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...
Dhaka: The heatwave has gripped many parts of Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, as the country enters the height of summer, the Meteorological Department...
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...
Kyiv: One hundred and thirty Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released and returned home in a “great Easter exchange”, a senior Ukrainian presidential...
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: Minneapolis will allow broadcasts of the Muslim call to prayer at all hours, becoming the first major US city to allow the announcement...
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...
United Nations: Artificial Intelligence, if harnessed properly, can generate enormous prosperity and opportunity, India has said, underscoring the need to ensure AI systems are...
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,...
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...
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...
Beirut: Syria will reopen its embassy in Tunisia after the North African country announced the appointment of a new ambassador to Damascus, Syrian state...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...