LONDON: While the United States has signaled it will soon lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western-supplied long-range missiles against key military targets inside Russia, the United Kingdom has already removed such restrictions, a report says. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in […]
NEW DELHI: India is holding regular talks with the Russian authorities for the discharge of nearly 50 Indian nationals who were tricked into fighting for the Russian Army in the ongoing Ukraine conflict, the Ministry of External Affairs said Thursday. At a media briefing here, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said a total of 45 Indians […]
JERUSALEM: Israeli strikes on Palestinian territories have killed more than two-dozen Palestinians on Wednesday, according to local officials. They say an Israeli airstrike killed five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, and at least 20 people, including 16 women and children, were killed in the Gaza Strip. Gaza’s Health Ministry says Tuesday’s strike on a […]
WASHINGTON: In a fiery 90-minute US presidential debate in Philadelphia, Vice-President Kamala Harris and her Republican rival Donald Trump faced off for the first time ahead of the 2024 US presidential elections. The debate, which started with a hand-shake, sparked intense exchanges, starting with policy discussions but quickly dwelling into sharp personal attacks. Harris took […]
MOSCOW: Russia has launched “Okean-2024 (Ocean-2024), its biggest naval drill in recent times, set to be held simultaneously in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans as well as the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas, President Vladimir Putin announced, as he called for the country to be ready for any scenario amid “growing geopolitical tensions”. The aim […]
TEHRAN: Iran has condemned allegations by Western countries that it has supplied short-range missiles to Russia for use against Ukraine and pledged to respond to new sanctions imposed by a trio of European states. Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Nasser Kanaani, in a statement issued late on Tuesday, reiterated Iran’s denial that it has supplied […]
BERLIN: Underlining that the Ukraine conflict cannot be resolved on the battlefield, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday that Russia and Ukraine have to negotiate, and if they want advice, India is always willing to give. Jaishankar made the comments while responding to questions at the Annual Ambassadors’ Conference of the German Foreign […]
DHAKA: A top adviser of the interim government said Tuesday that India-funded projects are “very important” and will continue under the new administration in Bangladesh. Finance Adviser Salehuddin Ahmed also said that Dhaka looks forward to “enhanced cooperation” with New Delhi during his meeting with Indian High Commissioner Pranay Verma here, the state-run BSS news […]
WASHINGTON: The US presidential race remains neck-and-neck according to polls released two days before Kamala Harris and Donald Trump hold their first – and potentially only – televised debate. The latest polling confirms that Trump retains locked-in support from about half of voters, despite the Republican’s historic status as a convicted criminal and his role […]
DAMASCUS: Syrian security source says Israeli ‘aggression’, launched from Lebanese airspace, targeted military instalments. Israeli missiles have killed at least 14 people in central Syria, state media outlets have reported. The attack on Sunday night sparked a fire and caused material damage near the city of Masyaf, in the Hama province, according to SANA, Syria’s […]