International

Washington: India's Ambassador to the United States, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, has said that India's artificial intelligence (AI) strategy is centred on promoting the development, diffusion and adoption of the technology across its entire ecosystem. In a social media post on Saturday, the envoy stated that...

Washington: The US Department of State said it has received credible reports suggesting Hamas is planning an imminent attack against Palestinian civilians. The United States has alerted the guarantor nations of the Gaza peace agreement to those reports, it said in a statement Saturday. Such...

Tel Aviv: More than 68,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza's Health Ministry said Saturday. The ministry said the number of dead has climbed since the ceasefire went into effect more than a week ago. The majority of the newly counted dead...

Islamabad: In a sharp escalation of rhetoric, Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir Saturday warned India of a ‘decisive response’ to even a minor provocation, saying there is no space for war in a "nuclearised environment”. Munir was addressing a graduation ceremony of...

Doha: A high-level delegation of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, led by the Taliban regime's Defence Minister Maulvi Muhammad Yaqub Mujahid, has arrived in Doha for negotiations with the Pakistani side, the country's Ministry of Defence confirmed Saturday. This crucial visit comes in the backdrop...

Washington: Amid escalating hostilities between Afghanistan and Pakistan, US President Donald Trump claimed that the conflict between the two countries will be an “easy” one for him to solve, "if he had to solve it". While speaking to the media during a bilateral lunch with...

Islamabad: Afghan and Pakistani delegations are heading to the Qatari capital Doha to defuse the deadliest crisis between them in several years, after more than a week of fighting killed dozens of people and injured hundreds on both sides. The Taliban government said Saturday that...

London: Prince Andrew said Friday he is giving up his royal title of the Duke of York and other honours after his friendship with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein returned to the headlines. The younger brother of King Charles III said he and the royal family...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has reaffirmed that he will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea “in a couple of weeks,” as the country prepares to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit later this month. Trump made the remarks during a meeting...

Washington: US President Donald Trump reiterated his claim that India will not be buying oil from Russia, stating that New Delhi has already "de-escalated" and "more or less stopped" its purchases from Moscow. While speaking to the media during a bilateral lunch with the President of...