Srinagar: The Pakistan Army violated the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) overnight in the Keran sector of J&K’s Kupwara district, officials said Wednesday. The incident occurred on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday when Rashtriya Rifles soldiers came under attack. “The incident...
Tokyo: A Japanese court sentenced a man who admitted to assassinating former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to life imprisonment Wednesday. The case has revealed decades of cosy ties between Japan's governing party and a controversial South Korean church. Tetsuya Yamagami, 45, was earlier admitted...
Prayagraj: An Indian Air Force training aircraft crashed into a pond near the KP College ground in the George Town area here Wednesday, officials said. Deputy Commissioner of Police (City) Manish Shandilya told PTI that the pilot managed to eject safely and there were no...
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel said Wednesday he had agreed to join U.S. President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, after his office earlier criticised makeup of the board's executive committee. The committee included Turkey, a regional rival. A statement from Netanyahu's office said...
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Wednesday stressed the need for closer collaboration between India and Spain on shared challenges, particularly in combating terrorism, amid a shift in the global order. In his opening remarks at a meeting with Spanish Foreign Minister Jose...
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is hosting the India International Conference on Democracy and Election Management (IICDEM) 2026 starting Wednesday. The three-day conference is set to become the largest global gathering of its kind ever hosted by India in the field of...
New Delhi: Sunita Williams, one of the most accomplished astronauts in the history of human spaceflight, has retired from the American space agency NASA after an extraordinary 27-year career. Her retirement follows a historic and unexpected nine-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), marking...
Washington: The United States is preparing to welcome visitors from across the world for what it says will be the “largest and greatest FIFA World Cup in history,” with the Trump Administration announcing a new fast-track visa initiative aimed at millions of foreign football fans...
Dubai: A spokesman for Iran's armed forces Tuesday warned US President Donald Trump not to take any action against the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, days after Trump called for an end to Khamenei's nearly 40-year reign. "Trump knows that if any hand of...
New Delhi: India Tuesday decided to withdraw the families of Indian officials posted in Bangladesh in view of the security scenario in that country. New Delhi's move comes weeks before parliamentary elections are to be held in Bangladesh. Given the security situation, as a precautionary...
India is one of 60 countries the US has invited to join President Donald Trump’s controversial “Board of Peace” initiative...
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The world has been shocked by the way the medal of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize – one of the...
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The prospects of Turkey joining a Saudi Arabia–Pakistan security arrangement that mirrors NATO’s collective defence principle could be a cause...
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Aakar Patel My generation (I am 56) grew up on the expectation that India would compete with China and become...
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