Ripples spread across the world after US strikes Iran’s nuclear facilities at Fordo, Natanz, and IsfahanIn a dramatic escalation, the US has reportedly struck Iranian nuclear sites, prompting threats of retaliation and raising fears of a wider...
23 Jun, 2025, 01.05 AM IST
Iranians seek temporary refuge in neighbouring Turkiye as conflict with Israel escalatesAt the Turkiye-Iran border, Iranian families are crossing into Turkiye to seek temporary refuge from the intensifying conflict between Isra...
16 Jun, 2025, 10.18 PM IST
Ukraine war 'existential', Russia says, launching revenge strikesThe Kremlin said on Friday the Ukraine war was "existential" for Russia, after it launched a wave of retaliatory drone and missile strikes ...
06 Jun, 2025, 08.14 PM IST
Turkey earthquake: 6.2 magnitude quake in the Sea of Marmara shakes IstanbulA 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit Istanbul on Wednesday. The epicenter was in the Sea of Marmara. Aftershocks followed. Residents were asked t...
23 Apr, 2025, 04.29 PM IST
Violence flares at UCLA as police end protests at New York's ColumbiaThe university canceled classes for the day on Wednesday, and UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said the school would conduct an investigation "th...
02 May, 2024, 11.13 AM IST
Some Israelis abroad desperately try to head home - to join reserve military units, or just to helpIsraeli citizens living abroad are rushing back to their home country to serve in the military or volunteer to help those affected by the r...
11 Oct, 2023, 01.20 PM IST
Turkey's lax policing of building codes flagged before quakeThe lax enforcement, which experts in geology and engineering have long warned about, is gaining renewed scrutiny in the aftermath of this ...
10 Feb, 2023, 02.32 PM IST
IAEA chief meets Russians to discuss Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant protectionThe Zaporizhzhia plant, which Russia seized shortly after its Feb. 24 invasion, was again rocked by shelling at the weekend, leading to ren...
23 Nov, 2022, 02.44 PM IST
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits northwest Turkey, causing panicThe earthquake was centered in the town of Golkaya, in Duzce province, some 200 kilometers (125 miles) east of Istanbul, the Disaster and E...
23 Nov, 2022, 01.00 PM IST
Leaders of Ukraine, U.N. seek to secure Russian-held nuclear plantThe U.N. chief and the presidents of Turkey and Ukraine have discussed ways to end the war started by Russia and secure Europe's largest nu...
19 Aug, 2022, 11.44 AM IST
Zelenskyy to host Lviv talks with UN chief, Turkish leaderLast month, Turkey and the U.N. helped broker an agreement clearing the way for Ukraine to export 22 million tons of corn and other grain s...
18 Aug, 2022, 12.32 PM IST
Hamid Karzai echoes India; advises Taliban to focus on politically negotiated settlement“I want this confrontation to be political, not military. They must agree to that or they will be defeated. The Afghan people will rise aga...
05 Aug, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
26 dead, buildings collapse as major earthquake hits Turkey, GreeceThe quake struck late Friday afternoon, causing a mini-tsunami on the Aegean island of Samos and a sea surge that turned streets into rushi...
31 Oct, 2020, 09.37 AM IST
Dubai, Mumbai top wish-list of most Indian travellers post COVID-19 crisisFor international destinations in Indian travellers wish-list includes Dubai as the top destination, followed by Ubud (Bali), Bangkok (Thai...
18 May, 2020, 07.42 PM IST
Frequent fires in cities raise awareness of the risk, this can fade fast once normal life returnsThe need for fire prevention services might seem evident, yet there has also been a long history of ducking the responsibilities and passin...
20 Jan, 2018, 08.16 AM IST
- GMR Infrastructure bids for modernising three airports in Brazil
GMR Infrastructure has bid for modernising three airports in Brazil after the government called for tenders to upgrade the airports ahead o...
13 Dec, 2011, 02.40 AM IST
Asian highway has a long way to goThere is a need for pragmatic reappraisal to first develop and upgrade the arterial international routes.
04 Dec, 2010, 05.20 AM IST