International

New York: Secretary (West), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Sibi George, attended an event on the Franco-Mexican Initiative in New York and underscored the need to achieve comprehensive reforms of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). The event was organised by the Foreign Ministers of...

Singapore: India Tuesday advised its nationals in Malaysia not to use the country's 30-day visa-free entry facility to seek employment. In an advisory posted on X, the High Commission of India in Kuala Lumpur said it has noticed a "noticeable increase" in Indian nationals arriving...

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called on party officials to revamp the party's propaganda and ideological campaign in line with the "expectations of the times," state media reported Tuesday. In his closing address at the party's third workshop for officials in the information...

New York: India and the four-member Visegrad group of Central European countries Monday agreed to step up political, economic and defence cooperation at their first foreign ministers' meeting, which External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar described as a "new historic occasion". The Visegrad Group (V4) is...

Washington: India has joined other G20 members in adopting four consensus outcomes covering household energy access, infrastructure approvals, water reuse and secure critical-mineral supply chains. The agreements were reached at the conclusion of the three-day G20 Energy Abundance Ministerial in Houston, Texas, according to a...

Washington: The US Department of Commerce has postponed its preliminary decision in a countervailing-duty investigation into imports of welded stainless line and pressure pipe from India, pushing the deadline from October 8 to December 14. The investigation also covers imports of the same product from...

New York: CNN, MS NOW and Politico Monday sued President Donald Trump's administration after they were barred from covering the White House, saying the selective ban was "a blatant violation" of the First Amendment. The administration's announcement of the bans Friday and the White House's...

Kyiv: Russian drones struck the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia Monday, a day after Kyiv's forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia, officials said. The relentless daily attacks underscore the lack of significant progress in diplomatic efforts to end the fighting more than four...

Dublin: Google has been fined 403 million euros (USD 463 million) for breaching the European Union's strict privacy rules because it mishandled users' location data, the bloc's data privacy watchdog said Monday. Ireland's Data Protection Commission said its investigation found Google did not lawfully or...

Visakhapatnam: Navies of India and Sri Lanka participated in professional exchanges, cross-deck visits, Underway Replenishment (UNREP) training, Yoga and sporting interactions during the harbour phase of the bilateral maritime exercise SLINEX-26 (Sri Lanka-India Naval Exercise), which concludes in Visakhapatnam Monday. The 13th edition of SLINEX-26,...