Agencies

Herat: The death toll from powerful earthquakes in western Afghanistan has exceeded 2,000 people, with another over 9,000 people have been injured, Reuters reported on Sunday, citing the Afghan Ministry of Disaster Management.As of yet, at least 2,053 people...

New Delhi: As Manipur continues to battle a fresh round of violence, the Union Home Ministry Thursday repatriated top Srinagar police official Rakesh Balwal to the northeastern state.Balwal, a 2012 batch IPS officer serving as Srinagar senior superintendent of...

New Delhi: A vacation bench of the Supreme Court on Friday refused urgent hearing on a plea by two Manipur residents against the repeated internet shutdowns in the state rocked by ethnic violence.The bench of justices Aniruddha Bose and...

London: The United Kingdom (UK) and the European Union (EU) have reached a new post-Brexit trade arrangement for Northern Ireland, British media reported on Monday.It came as UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak met the European Commission President Ursula von...

Ankara/Damascus: More than 2000 people were killed and thousands of others injured after strong earthquakes jolted parts of Türkiye and northwest of Syria early Monday, as local rescuers are battling harsh winter conditions to search for survivors under rubble.A...

Colombo: A leading Sri Lankan newspaper on Thursday urged Japan and other international lenders to ensure that funds pouring into the country should go for purposes they are intended for and not line the pockets of corrupt politicians."One...

Tokyo: India will invest more in Sri Lanka to help it battle its worst economic crisis since independence 75 years ago.Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the assurance to Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe when the two met briefly on...

Riyadh: Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud appointed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as the kingdom's prime minister, Saudi Press Agency reported, citing a royal decree.The king meanwhile on Tuesday issued a decree ordering a cabinet reshuffle,...

Moscow: After nine years' wait, President Vladimir Putin Monday granted Russian citizenship to former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden. Snowden exposed the scale of secret surveillance operations by the National Security Agency (NSA), the Reuters reported. Snowden, 39, fled the United...

London: Violent clashes between warring Hindu and Muslim mobs in Leicester in Britain left 16 policemen and a police dog injured over the weekend. Nearly 50 people have been arrested.Rob Nixon, Chief Constable of Leicestershire Police, called the riots...