Washington: An Indian shipping firm is among the dozen-odd companies sanctioned by the US for allegedly carrying Iranian oil for sale to buyers in Asia days after slapping restrictions targetting Iran's energy trade for its October 1 attack on Israel.

A preliminary report over the recent explosion near Pakistan's busiest airport here has indicated that the attack was executed with the assistance of a foreign intelligence agency, a media report said on Saturday.

Writer and activist Arundhati Roy has been awarded the PEN Pinter Prize 2024, an annual award established by English PEN in memory of playwright Harold Pinter. Shortly after being named for the prize, Roy announced her intention to donate her share of the prize money to the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund. In her acceptance speech, she recognized Alaa Abd el-Fattah, the British-Egyptian writer and activist, as a ‘Writer of Courage’ with whom she would share the award. The speech was delivered on the evening of October 10, 2024, at the British Library.

Indian author and activist Arundhati Roy was honoured with the PEN Pinter Prize 2024 during a ceremony at the British Library in London, sharing the accolade with Egyptian writer Alaa Abd el-Fattah, recognised as the Writer of Courage 2024 by English PEN.

Vowing to introduce a reciprocal tax if elected to power, former US president Donald Trump on Thursday alleged that India, among all major countries, imposes the highest tariffs on foreign products.

A rare deluge of rainfall left blue lagoons of water amid the palm trees and sand dunes of the Sahara desert, nourishing some of its most drought-stricken regions with more water than many had seen in decades.

Dhaka: A gold crown gifted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stolen from a Hindu temple in Bangladesh's southwestern Satkhira district amid Durga Puja celebrations, a theft over which India has expressed concern.

Ethel Kennedy, widow of U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2024, at the age of 96. Her grandson, Joe Kennedy III, announced her death, attributing it to complications from a stroke she had suffered the previous week.