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MUMBAI: India’s government has begun early-stage talks with local insurers about designing a nationwide climate-linked insurance programme aimed at simplifying...

NEW DELHI: India’s trade strategy could fall behind in global markets unless it expands exports to China and lowers import...

PARIS: France’s President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu’s resignation just hours after unveiling his cabinet, the...

BEIJING: Hundreds of trekkers stranded by a blizzard near the eastern face of Mount Everest in Tibet have been guided...

JAKARTA: The death toll from the collapse of an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia last week jumped to at least...

PARIS: Four hard-left French deputies who were detained by Israel after boarding a Gaza-bound flotilla have declared a hunger strike,...

KYIV: Russian strikes Sunday on Ukraine killed five people and badly damaged energy infrastructure, temporarily severing power supplies to tens...

WASHINGTON: Israel needs to stop bombing Gaza for an eventual hostage release by Palestinian group Hamas to take place, US...

BERLIN: Germany will “decisively commit” to implementing US President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan, calling it a “unique opportunity”,...

CAIRO: Hamas on Sunday called for a swift start to a hostage-prisoner exchange with Israel as negotiators from the two...