Washington: US President Donald Trump will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-7 meeting in France Wednesday, local media reported quoting US officials. This will be the first meeting between the two leaders since February last year in Washington. Trump embarks on the visit to France for the G-7 Summit on Monday morning....

Islamabad: US President Donald Trump is expected to discuss plans to demine the Strait of Hormuz with allies during next week's Group of Seven summit in France, a senior US administration official said Saturday, as mediators said an agreement to end the war was close. Britain and France, who are both members of the G7, have expressed...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday stressed the need for unity in the INDIA bloc and claimed that they did not lose the 2024 Lok Sabha election and have already won the 2029 polls. Sharing his speech delivered at a meeting of the INDIA opposition bloc Monday, Gandhi said several colleagues had requested for a Hindi...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government Saturday urged people not to panic over the possibility of El Nino conditions affecting the monsoon, asserting that the state was fully prepared with contingency plans to deal with any adverse situation. Discussion on the possible impact of El Nino gained momentum after Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Friday identified it as one of...

Kendrapara: Odisha Police Saturday arrested a woman sarpanch for allegedly verbally abusing a block development officer (BDO) and obstructing him from discharging his official duties, officials said. Chameli Ojha (33), the sarpanch of Tikhiri gram panchayat in Mahakalapada block of Kendrapara district, along with her brother Suryakanta, were arrested following an official complaint lodged by the BDO...

Lagos: Eleven Indian sailors have been convicted and their merchant vessel fined USD 5.3 million by a court in Nigeria for cocaine trafficking. They were arrested around six months ago by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing 31.5 kilogrammes of cocaine from the Marshall Islands into Nigeria through the Apapa seaport...

Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that any violation of the American blockade and illicit transport of Iranian oil through the Straits of Hormuz will not be tolerated, an official statement said Saturday. Rubio conveyed this to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who spoke with him Friday to lodge a strong protest against the...

Kyiv: A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person and injured three in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, local officials said Saturday, as part of Kyiv's campaign of strikes on military and energy targets deep inside Russia. Drone debris sparked a fire at a sea terminal, local Gov Veniamin Kondratyev said. He did not give details, but Russian news...

Beijing: China said Saturday it firmly opposed the US adding several prominent Chinese businesses to its list of military companies, and that the move ignored the consensus reached during US President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping last month. The Pentagon on Monday added several non-state-owned Chinese companies, including electric vehicle maker BYD, tech giants...

Kansas City: The England football team was dealt a telling blow after almost all of its training equipment, including players' boots and manager Thomas Tuchel's tactical gear, was reportedly stolen ahead of its World Cup opener against Croatia. "The Football Association (FA) is trying to ascertain what was stolen, with balls and boots among the items feared...