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Fifteen dead, 500 missing as huge blaze engulfs Rohingya camp in Bangladesh

COX BAZAR: Fifteen people have so far been confirmed dead and 400 are still missing in the huge blaze at the Rohingya refugee camp...

Bhutan PM thanks Modi for 4,00,000 more doses of Covid vaccine

THIMPHU: Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering on Monday expressed gratitude to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for making the nationwide rollout of the Covid...

Pakistan’s former premier Gilani challenges results of Senate chairman election in HC

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's former prime minister Yusuf Raza Gilani on Monday challenged the results of the Senate chairman election more than a week after he...

Bangladesh rules out security threat to PM Modi’s visit amid protests

DHAKA: Bangladesh has ruled out any security threat to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s two-day visit to the country later this week and said “few”...

Elevating US-India defence partnership priority of Biden admin: Lloyd Austin

NEW DELHI: Elevating the US-India defence partnership is a priority of the Biden administration, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday as he...

Taliban warns US over deadline for troops withdrawal, vows to restore Islamic rule

MOSCOW: The Taliban warned on Washington on Friday against defying a May 1 deadline for the withdrawal of American and NATO troops from Afghanistan,...

‘Unresolved’ Kashmir issue biggest hurdle between Indo-Pak relations: Imran Khan

Says peace with Pakistan will give India direct access to Central Asia Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said India will be benefitted...

China has administered 65 million COVID-19 vaccine doses at home

BEIJING: A Chinese official says the country has administered almost 65 million doses of coronavirus vaccine to its citizens amid plans to immunise up...

Quad leaders: Committed to free, open, secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific region

Washington: The leaders of the four-nation Quad have reaffirmed that they are striving to ensure that the Indo-Pacific is accessible, dynamic and governed by...

Indian envoy in Sri Lanka visits Northern and Eastern Provinces; holds talks with Tamil leaders

Colombo: India’s top diplomat in Colombo held talks with senior Tamil leaders during his visit to the Northern and Eastern Provinces and emphasised that...

Sri Lanka to ban burqa, shut many Islamic schools, minister says

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will ban the wearing of the burqa and shut more than a thousand Islamic schools, a government minister said on Saturday,...

US defence secretary and Rajnath to discuss ways to operationalise major defence partnership: Pentagon

WASHINGTON: US defence secretary Lloyd Austin will meet his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh next week in India and discuss ways to operationalise the major...

Gurdeep Singh takes oath as Pakistan Senator

ISLAMABAD: Gurdeep Singh from the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party took the oath on Friday as a Senator, becoming the first turban-clad Sikh representative in...

Imran Khan, military generals to be responsible if anything happens to Maryam: Nawaz Sharif

LAHORE: Pakistan's deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif has accused the country's powerful military establishment of threatening his daughter Maryam Nawaz, warning that if anything...

Quad going to be vital arena for cooperation in Indo-Pacific, says Biden

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden said on Friday that the Quad involving the US, India, Australia and Japan - is going to be a vital...

Cooperation between countries should not target third party: China on Quad summit

BEIJING: Ahead of the Quad summit on Friday, China said exchanges and cooperation between countries should contribute to mutual understanding rather than “targeting” a...

China’s Parliament approves 14th Five-Year Plan to build dam on Brahmaputra in Tibet

BEIJING: China's Parliament on Thursday adopted the 14th Five-Year Plan, the mega blueprint containing billions of dollars worth of projects, including the controversial hydropower...

China to connect Tibet with high-speed bullet trains before July: Official

BEIJING: China will operate bullet trains to Tibet, close to the Indian border in Arunachal Pradesh before July this year, marking the opening of...

Swiss vote on proposal to ban face coverings in public

BERLIN: Swiss voters decide Sunday on a proposal to ban face coverings, both the niqabs and burqas worn by a few Muslim women in...

2 Pak Navy men killed, 1 injured in attack in Baluchistan

KARACHI: Unidentified gunmen attacked a vehicle carrying security forces, killing two personnel of the Pakistan Navy and injuring another in the coastal district of...

Pakistan PM Imran Khan wins trust vote in National Assembly

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday won a trust vote in the National Assembly amid a boycott call by the Opposition parties,...

WHO decides against publishing findings on Wuhan COVID origin probe: Report

WASHINGTON: The World Health Organization has scrapped plans for a team that visited Wuhan, China to probe the origins of the coronavirus pandemic to...

China to push for building ‘Polar Silk Road’ in Arctic Ocean

BEIJING: As the ice-covered parts of the Arctic Ocean melt due to climate change, China has flagged its interest to take part in building...

Iran to meet with UN technical experts over uranium find

Berlin: Iran has agreed to sit down with international technical experts investigating the discovery of uranium particles at three former undeclared sites in the...

UN: 38 died on deadliest day yet for Myanmar coup opposition

Yangon: Myanmar security forces were seen firing slingshots at protesters, chasing them down and even brutally beating an ambulance crew in video showing a...

Sri Lanka clears port deal with Adani after India ‘approves’ firm

New Delhi: A month after India and Japan were banished from developing Colombo port’s strategic east container terminal, Sri Lanka on Tuesday approved a...

UK MPs to debate press freedom, safety of protesters in India

LONDON: British lawmakers will debate the issue of press freedom and safety of protesters in India next Monday in response to an e-petition which...

Amidst heightened border tension, Chinese hackers targeted India’s power through malware: US firm

Washington: Amidst the tense border tension between India and China, a Chinese government-linked group of hackers targeted India’s critical power grid system through malware,...

Report: US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan

Islamabad: The United States wasted billions of dollars in war-torn Afghanistan on buildings and vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed, according to a...

Israel, Palestine must avoid unilateral action that could prejudice final status issues: India at UN

UNITED NATIONS: Reiterating that only a two-state solution will deliver enduring peace that the people of Israel and Palestine deserve, India has said this...

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