Daily Archives: August 11, 2024
India to open mission in Timor-Leste: Murmu
NEW DELHI: India and Timor-Leste share warm and friendly relations based on a shared commitment to the values of democracy and pluralism,...
India inks pact to fund Nepal’s satellite launch
NEW DELHI: The Indian Government will fund a project to launch an indigenous satellite, Munal, for Nepal. A memorandum of understanding (MoU)...
King Charles hails community spirit amid UK violence
LONDON: Britain’s King Charles III has praised the “community spirit” of the peaceful counter-protesters in a call for unity after the “aggression...
UN-sanctioned official now Iran nuclear agency chief
TEHRAN: Iran’s newly elected president Masoud Pezeshkian reappointed US-educated official Mohammad Eslami (67), who had come under the United Nations’ sanctions 16...
Bangladesh Chief Justice resigns amid unrest
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s Chief Justice Obaidul Hassan on Saturday tendered his resignation, five days after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s regime amid massive...
Ethnic armed group behind attack on Rohingyas trying to flee fighting
BANGKOK: At least 150 civilians from Myanmar’s Muslim Rohingya minority community may have been killed this week in an artillery and drone...
Peace plan in works, Ukraine pins hopes on PM Modi’s visit
NEW DELHI: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is slated to head to Ukraine this month, a top Ukrainian official has told India’s...
Chinese air force jets endangered patrol plane with flares: Philippines
MANILA: The Philippine military chief, General Romeo Brawner, today condemned the “provocative actions” of two Chinese air force jets that executed a...
80 killed, 47 hurt in Israel’s ‘deadliest’ airstrike on school housing Gazans
CAIRO: An Israeli airstrike hit a school-turned-shelter in Gaza, killing at least 80 people, a Palestinian health official said on Saturday. He...