International

U.S. tariffs push more German firms to move production abroad: survey

7 months ago

U.S. tariff hikes are deepening pressure on German industry, a business survey showed on Thursday, with roughly two in three manufacturing companies having already moved production abroad or planning to...

Global tourism sustains upward trend: UN Tourism

7 months ago

International tourist arrivals continued to grow in 2025, according to the latest data published by UN Tourism on Thursday.The Madrid-based organization said in its quarterly World Tourism Barometer that over...

Land taken on lease by Nepal at Haldia, Kolkata ports become useless, state paying Rs 560,000 per month as rent

7 months ago

Kolkata (India), Nov 28: The state has been spending Rs 560,000 per month from the national coffers in lack of utilization of the land that Nepal has taken on lease...

Trump says to suspend 'third world' migration after troop killed

7 months ago

Donald Trump said Thursday he would suspend migration from what the US leader called "third world countries", a day after an Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard soldiers in...

US-South African relations deteriorating for long: Former Polish Ambassador on Trump's G20 ban

7 months ago

Adam Burakowski, Associate Professor at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Former Ambassador of Poland to India and South Africa, said that the relations between South Africa and the United...

France to Launch Voluntary National Military Service

7 months ago

French President Emmanuel Macron announced the launch of a voluntary military service program next summer, lasting 10 months and conducted entirely on French soil.The scheme will initially involve 3,000 young...

Trump, Elon Musk appear together in RFK Jr's Thanksgiving photo, spark reunion buzz

7 months ago

US Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F Kennedy Jr this week posted a Thanksgiving lunch photograph showing him seated with US President Donald Trump, Tesla founder Elon Musk,...

UN calls on Pakistan to respect Imran Khan's human-rights and due-process protections

7 months ago

The UN's deputy spokesperson reaffirmed that the world body has urged Pakistani authorities to ensure the human rights and due-process rights of Imran Khan are respected.This follows his arrest and...

Indonesia floods death toll rises to 84

7 months ago

Flooding and landslides across Indonesia's Sumatra island have killed at least 84 people this week and dozens more are missing, rescue officials said Friday.Indonesia, along with neighbouring Malaysia and Thailand...

UN chief condemns coup in Guinea-Bissau

7 months ago

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply concerned about the unfolding events in Guinea-Bissau, and strongly condemns the coup perpetrated by elements of the military and any attempts to violate the...

Japan's jobless rate unchanged at 2.6 pct in October

7 months ago

Japan's unemployment rate in October remained at 2.6 percent for the third straight month, but the number of jobless people continued to increase, government data showed Friday.The number of employed...

Dozens dead as floods ravage Southeast Asia

7 months ago

The toll from days of flooding in Southeast Asia rose on Friday, with at least 90 dead in Indonesia, and a hospital in southern Thailand announcing its morgue was full.Heavy...

Trump says Venezuela anti-drug operations 'by land' to begin 'soon'

7 months ago

US President Donald Trump said Thursday that efforts to halt Venezuelan drug trafficking "by land" would begin "very soon," further ratcheting up tensions with Caracas, which claims the anti-drug campaign...

"His health is fine": Pak Govt, PTI dismiss rumours about Imran Khan's condition

7 months ago

Rana Sanaullah, adviser to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Political Affairs, and senior PTI figures have rejected speculation surrounding Imran Khan's health, telling Dawn that the former PM was "fine...

Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades kills at least 94, scores missing

7 months ago

Families of the scores still missing after Hong Kong's worst blaze in decades scoured hospitals Friday as firefighters searched the last of the torched housing estate's flats, with the death...

Sri Lanka closes offices and schools as death toll from landslides and floods rises to 56

7 months ago

Sri Lanka closed government offices and schools Friday as the death toll from floods and landslides across the country rose to 56 while more than 600 houses were damaged, officials...