International

Taipei: Taiwanese President William Lai Ching-te said Thursday tougher measures are needed to counter stepped-up Chinese infiltration, spying and other efforts to weaken the island's defences. Lai cited a range of recent incidents involving China that fall into a “gray area” of psychological warfare short...

Washington: Mia Francis, a 22-year-old barista from Boston, filed her taxes on her own this year for the first time, using a free government tax filing program that made it easy because it did most of the work for her. Francis said it took 45...

New York: The US authorities have identified a 24-year-old man as a person of interest in the case of a 20-year-old Indian student who has mysteriously gone missing during a spring break visit to the Dominican Republic. Sudiksha Konanki, a citizen of India and a...

Islamabad: Even as questions mounted over the handling of the Jaffar Express hijacking in Balochistan, the Pakistan government remained notably silent in the National Assembly, despite scathing criticism from the Opposition. Wednesday, the coalition government avoided any mention of the hijacking incident, which had shaken...

Paris: Defence Ministers from Europe's top five military powers, France, Germany, Britain, Italy and Poland, met in Paris and voiced support for the Ukrainian army. In a joint declaration published after the meeting, the ministers agreed to strengthen European support for peace in Ukraine, including...

New Delhi: SpaceX has postponed the launch of its Falcon 9 rocket, which was scheduled to carry a crew of four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) and return the "stranded" NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore. The launch, originally planned for today...

A massive four-lane highway is being constructed to facilitate the arrival of delegates to the COP30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, which will be attended by representatives from around the world this November. However, felling of thousands of trees to make way for the 13-km...

London: Britain's government said Wednesday it has expelled a Russian diplomat and a diplomatic spouse in a tit-for-tat response to the expulsion of two British embassy staff in Moscow earlier this week. In a statement Wednesday, the Foreign Office said it had summoned the Russian...

Islamabad: The standoff between the fighters of the Baloch Liberation Army's (BLA) Majeed Brigade and the Pakistani military after the massive attack on Jaffar Express passenger train in Bolan district has finally ended after more than 24 hours, several reports indicated Wednesday evening. Sources confirmed...

Port Louis: India and Mauritius Wednesday elevated their ties to 'enhanced strategic partnership' and inked eight pacts to boost ties in several sectors, including maritime security, and promote trade in local currencies, even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled an ambitious vision for growth and...