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At least 4 killed, 10 wounded after blast near Kabul mosque

Kabul: At least four people are dead and 10 wounded after explosion went off near a mosque in Afghanistan's capital of Kabul on Friday,...

Indian envoy calls on Sri Lankan PM Gunawardena, discusses bilateral issues

COLOMBO: Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka Gopal Baglay has called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena and discussed wide-ranging bilateral issues, including investments, shared...

US Chinese foreign ministers to meet as Taiwan tensions rise

NEW YORK: Senior diplomats from the United States and China will meet on Friday with tensions high after a visit to Taiwan by US...

Russia ‘shamelessly violated’ UN Charter in Ukraine: Biden

United Nations: President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia has shamelessly violated the core tenets of the international body...

US to step up its criticism of Russia at UN Security Council

United Nations: The United States and its allies plan to ramp up criticism of Russia for its war in Ukraine on Thursday and press...

UK Foreign Secretary thanks India for “very senior representation” at Queen’s funeral

NEW YORK: UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly has expressed gratitude for the representation by Indian President Droupadi Murmu at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth,...

Saudi Arabia plans to send female astronaut to space in 2023

Dubai: Saudi Arabia said on Thursday it will launch a training program with the goal of sending its own astronauts, including a woman, into...

UK Opposition group calls out baseless narratives’ behind Leicester clashes

London: An Indian diaspora-focused organisation of the UK Opposition Labour Party has warned that baseless narratives are being pushed out by extremist groups behind...

India, US have common goals and stakes that bind them together: Minister Jitendra Singh

Washington: India and the US have common goals and stakes that bind the two nations together, visiting Science and Technology Minister Jitendra Singh has...

Putin announces partial mobilisation of reservists; says Russia fighting ‘entire military machine of collective West’

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced a "partial mobilisation" of some 300,000 reservists with immediate effect in the wake of setbacks suffered by...

Israeli PM meets Turkish president, first time in 14 years

Jerusalem: Israel's prime minister has met with Turkey's president for the first time in 14 years, the latest sign of warming ties between the...

UNICEF regrets poor response to USD 39 million appeal for Pakistan’s flood-hit children

Islamabad: UNICEF has regretted that its funding appeal for over three million children in Pakistan's flood-affected areas was still less than a third of...

US, Iran to speak at UN; Zelenskyy to appear from Ukraine

United Nations: Leaders of two of the world's most-watched nations US President Joe Biden and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will be among those who...

India, UAE and France hold first trilateral ministerial meeting in US

New York: India, the UAE and France have held their first trilateral ministerial meeting here on the sidelines of a UN General Assembly session...

At UN, leaders confront COVID’s impact on global education

United Nations: With COVID-related school disruptions setting back children around the world, activists implored world leaders Monday to prioritise school systems and restore educational...

Putin blasts US attempts to preserve global domination

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday blasted what he described as US efforts to preserve its global domination and ordered officials to boost...

11 schoolchildren killed in Myanmar air strike: UNICEF

YANGON: At least 11 schoolchildren died in an air strike and firing on a Myanmar village, the UN children's agency said, an attack the...

Ukraine says Russian missile struck close to nuclear plant

Kyiv: Russian missile struck close to a nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine without damaging the three reactors but hit other industrial equipment in...

Taliban release American engineer Mark Frerichs in prisoner swap

Frerichs was exchanged at the airport in Kabul Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban freed on Monday American engineer Mark Frerichs in exchange for an Afghan tribal leader...

Jaishankar arrives in New York for hectic diplomatic week at UNGA high-level session

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has arrived here for the high-level UN General Assembly session, with a packed diplomatic week ahead that...

Will not tolerate any activities aimed to split China, Beijing hits back at Biden’s Taiwan remarks

Beijing: China on Monday said it will strive with “utmost sincerity” for the peaceful reunification of Taiwan and not tolerate any activities aimed at...

US would defend Taiwan against Chinese invasion: Biden

Beijing: President Joe Biden says US forces would defend Taiwan if China tries to invade the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as part of...

Indian mission condemns violence temple attack in UK

London: India on Monday strongly condemned violence against the Indian community and vandalisation of Hindu premises in the eastern England city of Leicester as...

Amid military setback in Ukraine, concerns from ally China, India mount more pressure on Putin

KYIV: Pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin mounted both on the battlefield and in the halls of global power as Ukrainian troops waging a...

UK: Russia likely to step up Ukraine civilian target attacks

Kyiv: Russian shelling hit cities and towns across a wide stretch of Ukraine during the night, officials said on Sunday, while the British Defence...

27 people killed in China bus crash

BEIJING: Twenty-seven people were killed in a bus crash in southwest China on Sunday, police said, in the country's deadliest road accident so far...

WHO raises alarm on disease in flood-hit areas of Pakistan

ISLAMABAD: The World Health Organisation raised the alarm Saturday about a "second disaster" in the wake of the deadly floods in Pakistan this summer,...

India, China expressing concern about Ukraine war reflective of global worries, says Blinken

Washington: Indian and Chinese leaders expressing their concerns to the Russian President over the Ukraine war is reflective of the global worries about the...

UN body says Pakistan floods impacted 16 million children

Islamabad: An estimated 16 million children have been impacted by "super floods" in Pakistan with at least 3.4 million of them needing immediate lifesaving...

US media praises PM Modi for telling Putin this is not time for war in Ukraine

WASHINGTON: The Modi-Putin conversation in Samarkand was widely carried by the mainstream American media. The mainstream American media on Friday praised Prime Minister Narendra...

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