LONDON: Britain’s prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak said he wants to change the UK-India relationship to make it a more two-way exchange that opens up easy access to UK students and companies in India. During a campaign hustings event hosted by the Conservative Friends of India (CFIN) diaspora organisation in north London on Monday evening, […]
WASHINGTON: Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the US, who became a household name during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced on Monday that he will step down in December for the “next chapter” of his career. Fauci, 81, has been the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) director since 1984, and […]
COLOMBO: A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at the strategically important Hambantota port departed from Sri Lankan waters on Monday after a controversial six-day visit. The ballistic missile and satellite tracking ship ‘Yuan Wang 5’ ship was originally scheduled to arrive at the Chinese-run port on August 11 but it was delayed in the absence […]
SEOUL: The United States and South Korea began their biggest combined military training in years Monday as they heighten their defense posture against the growing North Korean nuclear threat. The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has dialed up its weapons testing activity to a record pace this year while repeatedly […]
ASUNCION (Paraguay): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has unveiled a bust of Mahatma Gandhi in Paraguay and visited the historic Casa de la Independencia from where the South American country’s Independence movement started more than two centuries ago. Jaishankar arrived in Brazil on the first leg of his six-day visit to South America aimed at […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistani police have filed terrorism charges against former Prime Minister Imran Khan, authorities said Monday, escalating political tensions in the country as the ousted premier holds mass rallies seeking to return to the office. The terrorism charges come over a speech Khan gave in Islamabad on Saturday in which he vowed to sue police […]
Moscow: The daughter of a Russian nationalist ideologist who is often referred to as Putin’s brain was killed when her car exploded on the outskirts of Moscow, officials said Sunday. The Investigative Committee branch for the Moscow region said the Saturday night blast was caused by a bomb planted in the SUV driven by Daria […]
Singapore: Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Sunday that India abstained from voting on the United Nations resolution deploring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as the country buys military equipment from Moscow. India abstained on the US-sponsored UN Security Council resolution in February that deplored “in the strongest terms” Russia’s “aggression” against Ukraine, with […]
ISLAMABAD: Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in eastern Afghanistan overnight left at least nine people dead, swept away homes and destroyed livestock and agricultural land, a provincial official and a villager elder said Sunday. Associated Press video showed villagers in the Khushi district of Logar province south of the Afghan capital of Kabul cleaning up […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s electronic media watchdog has banned satellite television channels from broadcasting live speeches of ousted prime minister Imran Khan, hours after he threatened state institutions and made provocative statements while addressing a rally here. Khan, while addressing a public gathering here on Saturday, threatened to file cases against top police officials, a woman magistrate, […]