Pyongyang: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has denounced a joint statement issued recently by G7 foreign ministers in Canada about the DPRK's "complete denuclearisation," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday. "The present position of the DPRK does not change according...
Washington: The US administration has reached frameworks of bilateral trade agreements with Argentina, Guatemala, El Salvador and Ecuador, the White House said Thursday. Under the agreements, the United States will remove reciprocal tariffs on certain items that cannot be grown, mined or naturally produced in...
United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres here and said he valued the UN chief's assessment of the current global order and its implications for multilateralism and also thanked him for consistent support for India's growth. “Good to meet...
New York/Washington: An American lawmaker will be introducing a bill to “completely eliminate” the H-1B visa programme and take away the pathway to citizenship that it offers, “forcing” individuals to "return home” when their visa expires. “My dear fellow Americans, I'm introducing a bill to...
Damascus: Islamic State cells have escalated attacks in eastern Syria's Deir al-Zour province, targeting two oil tankers in separate incidents Thursday amid expanded counterterrorism operations by Syrian authorities across the country. The Britain-based war monitor said suspected Islamic State gunmen opened fire on a tank truck...
New York: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio described the Red Fort car explosion as clearly a terrorist attack while commending India for its measured and professional approach to investigating the deadly incident. A high-intensity blast outside the Red Fort in Delhi Monday claimed at least...
Ankara: Turkiye has temporarily grounded its C-130 military cargo planes as a precaution, the Defence Ministry announced Thursday, following a crash in Georgia that claimed the lives of all 20 military personnel on board. The cargo plane was flying from Ganja, Azerbaijan, to Turkiye when...
Islamabad: Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi Thursday said that the suicide bomber involved in the deadly Islamabad bombing was an Afghan national. At least 12 people were killed Tuesday when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives near the entrance of a court in the G-11...
Kyiv: Ukraine's top military commander said Thursday he visited troops holding the front line in a key eastern city besieged by Russian forces, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy grappled with the fallout from a corruption scandal that has engulfed his administration. After Zelenskyy's justice and...
New Delhi: India and Nepal signed an agreement Thursday to strengthen the movement of rail-based freight between the two neighbouring countries. The pact will facilitate railway freight movement between Jogbani (India) and Biratnagar (Nepal), including bulk cargo under an expanded definition. Glad to announce the...
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Andhra Pradesh seems to have decided that the safest way to navigate the future is to stop time itself, at...
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Tensions between the US and Venezuela have reached a seemingly critical level over what the US administration ostensibly calls its...
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