International

AFP/APP Manila: A Philippine-flagged tanker carrying 1.4 million litres of industrial fuel oil capsized and sank off Manila Bay early Thursday morning, authorities reported. The MT Terra Nova was en route to the central city of Iloilo…

News Desk Washington: A large crowd gathered outside the US Capitol on Wednesday, chanting "Free Palestine," "Stop bombing Gaza," and "Netanyahu, you can’t hide," to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit and to urge…

News Desk  Islamabad: US Vice President Kamala Harris has gained momentum among Democrats and now leads Republican nominee Donald Trump by 44 percent to 42 percent in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll conducted between July 22 and 23. This…

AFP/APP Kathmandu: A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during takeoff in Kathmandu on Wednesday.  The pilot survived, but "many" others aboard are dead, according to Nepali police. The Saurya Airlines flight, which was…

AFP London: Eight crew members have died and five are missing after their fishing vessel encountered bad weather near the Falkland Islands, Spanish authorities said late Tuesday. Rescuers recovered eight dead bodies along with 14…

AFP/APP London: Rescuers managed Tuesday to save some of the 27 crew members who abandoned a flooded fishing vessel in bad weather in the South Atlantic, the Falkland Islands government said. Spanish and Argentinian media reported…

AFP/APP Washington: The United States announced on Tuesday that it had invited Sudan's warring sides to hold ceasefire talks in Switzerland next month.  Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that Washington had invited Sudan's army…

AFP/APP Allentown: In the US state of Pennsylvania, the Democratic Party's switch to Kamala Harris as its presumptive nominee for president has re-energized its campaign for the White House in a key battleground state, grassroots party…

AA/APP New Delhi: According to the 2024 Economic Survey presented on Monday, India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to grow between 6.5 per cent and 7 per cent for 2024-25, reflecting a swift recovery from the COVID-19…

Xinhua Sydney: Australia’s Sydney Airport saw 9.7 million travelers pass through its terminals in the second quarter (Q2) of this year. This marks a 6.4 per cent increase from the same period last year, though it remains below pre-COVID…