New York: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), added a festive touch to their Christmas celebrations by donning Santa hats, igniting a wave of conspiracy theories on social media. In a video shared by NASA, Williams wore a red t-shirt while three of her fellow astronauts sported…
Peshawar: At least 13 terrorists linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed by the security forces on Wednesday during an intelligence-based in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army said. According to a statement by the military’s media wing, security forces conducted an operation in Sararogha, South Waziristan District, on the reported presence of TTP…
Kazakhistan: An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau. Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry said that over 30 people are feared dead and four bodies have been recovered so far. It also added that at over 32 people survived the crash and 29 of them have been hospitalised. The ministry confirmed in a Telegram…
San Francisco: Ahead of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to the United States, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday had meetings with top American diplomats on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues. Jaishankar is scheduled to visit the United States from December 24-29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced…
San Fransisco: Amid growing outrage here about the large-scale attack on minority Hindus and their places of worship in Bangladesh, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday spoke with the interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and both leaders expressed commitment to protect human rights in the troubled South Asian nation. “Both leaders expressed…
Peshawar: The security forces gunned down 11 suspected terrorists, including a commander of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in two intelligence-based operations in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. The operations were conducted in the volatile Tirah Valley in Khyber district and Lakki Marwat district after reports about the presence of militants. A group…
Kuwait City: India and Kuwait on Sunday elevated their ties to a strategic partnership, inked a key pact on boosting defence cooperation and vowed to soon finalise an ambitious investment treaty as Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive talks with Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and other top leaders of the Gulf nation to…
Beijing: The Chinese military has denounced a recent Pentagon report alleging corruption is denting PLA’s modernisation, saying the report “desperately slandered” the Chinese military and “exaggerated” the military threat posed by China. Reacting to the Pentagon’s report to the US Congress titled “Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China” released recently, the…
Kuwait City: India and Kuwait on Sunday elevated their relationship to a strategic partnership after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held extensive talks with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. In their discussions, the two leaders focused on boosting ties in areas of information technology, pharmaceuticals, fintech, infrastructure and security. In a post on ‘X’,…
New Delhi: Seven Indians have been injured in the deadly car-ramming attack in the eastern German city of Magdeburg and the Indian embassy in Berlin is providing them all possible assistance, official sources said on Saturday night. A 50-year-old man drove his car into crowds at a Christmas market on Friday evening in Saxony-Anhalt state’s…
