Sofia: Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Mariya Gabriel on Sunday expressed gratitude to the Indian Navy for successfully carrying out a rescue operation to take back control of a hijacked merchant vessel and its 17 crew members including seven Bulgarian nationals in the Arabian Sea.She thanked the Indian Navy for the support and reaffirmed cooperation to protect the lives of the crew.Taking to X,

Bhubaneswar: An Indian Coast Guard Ship C-425 on Sunday conducted a medical evacuation of a 59-year-old Indian crew suffering from chest pains onboard a Liberia-flagged merchant vessel–Lila Lisbon–off Paradip in Odisha.The evacuation was carried out by the Indian Coast Guard on Sunday at 7.50 pm (IST). The Indian Coast Guard ship subsequently handed the patient over to the shipping agent at

Agartala: A Bangladeshi smuggler was killed and another injured as BSF troopers opened fire, after being surrounded by the gang, along the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura’s Unakoti district on Sunday, officials said.The BSF also apprehended three Rohingyas from the Agartala railway station on Sunday after the trio came to Tripura from Hyderabad to go to Bangladesh clandestinely.On the border

Islamabad: Amid the economic crisis, Pakistan will make a formal request to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a longer and larger bailout package under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) next month, The Geo News reported on Sunday.The country is expected to seek a fresh IMF bailout package of over USD 8 billion with the possibility of augmentation through climate finance on the occasion of

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday warned the Western powers that any direct conflict between Russia and the NATO alliance, led by the US, would mean the world will be "one step away" from a full-scale World War-III, TASS reported.However, he also said that it is "unlikely" that anyone is interested in this.The Russia-Ukraine war has sparked the most severe strain in Moscow’s

Gaza City: Israel’s military has initiated a targeted operation within limited areas of Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, citing intelligence indicating the presence of senior Hamas operatives using the facility to coordinate attacks against Israel.Israel Defence Forces (IDF) Spokesperson RAdm said in the wee hours of Monday that the operation is a response to concrete intelligence requiring immediate