WASHINGTON: The US supports much-needed reform of the United Nations, including the Security Council, to make it reflective of the 21st-century world, a senior Biden administration official has said, amidst growing calls for inclusion of India as the permanent member of the powerful organ of the world body. State Department’s Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel’s […]
WASHINGTON: The chief of US space agency NASA has told lawmakers in Washington that China is using civilian programmes to hide military objectives in space. “China has made extraordinary strides [in space] especially in the last 10 years, but they are very, very secretive,” Bill Nelson told the appropriations committee of the US House of […]
UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations appealed for USD 2.8 billion on Tuesday to provide desperately needed aid to 3 million Palestinians, stressing that tackling looming famine in war-torn Gaza requires not only food but sanitation, water and health facilities. Andrea De Domenico, the head of the UN humanitarian office for Gaza and the West Bank, […]
WASHINGTON: The U.S. and its allies planned fresh sanctions against Iran over its unprecedented attack on Israel, seeking to dissuade Israel from a major escalation as its war cabinet was set to meet for a third time on Wednesday to decide a response. While Saturday night’s attack caused no deaths and little damage thanks to […]
DUBAI: Heavy thunderstorms have lashed the United Arab Emirates (UAE), dumping more than a year and a half’s rain on the desert city-state of Dubai in just a few hours and flooding major highways and its international airport. The rains began late on Monday, soaking the sands and roads of Dubai with some 20mm (0.79 […]
WASHINGTON: The United States is investigating options to create a new mechanism for monitoring sanctions on North Korea’s nuclear programme. The US ambassador to the United Nations said on Wednesday that Washington is looking at options within and outside the UN. Russia last month vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to renew the UN panel […]
NEW DELHI: Adobe has announced new tools within the popular video editing platform Premiere Pro, powered by generative AI technology. Editors can now remove or add an object to a video with just a simple text prompt, powered by Firefly AI, including a new video generation model. These new tools will be available for Premiere […]
UNITED NATIONS: India has underscored the need for a reformed UN Security Council that better reflects the geographical and developmental diversity of the United Nations today, emphasising that the majority of the world body’s membership supports calls for expanding permanent seats in the powerful organ. India has been at the forefront, especially leading the Global […]
TEL AVIV: Israel has launched a “diplomatic offensive” against Iran, calling for sanctions against the Islamic republic. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday that he has contacted 32 countries calling on them to impose sanctions against Tehran. The move comes as Israel mulls a military response to Iran’s attack on Israel. Iran says […]
Modi’s guarantee outside country also, says Jaishankar New Delhi: Expressing confidence in bringing back the 17 Indian crew members on board the cargo ship seized by Iran, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s guarantee works outside India also. Talking to mediapersons in Bengaluru, Dr Jaishankar said, “It is Prime […]