Ishiba has expressed support for the Bank of Japan's moves to raise interest rates from their near-zero level. He also backs other policies, such as possibly raising corporate taxes, that are seen as less market-friendly.
Nepal has shut schools for three days after landslides and floods triggered by two days of heavy rain across the Himalayan nation killed 193 people, with 100 missing, officials said on Monday.
Amid the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, Jaishankar will meet his US counterpart Antony Blinken. During his visit, they are expected to discuss a wide range of bilateral and global issues, including the Ukraine war and the Middle East crisis.
Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah chief, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 27. Reports claimed that his body has been recovered from the site where the military conducted the precise attacks.
Israel continued its air raids in Lebanon on Sunday in which several people were killed while hundreds of others were injured.
Joe Biden had recently backed the killing of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah by Israel in an airstrike and said that his killing "is a measure of justice for his many victims".
The dozens of aircraft including fighter jets had attacked power plants and a seaport in Hodeidah and the port of Ras Issa. The strikes killed 4 people. This is the second such attack by Tel Aviv in the last two months.
Pakistan has been struggling to fix its economy for the last many years and it was close to default in 2023 but a timely loan of USD 3 billion by the IMF saved the situation.
Israeli airstrikes have killed several top Hezbollah commanders, including its leader Hassan Nasrallah, as well as senior officials like Ibrahim Aqil and Nabil Kaouk, intensifying the unrest in the Middle East.
In Syria, 37 militants affiliated with the extremist Islamic State group and an al-Qaeda-linked group were killed in two strikes, the United States military said Sunday. Two of the dead were senior militants, it said.
The Israeli military said Sunday that it killed another high-ranking Hezbollah official in an airstrike as the Lebanese militant group was reeling from a string of devastating blows and the killing of its overall leader.
Nepal floods: Television images showed police rescuers in knee-high rubber boots using picks and shovels to clear away mud and retrieve 16 bodies of passengers from two buses swept away by a massive landslide at a site on the key route into Kathmandu.
The labourers were in deep sleep when the armed terrorists entered the under-construction house and opened indiscriminate fire with automatic weapons. The official said one of the labourers luckily escaped with an injury.
The major setback to Hezbollah came just two days after Israel eliminated its chief Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike in Beirut on Friday.
Safieddine's family ties and a physical resemblance to Nasrallah, as well as his religious status as a descendant of Mohammed, would all count in his favour. He has also been vocal in his criticism of US policy.
Hitting out strongly at Pakistan a day after the country’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif referred to Jammu and Kashmir in his UNGA address, Jaishankar told the UN General Assembly that Islamabad's "misdeeds" affect others as well, especially the neighbourhood.
Floods in Nepal caused by incessant rain since Friday ravaged the Himalayan nation as 170 people have been killed across several parts of the country, as per the government database.
Hassan Khalil Yassin, according to the IDF, headed a unit in Hezbollah’s intelligence division that was tasked with locating Israeli military and civilian sites in Israel to be targeted.
Israel took down Hassan Nasrallah in its airstrike in Beirut on Friday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu termed his elimination as a "necessary condition" for Israel to achieve its war goals.
Israel eliminated Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in a precise airstrike in Beirut on Friday. Tensions have soared in the Middle East following the death of Nasrallah and the region is on the edge of a full-blown war.
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