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It’s Time To Reform Security Council: UN Chief

United Nations/Hiroshima: The UN Security Council reflects the power relations of 1945 and there is a growing need to redistribute power with the realities...

PM Modi unveils Mahatma Gandhi’s bust in Hiroshima, site of world’s first nuclear attack

Hiroshima: The Gandhian ideals of peace and harmony reverberate globally and give strength to millions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday as he...

At G7 summit, PM Modi calls for building an inclusive food system

Hiroshima: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for building an inclusive food system that focuses on the world's most vulnerable people and pitched...

Modi, Macron discuss entire gamut of bilateral ties

Hiroshima: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a productive bilateral meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed a broad range of issues...

UN releases $22 mn for people fleeing Sudan fighting

Cairo: The UN has released $22 million to aid people fleeing the hostilities in Sudan into four neighbouring countries, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office...

Atomic bomb survivors look to G7 summit in Hiroshima as a ‘sliver of hope’ for nuclear disarmament

Hiroshima: This weekend’s Group of Seven leading industrial nations summit in Hiroshima provides a rare and possibly final chance for survivors of the atomic...

PM leaves on three-nation tour to attend key summits

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday left on a three-nation tour of Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia to attend three key...

Israel sees sharp rise in natural gas exports to Egypt, Jordan

Jerusalem: Israel’s natural gas exports to Egypt and Jordan increased sharply in 2022, Israel’s Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure said. The total natural gas exported...

Erdogan rival pledges to repatriate all refugees before Turkey runoff

Ankara: Tayyip Erdogan’s challenger in Turkey’s presidential race has sharpened his tone on migrants on Thursday, vowing to send all migrants back to their...

First-ever full-sized scans of Titanic shipwreck revealed, expected to pioneer research

London: The first-ever full-sized digital scan of the Titanic, which provides a complete 3D reconstruction of the world’s most famous shipwreck, was revealed on...

WHO cautions on use of ChatGPT, Bard in healthcare

New Delhi: Carefully examining the risks involved is imperative while using artificial intelligence (AI) tools such as ChatGPT, Bard, and Bert in healthcare, the...

Chinese slaps comedy firm with $2 million fine after military joke

Shanghai: China Wednesday slapped one of the country’s best-known comedy company with a 14.7 million yuan ($2.13 million) penalty, accusing it of “harming society”...

Australia cancels Quad meeting in Sydney after Biden postponement

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday a Quad summit would not go ahead in Sydney next week without US President Joe Biden,...

Russia launches ‘exceptional’ air attack in Kyiv with drones, missiles

Kyiv: Ukrainian air defenses thwarted an intense Russian air attack on Kyiv early Tuesday, shooting down all 18 missiles aimed at the capital. Loud explosions...

Turkey to hold presidential runoff poll on May 28

New Delhi: Turkey’s election watchdog has announced that the country’s presidential election will go to runoff on May 28 as no candidate secured more...

South Sudan opens new camp to receive refugees from Sudan

New Delhi: South Sudan has opened a new refugee camp in its northern region to receive people fleeing conflicts in neighbouring Sudan, a senior...

Cyclone Mocha may have killed ‘hundreds’ in Myanmar’s Rakhine

New Delhi: Rescue and relief efforts are under way in northwestern Myanmar and neighbouring Bangladesh after Cyclone Mocha crashed ashore, with one humanitarian group...

Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande leaves for Egypt

New Delhi: Chief of Army Staff Gen Manoj Pande on Monday left for a visit to Egypt to hold wide-ranging talks with the top...

Palestine warns of humanitarian crisis, holds Israel responsible for current tension

Occupied West Bank: Palestine holds Israel “fully and directly responsible” for the flaring violent tension with Palestinian military groups in the Gaza Strip, and...

Long-anticipated Ukraine counteroffensive soon: Zelenskyy

Rome: The first important steps of a highly-anticipated military counteroffensive against Russian forces would be taken soon, said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as he...

Cyclone Mocha makes landfall along Bangladesh, Myanmar coasts

Dhaka: Super cyclone Mocha made landfall along the Myanmar-Bangladesh coasts on Sunday after intensifying into the equivalent of a category-five storm, a senior Met...

Jaishankar discusses Indo-Pacific, Ukraine war with his 8 counterparts in Sweden

Stockholm: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has discussed a range of issues, including the Indo-Pacific and the Ukraine war, during his meetings here with...

198 Indian fishermen released from Pakistani jail

Karachi: Pakistani authorities have released 198 Indian fishermen, who were languishing at a jail here after being arrested for allegedly fishing illegally in the...

Warring parties in Sudan sign agreement to avoid harming civilians

Jeddah: The Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have signed a preliminary agreement in the Saudi port city of Jeddah to...

Hundreds of thousands to be evacuated as Bangladesh, Myanmar brace for severe cyclone threat

Dhaka: Authorities in Bangladesh and Myanmar prepared to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people Friday, warning them to stay away from coastal areas as...

Sri Lanka to convert 500,000 tuk-tuks to EVs

New Delhi: Facing a severe energy crisis amid the financial downturn, Sri Lanka mulls to switch to electric mobility by converting 500,000 ‘tuk-tuks’ (autorickshaws)...

Israel strikes on Gaza, killing 13 people including four children

Gaza: Israel has carried out a series of strikes on Gaza, killing at least 13 people, including three members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad...

‘Imran Khan arrested from outside Islamabad High Court’

Islamabad: Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan was on Tuesday arrested by paramilitary Rangers while he was present at the Islamabad High Court for...

Texas mall shooting prompts Biden to renew call for gun control

Washington: US President Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass gun control bills in the wake of yet another mass shooting that left...

Donald Trump will not testify in New York rape, defamation trial

New York: Former US President Donald Trump will not testify at a civil trial to challenge claims made by writer E. Jean Carroll that...

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