New Delhi: Two Indian Air Force fighter jets have crashed after an apparent midair collision while on exercises about 300km (185 miles) south of the capital, New Delhi. Both aircraft had taken off on January 28, 2023 morning from the Gwalior airbase, about 50km (30 miles)
Islamabad: India should not take Pakistan’s desire for peace as a weakness as country’s armed forces were fully prepared to counter any threat to its sovereignty and integrity, a senior security official said Wednesday. Pakistan has never been averse to ‘peace’ between two countries but it
London: A Conservative member of the UK’s House of Lords, who was criticised for his "racially charged" comments over BBC's documentary on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, apologised and withdrew his remarks, The Guardian reported. Rami Ranger wrote a letter to the BBC regarding the documentary
Tokyo: Japan and NATO must "remain united and firm" in the face of security threats posed by China, North Korea and Russia’s war in Ukraine, Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday in Tokyo. Stoltenberg, secretary general of the European and North American military alliance, warned that Beijing was
Geneva: All countries remain "dangerously unprepared" for the next pandemic, the Red Cross warned, saying future health crises could also collide with increasingly likely climate-related disasters. Despite three "brutal" years of the Covid-19 pandemic, strong preparedness systems are "severely lacking", the International Federation of Red Cross
Dubai: Iran and Russia have connected their interbank communication and transfer systems to help boost trade and financial transactions, a senior Iranian official said, as both Tehran and Moscow are chafing under Western sanctions. Since the 2018 reimposition of US sanctions on Iran after Washington ditched
Chibayish Marshes: Black buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq s Mesopotamian marshes, leisurely chewing on reeds. After years of drought, winter rains have brought some respite to herders and livestock in the famous wetlands. Listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the marshes were parched
Paris: A second nationwide strike disrupted French electricity production, public transport and schools on Tuesday, in a backlash against the government’s plans to make people work longer before retirement. Unions, which have scheduled protest rallies across France throughout the day, want to keep the pressure on
Srinagar: A house owned by wife of National Conference General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar has been demolished during the so-called anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir. According to the details, on the instructions of Indian government, the Revenue department razed down a portion of house belonging
New Delhi: Gautam Adani, who fell from fourth to eleventh on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, may soon lose his position as Asia's richest person after falling outside the top 10 richest persons in the world as shares in his business continue to decline. Bernard Arnault is