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Indian Army chief Gen Pande arrives in Nepal on 5-day visit to bolster defence ties

Kathmandu: Indian Army chief Gen Manoj Pande arrived here on Sunday on a five-day official visit during which he will hold extensive talks with...

US, India 2+2 Intersessional Meeting and Maritime Security Dialogue in Delhi next week

WASHINGTON: A group of senior US officials will travel to India next week to attend the US-India 2+2 Intersessional Meeting and Maritime Security Dialogue,...

California wildfire destroys 100 homes, other buildings

Weed (US): A wind-swept wildfire in rural Northern California tore through a neighbourhood and destroyed about 100 homes and other buildings, fire officials said...

PM Modi writes to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed to further cement bilateral strategic ties

DUBAI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan to further strengthen the strategic relations...

US senators condemn bulldozer display at India Day Parade in New Jersey

WASHINGTON: Two top American senators have condemned the display of a bulldozer at the India Day Parade in Edison, New Jersey, last month. Offices of...

‘We’ve gone back 50 years’: Pakistan farmers count flood damage

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's farmers are still counting their losses from the devastating floods that have put a third of the country under water, but the...

US angers China with potential $1.1 billion arms sale to Taiwan

Washington: The US State Department has approved a potential $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to Taiwan, including 60 anti-ship missiles and 100 air-to-air...

Turkey can mediate Ukraine nuclear plant standoff: Erdogan to Putin

ISTANBUL: Turkey can mediate in a standoff over Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station which is occupied by Moscow's troops, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told...

Russia says it foiled Ukrainian attempt to seize nuclear plant

KYIV: Ukrainian forces attempted to capture the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in an attack on the facility on Friday night, Russia’s defence ministry said...

Trump and his die-hard followers trying to undermine American democracy: President Biden

Washington: President Joe Biden has warned Americans that his predecessor Donald Trump and his die-hard followers are trying to “undermine” democracy and asked them...

High food, petrol prices can trigger protests in Pakistan: IMF

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: Rising inflation in Pakistan, accelerating to 27.3 per cent in August -- a 47-year high -- can trigger "social protest and instability" in...

China dismisses damning UN rights report on Xinjiang as ‘patchwork of disinformation’

Beijing: China on Friday brushed aside calls, including from UN chief Antonio Guterres, to implement the UN report accusing Beijing of "serious human rights...

17 Indian citizens among group of 100 migrants apprehended while illegally crossing into US

NEW YORK: Seventeen Indian citizens were among a group of 100 migrants apprehended while illegally climbing over a fence into the US at a...

Iran sends nuclear talks response; US casts doubt on offer

DUBAI.: Iran sent a written response early on Friday in negotiations over a final draft of a roadmap for parties to return to its...

China slams UN report on Xinjiang human rights violation as ‘political tool’ against Beijing

BEIJING: China has denounced a long-delayed U.N. report that was released over its protest and that says the government’s arbitrary detention of Uyghurs and...

US President Biden appoints two Indian-Americans to National Infrastructure Advisory Council

WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to appoint Indian-Americans Manu Asthana and Madhu Beriwal to his National Infrastructure Advisory Council. The President's...

Russia launches war games with China amid tensions with US

Moscow: Russia on Thursday launched weeklong war games involving forces from China and other nations in a show of growing defence cooperation between Moscow...

Pakistan court extends interim bail to ex-PM Imran Khan in terrorism case till Sep 12

ISLAMABAD: An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan on Thursday extended the interim bail to ousted prime minister Imran Khan till September 12 in a terrorism...

US has concerns about any country exercising with Russia: White House

WASHINGTON: The United States has concerns about any country conducting military exercises with Russia which has waged an "unprovoked and brutal" war against Ukraine,...

UN chief Guterres to travel to flood-hit Pakistan on solidarity visit

ISLAMABAD: UN chief Antonio Guterres will travel to flood-hit Pakistan next week for a solidarity visit and also see how the UN is working...

Taiwan vows to ‘counterattack’ if China’s forces enter its territory

TAIPEI: Taiwan said on Wednesday it would exercise its right to self defence and "counter-attack" if Chinese armed forces entered its territory, as Beijing...

UN monitors head to troubled Ukraine nuclear plant

Kyiv: A team of international nuclear inspectors was heading on Wednesday to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant caught in the middle of the fighting...

Bangladesh families demand UN probe into disappeared relatives

DHAKA: Bangladesh's government is in "denial" about systematic abductions carried out by security forces, families of missing relatives said Tuesday, during a protest demanding...

Imran Khan raises Rs 5 billion for Pak flood victims through international telethon

Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has raised Rs 5 billion through an international telethon for the people affected by the devastating floods...

Israel carried countless operations against Iran’s nuclear programme: Ex-Mossad chief

Jerusalem: Israeli espionage agency's former chief Yossi Cohen has claimed that Mossad has carried out countless operations under his leadership, including in the heartland...

NASA’s most powerful rocket launch ‘put on hold’ due to engine problem

FLORIDA: An engine problem threatened to delay the launch on Monday of NASA's most powerful rocket yet on an uncrewed test flight to take...

UN agency to inspect Ukraine nuclear plant amid safety fears

Kyiv: A team from the UN nuclear watchdog on Monday started its journey to the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant at the heart of fighting...

Death toll from Pakistan floods near 1,100 as international aid trickles in

Islamabad: The death toll from the devastating floods in Pakistan neared 1,100 Monday, as international aid began to trickle in following Prime Minister Shehbaz...

China’s drought-hit areas get rain, bringing flood risks

BEIJING: Tens of thousands of people were evacuated to safer areas by Monday as heavy rains brought flood risks to a region of southwest...

No way back to nuclear deal if probe goes on: Iran president

Tehran: Iran's president warned Monday that any roadmap to restore Tehran's tattered nuclear deal with world powers must see international inspectors end their probe...

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