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Yunus, Xi discuss expanding economic ties

Chinese president assures support to Bangladesh's interim govt BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping has told Bangladesh’s interim leader, Muhammad Yunus, that Beijing would consider requests...

Israel threatens to seize parts of Gaza over fate of hostages

JERUSALEM: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened Wednesday to seize parts of Gaza if Hamas does not release hostages, while the militant group warned they...

US panel urges sanctions on Indian officials over foiled assassination plot

MEA calls report ‘biased’ NEW DELHI: A US body has recommended the Donald Trump administration to impose targeted sanctions on “individuals and entities, such as...

Magazine publishes entire US attack plan mistakenly shared in chat group

WASHINGTON: The Atlantic magazine on Wednesday published what it said was the entire text of a chat group mistakenly shared with a journalist by...

7,000 glaciers disappeared: China staring into water crisis, disaster risks

BEIJING: Climate change has a massive effect on the world's climate. Increased temperatures have led to the rapid melting of glaciers across the world. In...

Turkish authorities detain journalists amid protests over Istanbul mayor’s imprisonment

ISTANBUL: Turkish authorities detained several journalists from their homes, a media workers' union reported, in what it said was a crackdown amid escalating protests...

China, India may seek to interfere in Canadian elections, says country’s spy agency

NEW DELHI: Canada’s spy service Monday said China and India are likely to try to interfere in the Canadian general elections on April 28,...

China’s PLA deploys AI tool ‘DeepSeek’ in military hospitals, non-combat functions

BEIJING: China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) has started using the recently released Chinese AI tool 'DeepSeek' for non-combat support functions, especially in military hospitals,...

Idea of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ applies to foreign policy too: Jaishankar

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that the vision of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas,’ applies to the country’s foreign policy too,...

A hidden world beneath: What lies under 16,000 feet of Antarctic ice

NEW DELHI: The Antarctic has always been shrouded in mystery. It seems the seventh largest continent’s icy surface is more than meets the eye....

Protests erupt in Turkey after Istanbul Mayor’s arrest; Prez Erdogan vows crackdown

ISTANBUL: Protests erupted across multiple Turkish cities on Friday as thousands rallied against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor, Ekrem Imamoglu, a prominent opposition figure...

Trade tariffs: Trump restates his ‘flexibility,’ pursuit of ‘reciprocity’

Washington, Mar 22: US President Donald Trump has reiterated that he will exert flexibility on tariff policies, but his administration’s new levies on goods...

Trump pulls security clearances for Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton

BRIDGEWATER, NEW JERSEY: US President Donald Trump took away security clearances for former Vice President Kamala Harris, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and...

Israel intensifying Gaza strikes to press Hamas into freeing hostages: Def Minister

JERUSALEM: Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said on Friday the army was intensifying strikes from the air, land and sea in Gaza to pressure...

Prophet’s Mosque receives 4,000 worshipers from 120 countries for I’tikaf

MADINAH: The Prophet’s Mosque welcomed 4,000 worshipers, both men and women, from 120 countries for I’tikaf (staying in a mosque for the purpose of...

Israel’s ceasefire breach: Hamas resumes rocket fire at Israel as death toll in Gaza climbs to 85

GAZA: Gaza based militant group Hamas has claimed that it fired a barrage of rockets at Israel for the first time since the ceasefire...

Iran weighing ‘opportunities’, ‘threats’ after Trump’s letter on nuclear deal

TEHRAN: Weeks after Iran’s Supreme Leader dismissed US President Donald Trump’s letter urging a new nuclear deal, Tehran on Thursday announced that it is...

World Happiness Report: India ranks lower than Pak; Finland happiest

NEW DELHI: India ranked 118th in the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday, much lower than Pakistan, Nepal, Ukraine and Palestine. The report was published...

Trump releases more than 2,000 new JFK assassination files

With over 60,000 new pages now accessible, historians trying to figure out whether they tell us anything new WASHINGTON: United States President Donald Trump’s administration...

New Israeli strikes on Gaza ‘dramatic step backwards’: Macron

PARIS: Israel's resumption of strikes on the Gaza Strip is a major step in the wrong direction after its ceasefire with Hamas earlier this...

45-day rehabilitation: How NASA astronauts will adjust to life on Earth

WASHINGTON: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore made their way back to Earth on Tuesday with the Crew-9 spacecraft in a rescue mission...

Important that all hostages are released: India

NEW DELHI: India on Wednesday said it is concerned over the situation in Gaza and called for supply of humanitarian assistance to people of...

World reacts to deadly Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

DUBAI: Israel launched a wave of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing more than 320 people, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The escalation...

Trump’s ‘America first’ approach should not be misunderstood as ‘America alone’: Tulsi Gabbard

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump's policy of "America First" should not be misunderstood as "America alone" as it is similar to Prime Minister...

SpaceX capsule carrying Nasa’s stuck astronauts departs for trip back to Earth

WASHINGTON: NASA's two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a...

Israeli airstrike kills three in Gaza, medics say

CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike killed three Palestinian men in the Gaza Strip, medics said on Monday, and there was no sign of progress at...

Syria points finger at Hezbollah as fighting erupts on border with Lebanon

DAMASCUS: Fighting has erupted along the border between Lebanon and Syria. The violence overnight and into Monday came after skirmishes over the weekend that saw...

Trump shares Modi’s podcast on Truth Social handle

NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump shared the three-hour–plus podcast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his Truth Social handle. The podcast, hosted by US...

Mount Fuji hikers to be charged $27 on all trails

TOKYO: Hikers attempting any of Mount Fuji’s four main trails will be charged an entry fee of 4,000 yen ($27) from this summer, after...

On Russia-Ukraine war, why PM Modi said he’s ‘not neutral’

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke about the Russia-Ukraine war and said that India is "not neutral" in the conflict while...

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