Canada has joined a growing chorus of shipyard nations taking aim at the world’s dominant shipbuilder.

World Bank has revised the growth from a previous forecast of 6.6 per cent to 7 per cent for FY25, according to the latest India Development Update (IDU) released on Tuesday.

Pope Francis on Wednesday urged political leaders in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country, to guard against religious extremism, which he said distorted people’s religious beliefs through ’’deception and violence’’

New Zealand will steeply increase an entry tax for foreign tourists in a move some fear could deter visitors.

At least 41 people were killed and more than 180 injured Tuesday in a Russian missile strike on central Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

A school bus ploughed into a crowd of people killing at least 11, including five students, in China’s Shandong province, state media report.

The National Nutrition Survey report ‘Cost of In Action Tool’ revealed that more than 41 percent of Pakistani women are anaemic, while 22.4 percent are vitamin A deficient.

Fitch Ratings recently downgraded the Maldives’ Long-Term Foreign-Currency Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to ’CC’ from ’CCC+’, signaling a very high risk of default. This downgrade reflects growing concerns about the Maldives’ ability to mee

The US State Department expressed disappointment on Friday, on the second anniversary of a United Nations report on human rights in Xinjiang, and called on China to take action and end the current repression of Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic and rel

India and Singapore are set to sign a significant agreement on semiconductors during Prime Minister Modi’s upcoming visit to the country. The Indian Prime Minister will be travelling to Singapore on 4-5th September, during which he will be holding

It was the image that made the Titanic’s wreck instantly recognisable - the ship’s bow looming out of the darkness of the Atlantic depths.

The Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) has reported that the Chinese government is perpetuating human rights abuses against Tibetans, simply because of their religious beliefs or cultural identity.

Rapper Fatman Scoop, 53, has died after collapsing on stage in front of a crowd of horrified fans.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced a visa amnesty program to allow people living illegally in the country to legalise their residency status or depart without facing any penalties.

A block on Elon Musk’s X social network in Brazil started to take effect early Saturday after a Supreme Court judge ordered its suspension, according to AFP.

The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 13 Chinese military aircraft, eight naval vessels, and two official ships around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Wednesday (Aug. 28) and 6 a.m. on Thursday (Aug. 29).

New Delhi: The Fintech ecosystem of the country now cumulatively valued at over USD 100 billion, is at a pivotal stage of evolution, with the potential to create two to three times its current value over the next decade, as per a report by BCG and Z4

Pending approval of the $7 billion bailout by the IMF’s executive board, the government made a poor take-off and received just $436.4 million in foreign assistance and grants in July, almost 85pc lower than the same month last year.

India will soon wear a grand necklace of Industrial Smart Cities as in a landmark decision on Wednesday, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved 12 new project proposals under the National Indust

North Korea has taken a stance opposing China’s plans to install telecommunications facilities near the border in a recent email to an international frequency management organisation - a rare revelation of a diplomatic action by Pyongyang to expres

Almost 4 million people in southern Japan have been urged to evacuate as Typhoon Shanshan made landfall Thursday, leaving thousands of residents without power and lashing Kyushu island with hurricane-force winds, torrential rain and dangerous storm s

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a study which has not yet been peer-reviewed and publis

Japan on Monday said that a Chinese military plane had violated its airspace, local media reported that it was the first such move by a Chinese aircraft.

Israel launched a major military operation in multiple areas of the northern occupied West Bank early Wednesday, with Palestinian health authorities saying at least nine people have been killed.

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has claimed responsibility for the deaths of 62 Pakistani military personnel and the capture of two others during blockades and attacks carried out under its ongoing “Operation Herof” across Balochistan.

China’s Tibet policy has been one of the most controversial aspects of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) seventy-five-year rule. While the CCP has claimed to develop Tibet as a global center, the reality is much grimmer than Beijing projects.

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has said that big polluters have a clear responsibility to cut emissions – or risk a worldwide catastrophe.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Canada will introduce higher tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EV) and Chinese steel, Canada-based Global News reported.

Russia has launched one of its biggest air attacks on Ukraine of the war so far, the head of the Ukrainian air force has said.

A Philippine fisheries bureau plane was threatened by flares fired from a Chinese island base while conducting a routine patrol in the South China Sea, Philippine officials said Saturday, the latest territorial spat between Beijing and Manila over on