounded 30 others, mostly women and children, a spokesman for Yemen's Houthi-run Health Ministry said. Speaking to The Associated Press, Anees Alasbahi accused Saudi Arabia of carrying out the strikes...

Kathmandu: A group of youths and journalists organised a rally in Kathmandu to protest against the alleged press freedom violations. The protests came after police briefly detained three journalists last week and searched the newsrooms of several media organisations. Dozens of protesters, wearing black and...

New Delhi: Operation Sindoor has dealt a major blow to Pakistan’s terror infrastructure, forcing the ISI to overhaul the operational structure of terror outfits such as Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), and Hizbul Mujahideen. According to Pakistan's intelligence assessments, the destruction of JeM’s headquarters in Bahawalpur...