21+ hour, 49+ min ago   (269+ words) Muscat: A unified tourist visa allowing travellers to visit all six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with a single permit is expected to be introduced soon, potentially bringing a major change to tourism across the region. The proposed scheme, known…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (241+ words) Kochi: Passengers at Cochin International Airport may soon be able to turn to a robot for help if they lose their way to a boarding gate. Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) has introduced a passenger assistance robot at ‘Kalangan’, its…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (295+ words) Gaza: Israeli far-right ministers have intensified calls for the mass removal of Palestinians from Gaza, as displacement, demolitions and deadly attacks continue across the besieged territory and the occupied West Bank, a report by Al Jazeera said. Defence Minister Israel…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (291+ words) Tehran: Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf on Monday warned the United States (US) against striking Tehran's assets, in response to comments by US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, IANS reported. “It’s simple: the oil and gas production chain here…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (371+ words) New Delhi: More than 500 institutional investors, finance ministers and business leaders are set to gather in the national capital for the inaugural iBRICS Summit 2026 as India prepares to host the 18th BRICS Summit under the theme ‘Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (244+ words) Dhaka: Bangladesh is witnessing its worst measles outbreak in decades, with the death toll among children nearing 1,000 since the outbreak began in March. At least 986 children have died, while the number of suspected and confirmed cases has crossed 180,000, according to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (513+ words) Pakistan’s Parliament has, for the first time in the country’s history, legally placed the army, navy and air force under the command of a single officer. The Defence Forces of Pakistan Act, 2026, cleared by the National Assembly in late August,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (357+ words) Two US-based religious leaders who shared the stage with Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat at a New York event on Saturday said they had not been made aware of his participation when they agreed to attend. The event,…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (311+ words) Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu has described an India-backed infrastructure project as a symbol of the “close, enduring relationship” between the Maldives and India, marking a significant shift from his earlier India Out campaign and pro-China foreign policy. Muizzu made the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (381+ words) Kathmandu: Following last week's catastrophic floods in Nepal, more than 1000 people have now been officially declared dead. On Tuesday, bodies that were washed away continued to accumulate along riverbanks in several regions. The number of bodies recovered so far has…...