Former US ambassador to the UN and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley in her tour of an army base in northern Israel, signed an artillery shell intended for Lebanon with the message, “Finish them! America [loves] Israel always.” The...

A 25-year-old woman from Telangana, Guntipalli Sowmya, died after being hit by a car in Florida, USA, her family reported. Sowmya was struck by a speeding car while crossing the road on May 27, according to information received by her family....

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres conferred the ‘UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year’ Award on Indian Army Major Radhika Sen at the UN headquarters in New York. Major Radhika Sen is a true leader and role model and her service is a true...

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif admitted that Islamabad had "violated" an agreement with India signed by him and ex-prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999, in an apparent reference to the Kargil misadventure by Gen Pervez Musharraf.

Online payments have grown at a fast phase in recent years but frauds in such transactions have grown faster. Credit card and online frauds have increased 425% to £145.7 mn FY24 from £27.7 mn in the year-ago period. Card and UPI payments rose...

A Pakistani court postponed a ruling on an appeal by former prime minister Imran Khan and his third wife against their conviction for unlawful marriage, their lawyer said. Khan and his wife Bushra Khan, also known as Bushra Bibi, were sentenced...

South Africans angry at joblessness, inequality and power shortages have slashed support for the African National Congress (ANC) to 40% in last week’s election, ending three decades of dominance by the party that freed the country from apartheid.

Dr Helen Mary Roberts, serving in the Pakistan army medical corps, has made history by becoming the first woman from Christian and minority community to achieve the rank of brigadier in in the Muslim-majority country. Roberts was among the officers...

Indian equity benchmark indices BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty closed 6 per cent lower on Tuesday (June 4) after staging a partial recovery in afternoon trade. At the time of the closing bell on the day of Lok Sabha election results 2024, Sensex was...

Tata Steel will infuse $2.1 billion (£1.74 bn) in its Singapore arm, to repay debt of its offshore entities and to “support the restructuring costs” of its loss-making UK operations. Further, it will convert debt instruments worth $565 million...