International

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,...

Washington: CNN, MS NOW and Politico said Monday they've notified President Donald Trump's administration that they're filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access. Reporters from the three major news organisations were blocked from the White House Saturday, a day after Trump said he...

New Delhi: The negotiations for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between India and Canada are progressing, and the next round of talks will be held from October 5, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday. "...the next 90 days should be a very...

New Delhi: The India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement will come into force October 20, a move which will help boost bilateral trade and investments between the two countries, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Monday. The agreement, which was signed April 27, provides duty-free...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay a state visit to the US from September 23 to 25 at the invitation of US President Donald Trump, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Monday. Xi is scheduled to arrive in Washington September 23 and hold summit...

New Delhi: Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Anita Anand, has said that she looks forward to meeting External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar this week and discuss the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). “The Canada-India bilateral relationship is growing and the conclusion of the CEPA...

Sanaa: Four people were killed and three others injured Sunday in Saudi airstrikes targeting telecommunications infrastructure in Yemen's northern province of Al-Jawf, Houthi-run media said. The Houthi-run Al-Masirah TV said Saudi warplanes struck telecommunications towers in an area in Al-Jawf along Yemen's northern border with...

Tokyo: Japan's weather agency warned of heavy rain, strong winds, flooding and landslides as a large and powerful typhoon moves toward the country's eastern Pacific coast Monday. As of 10 a.m. local time, Typhoon Dujuan, located about 100 km west-southwest of Hachijo Island in the...

New York: External Affairs Minister has arrived here for the high-level United Nations General Assembly session this week with an agenda tightly packed with scores of meetings, bilateral and multilateral, with leaders of countries who are streaming here. He was received on arrival by a...

Washington: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that he and US President Donald Trump had agreed to meet in New York, and said Ukraine was ready to take serious steps towards peace in coordination with the American team. “We agreed to meet in New York, and...