International

New York/Washington: India highlighted its firm commitment to strengthening and securing critical mineral supply chains as it participated in a key ministerial meeting hosted by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw participated in the...

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump announced that any country “doing business" with Iran will have to pay a 25 per cent tariff on its trade with Washington, a move that could impact Tehran's major trading partners such as India, China and the UAE. "Effective...

New York/Washington: The US has revoked over 100,000 visas, including of around 8,000 students, in 2025 as part of its widespread efforts to crackdown on immigration citing criminal activity. "We will continue to deport these thugs to keep America safe,” the State Department said in...

Ahmedabad/New Delhi: India and Germany Monday unveiled measures to boost cooperation in areas of defence, trade, critical minerals and semiconductors, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chancellor Friedrich Merz vowing to bolster overall bilateral ties to jointly navigate challenges arising out of geopolitical upheaval. Following...

London: The UK's Office of Communications (Ofcom) Monday launched an investigation into X over the “deeply concerning” reports of its Grok artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot generating sexualised imagery to determine if it breached the country's Online Safety Act. The independent media watchdog said it had...

Peshawar: At least six policemen, including a senior officer, were killed and three others injured Monday in a blast targeting a police vehicle in northwest Pakistan, officials said. The vehicle was on patrol duty in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's Tank district when unidentified miscreants targeted it...

New Delhi: Signalling an intent to rebuild strained ties, President Donald Trump's new ambassador to Delhi said Monday that no country is as essential as India to the United States, and asserted that both sides are actively engaged to firm up a trade deal. In...

Dubai: Iran's foreign minister said Monday that “the situation has come under total control” after a bloody crackdown on nationwide protests in the country. Abbas Araghchi also said that the protests “turned violent and bloody to give an excuse” for US President Donald Trump to...

New York: US President Donald Trump has posted a photo of himself on his social media site Truth Social with his designation listed as "Acting President of Venezuela." The post on Truth Social on Sunday has Trump's official portrait and then the designation “Acting President...

Dubai: President Donald Trump said Iran reached out to the US and proposed negotiations after he threatened action in response to a crackdown on protesters in the Middle Eastern country. Trump in comments to reporters aboard Air Force One said that his administration was in...