International

New Delhi: India and the US have made "very significant" progress in their negotiations for a trade deal, with New Delhi maintaining steady momentum in talks with Washington for a positive outcome even during the final stages of concluding its free trade pact with the...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Wednesday threatened an attack on Iran. It remains unclear what Trump will decide about using force against Iran, though he laid down two red lines - the killing of peaceful demonstrators and the possible mass execution of detainees. At least...

New York: Amazon is cutting about 16,000 jobs in the latest round of mass layoffs for the tech industry. Beth Galetti, a senior vice president at the e-commerce company, made the announcement Wednesday in a blog post. The latest reductions follow a round of job...

Houston (US): Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered state agencies and public universities to immediately halt new H-1B visa petitions, tightening hiring rules at taxpayer-funded institutions, a step likely to impact Indian professionals. The freeze will remain in effect through May 2027. The directive issued...

Beijing: UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrives in Beijing Wednesday for a four-day visit to China aimed at repairing ties and expanding opportunities for British businesses in the world's second-largest economy. He is the first British leader to come to Beijing since Theresa May in...

New York: India came out on top in the trade deal with the European Union and is going to have a heyday with this, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in the first reaction from the Trump administration on the free trade agreement. Greer was...

Washington: Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans Wednesday to warn that the Trump administration is ready to take new military action against Venezuela if the country's interim leadership strays from US expectations. In prepared testimony for a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio...

New Delhi: The free trade agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union (EU) unlocks access to the $572.3 billion EU pharmaceuticals and medical devices market, giving impetus to the Indian pharmaceuticals sector, according to the government. According to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,...

Washington: President Donald Trump warned Iraq Tuesday that the US would no longer support the country if its former prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, returns to power. Trump made the threat days after the dominant political bloc known as the Coordination Framework, a collection of Shiite...

Washington:  The US and the UAE have reaffirmed support for the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor while deepening cooperation on trade, investment, and artificial intelligence at their latest Economic Policy Dialogue held in Abu Dhabi early this month. The two sides said the corridor, known as...