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G7 nations set to expand solar, wind power capacity by 2030

New Delhi: The G7 climate change, energy, and environment ministers of rich nations wrapped up their two-day meeting in Sapporo with an agreement to...

Sudan death toll nears 100 as clashes continue

Khartoum: The death toll from fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has risen to 97, according to The...

Bangladesh capital records hottest day in decades

Dhaka: The heatwave has gripped many parts of Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, as the country enters the height of summer, the Meteorological Department...

US warship sails in Taiwan Strait after China’s exercises

Taipei: The US Navy has sailed a warship through the Taiwan Strait in its first known transit since China carried out a large encirclement...

Myanmar military pardons more than 3,000 prisoners for New Year

Yangon: Myanmar’s military has announced plans to release 3,113 prisoners, including 98 foreigners, to mark the country’s traditional New Year. The statement by the military...

Hundreds of Houthi prisoners, 16 Saudis freed on day two of swap

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia and the Yemeni Houthi rebels have freed hundreds of prisoners of war as part of a multi-day exchange amid concerted efforts...

Ukraine brings home 130 military in Easter prisoner exchange

Kyiv: One hundred and thirty Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released and returned home in a “great Easter exchange”, a senior Ukrainian presidential...

Flights out of Taipei delayed after China launches satellite

Taipei: Flights out of northern Taiwan were delayed Sunday after China launched a rocket carrying a satellite that dropped debris into waters north of...

Minneapolis OKs dawn Muslim prayer call, 1st for big US city

Minneapolis: Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major US city to allow the announcement...

Religious leaders join Guterres in praying for peace — ‘our most precious goal’

United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres gave a clarion call for unity in a world ravaged by war and political polarisation, as religious leaders...

Safeguards needed to ensure AI systems are not misused or guided by biases: Amb Kamboj

United Nations: Artificial Intelligence, if harnessed properly, can generate enormous prosperity and opportunity, India has said, underscoring the need to ensure AI systems are...

UK imposes export bar on painting of Indian soldiers during World War I

London: A portrait by Anglo-Hungarian painter Philip de Laszlo of two Indian soldiers who fought in World War I was placed under a temporary...

US classified documents leak: Here’s what we know so far

New Delhi: A week after it emerged that hundreds of documents marked as classified by the United States security agencies have been made available...

Ukrainian President, entourage embezzled USD 400 million from fuel purchases aid: Report

New Delhi: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his entourage have embezzled at least USD 400 million, which was sent to the country for the...

Saudi crown prince launches 4 new special economic zones

Riyadh: Saudi Arabian Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud have launched four new special economic zones in the kingdom. The zones,...

Gulf nations Bahrain, Qatar to restore ties after boycott

Dubai: The Gulf nations of Bahrain and Qatar agreed to restore diplomatic relations late Wednesday. Bahrain had been the last holdout of four Arab nations...

S Korea to conduct radiation test on 89 N Korean defectors from May

Seoul: South Korea plans to conduct a radiation test on 89 North Korean defectors who hailed from areas near the Punggye-ri nuclear testing site,...

Trump sues his former lawyer Michael Cohen for more than $500 million

Washington: Donald Trump sued his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen on Wednesday seeking at least $500 million in damages, as the former US President steps up...

100 killed in airstrike by military junta on Myanmar village

New Delhi: As many as 100 people, including many children, were killed in an air raid by Myanmar’s military in Sagaing Region’s Kanbalu Township,...

Syria and Tunisia restore diplomatic ties after a decade

Beirut: Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, Syrian state...

France’s Macron heckled by protesters on Netherlands visit

Amsterdam: Protesters disrupted French President Emmanuel Macron’s speech in the Netherlands about Europe’s future as he faces mass protests over pension reform back home. Security...

China stages live-fire drills for ‘sealing off’ Taiwan

Beijing: China has kicked off a third day of live-fire drills near Taiwan in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s recent trip to the...

BBC objects to Twitter’s move to label it as ‘govt-funded media’

Bengaluru: BBC on Monday objected to Twitter’s move to label the broadcaster as a “government-funded media” on the micro-blogging platform. BBC said it has...

Indian-origin man arrested for ‘hate-motivated’ attack at Canada mosque

New Delhi: An Indian-origin man was arrested in Canada for allegedly yelling threats and religious slurs, and trying to run over people in a...

Angry over Taiwan’s President’s US trip, China sanctions American, Asian organisations

Beijing: China on Friday sanctioned the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other US- and Asian-based organisations in retaliation to the US House Speaker meeting...

Chinese researchers publish Covid-origin data from Wuhan market

New Delhi: A team of researchers in China have released an analysis of the samples that were taken from the Wuhan market in 2020...

Colonial-era file sheds light on Indian jewels in UK’s royal treasury

London: The discovery of a colonial-era file from the archives of the India Office, the then-British government department responsible for its rule over the...

Iran, Saudi Arabia take a step closer to repairing ties

The two countries’ foreign ministers agree to open embassies, resume officials’ visits and facilitate visas for citizens Beijing: Saudi Arabia and Iran have agreed to...

Thousands flee into Thailand after fighting between Myanmar military, rebels

Bangkok: Fierce fighting between the Myanmar military and armed ethnic rebels has forced about 5,000 people to flee across the country’s border into Thailand...

North Korea warns ‘offensive action’ over allies’ drills

Seoul: North Korea on Thursday threatened unspecified “offensive action” over the expansion of U.S. military exercises with rival South Korea as President Joe Biden’s...

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