International

New Delhi: Indian agencies are keeping a close watch as terror groups from Bangladesh are planning a major infiltration drive into the country. In the aftermath of Sheikh Hasina’s ouster and the Jamaat-e-Islami gaining extensive control, terror groups have thrived. Many militants were released from...

Seoul: North Korea launched one suspected short-range ballistic missile toward the East Sea Friday, South Korea's military said, a day after the North warned of proper measures against the latest US sanctions on Pyongyang. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch...

Kingston: Reaffirming its commitment to support Global South partners, India delivered 20 tonnes of Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) materials to Jamaica to help in recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The consignment from the Government of India arrived in Jamaica’s...

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said he could travel to India next year and noted that talks with New Delhi are “going good". "It's great, going good. He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) stopped... Largely, he stopped buying oil from Russia,” Trump said at...

Helsinki: India and Finland agreed to strengthen bilateral ties across multiple sectors, including trade, digitalisation, artificial intelligence, and clean technologies, during their 13th Foreign Office Consultations in Helsinki Thursday. Sharing details regarding the meeting, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal in a post on...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Office rejected as "unfounded and misleading" the allegations that some Hindu pilgrims were denied entry into the country while travelling with a Sikh group Thursday. A group of nearly 1,900 Sikh pilgrims crossed over to Pakistan through the Attari-Wagah border for Guru...

Lahore: A Pakistani minister and close aide to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif  Thursday visited the office of the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League (PMML), a political face of Hafiz Saeed's banned Jamaat-ud-Dawah, in Punjab and met its leaders. Minister of State for Interior Senator Talal Chaudhry...

Bangkok: The Indian Embassy in Bangkok announced Thursday that 270 Indian nationals, including 26 women, were repatriated from Thailand's Mae Sot city to India through a coordinated effort involving two special Indian Air Force flights. The Embassy of India in Bangkok and the Consulate of India...

Rotorua (New Zealand): Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Thursday said talks are progressing fast between India and New Zealand and expressed hope that the free trade agreement will be finalised soon. Goyal is here on a four-day official visit to review progress of the...

Washington: India's Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, discussed bilateral trade and the signing of a 10-year defence framework agreement between the two countries in a meeting with Senator Steve Daines. “It was an honour to meet Senator @SteveDaines, esteemed member of the...