World Russia hikes taxes to help fund Ukraine offensive MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed off on a package of tax rises worth almost $30 billion,... Published 14 Jul, 2024 02:55am
World Tayyip Erdogan says Turkiye will not approve NATO attempts to cooperate with Israel ISTANBUL: Turkiye President Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday it is not possible for NATO to continue its partnership... Published 12 Jul, 2024 12:35pm
World China warns NATO against ‘provoking confrontation’ over Russia ties BEIJING: China on Thursday warned NATO against “provoking confrontation” over its ties with Russia, after the... Published 11 Jul, 2024 06:10pm
World Turkiye’s Erdogan warns against NATO-Russia conflict ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday that any possibility of a direct confrontation... Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:53pm
World Russian diplomat says Moscow won’t attend a second Ukraine peace summit MOSCOW: Russia will not attend a follow-up to last month’s Ukraine peace summit, state news agency RIA quoted Deputy... Published 11 Jul, 2024 05:17pm
Opinion ‘Modi’s visit to Russia: likely impact on Pakistan’ This is apropos my letter to the Editor titled ‘Modi’s visit to Russia: impact on Pakistan’ carried by the... Published 11 Jul, 2024 07:37am
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World Russia under fire at UN over Ukraine strikes UNITED NATIONS: Russia came under fire at the UN Security Council on Tuesday for conducting “systemic attacks” on... Published 09 Jul, 2024 08:31pm
World India PM Modi tells Putin ‘war cannot solve problems’ MOSCOW: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in Moscow that peace... Published 09 Jul, 2024 05:21pm
Business & Finance Russian budget deficit at 0.5% of GDP in June, says finance ministry MOSCOW: Russia’s budget deficit remained at 0.5% of gross domestic product (GDP) in June, the same as in May, the... Published 09 Jul, 2024 01:15pm
World India’s Modi on visit to Moscow appreciates ‘dear friend’ Putin NEW DELHI: India’s relationship with Russia is based on “mutual trust and mutual respect,” Prime Minister Narendra... Updated 09 Jul, 2024 03:32pm
World Russian missiles kill 31 in Ukraine, gut Kyiv children’s hospital KYIV, (Ukraine): Russia struck cities across Ukraine on Monday with a missile barrage that killed 31 people and... Published 09 Jul, 2024 07:19am
World Modi lands in Russia for first visit since Ukraine offensive MOSCOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Russia on Monday, as the Indian leader treaded a fine line between... Published 08 Jul, 2024 06:43pm
World Russia says captured another village in east Ukraine MOSCOW: Russia on Sunday said its forces had captured another village in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, the... Published 07 Jul, 2024 05:13pm
World Russian drone attack on Ukraine hits energy facility in Sumy region KYIV: Russia launched an overnight drone attack across Ukraine on Saturday, hitting an energy facility in the Sumy... Published 06 Jul, 2024 11:43am
World Erdogan says Putin visit could help Turkiye-Syria ties ANKARA: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said a possible visit to Turkiye by Russia’s Vladimir Putin could pave the... Published 05 Jul, 2024 05:22pm
World Modi to seek early discharge of Indians from Russian army in Moscow talks NEW DELHI: The early discharge sought by India of its nationals who were “misled” into serving in the Russian army... Published 05 Jul, 2024 05:13pm
World India’s Modi heads to Moscow for first visit since Ukraine invasion MUMBAI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday makes his first visit to Russia since the invasion of Ukraine,... Published 05 Jul, 2024 11:41am
World Child killed after Ukrainian attack on Russia’s Krasnodar region, governor says A six-year-old girl died in hospital after a drone attack on the town of Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia’s Krasnodar... Published 05 Jul, 2024 11:29am
World Russian shelling wounds seven in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, governor says KYIV: Russian shelling wounded seven people in the Ukrainian town of Nikopol in Dnipropetrovsk region on Thursday,... Published 04 Jul, 2024 02:34pm
Opinion Year of global shockwaves We’re only halfway through the year, and already 2024 has produced more high-voltage political shockwaves than any... Published 04 Jul, 2024 06:28am
Pakistan PM meets Putin, stresses need for increased bilateral cooperation ASTANA: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday met with Russian President Vladimir Putin wherein he emphasised... Published 04 Jul, 2024 05:47am
World Russian attacks on Kharkiv region kill one, injure four KYIV: One person was killed and another four wounded in Russian attacks in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region on... Published 03 Jul, 2024 01:40pm
World Vladimir Putin arrives in Kazakhstan for Russia-China dominated SCO summit Russia’s President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kazakhstan on Wednesday for regional security and defence talks, the... Published 03 Jul, 2024 11:40am
World Ukraine not ready to compromise with Russia, says Zelenskiy aide WASHINGTON: Ukraine is not ready to compromise with Russia and give up any territory to end the war, a senior... Published 03 Jul, 2024 11:29am
World Russia says it downed 10 Ukraine-launched air drones, two sea drones Russia’s defence systems destroyed 10 air drones that Ukraine launched at Russian territory, as well as two sea... Published 03 Jul, 2024 10:37am
World Russian envoy to UN hints Moscow could drop sanctions on Taliban UNITED NATIONS: Russian envoy to the UN Vasily Nebenzya suggested Monday that Moscow was considering dropping... Published 03 Jul, 2024 06:46am
World Russia says destroyed 5 Ukrainian jets in strike on air base MOSCOW: Russia claimed Tuesday to have destroyed five Ukrainian military jets in a strike on an air base that comes... Published 02 Jul, 2024 04:53pm
World Kremlin says visit by India’s Modi to Russia is very important MOSCOW: The Kremlin said on Tuesday that an upcoming visit by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Russia was... Published 02 Jul, 2024 03:23pm
World Hungary’s Viktor Orban visits Ukraine with aid tensions running high KYIV: Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrived in Ukraine on Tuesday for a surprise visit to the war-torn... Published 02 Jul, 2024 12:03pm