International

Washington:  The Trump administration’s effort to fast-track deportations to third countries hit a legal setback after a US appeals court refused to pause a lower court order blocking the policy. The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in Boston Wednesday (local time) denied...

Jerusalem: In a historic address to the Knesset, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday described the Gaza Peace Initiative as a path for just and durable peace in the entire region, even as he delivered a powerful message of solidarity to Israel, asserting that terrorism anywhere...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former state intelligence service chief Suresh Sallay was arrested Wednesday, in connection with the 2019 Easter bombings that killed 270 people, police said. Sallay, a retired Major General, will be detained for 72 hours for questioning under the Prevention of Terrorism Act,...

Kathmandu: Newly appointed ambassador of China to Nepal Zhang Maoming Wednesday called on the Minister for Foreign Affairs Bala Nanda Sharma and discussed bilateral issues. Ambassador Zhang met Minister Sharma at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here. A statement by the Foreign Ministry said that...

Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel Wednesday to a red-carpet welcome with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara receiving the Indian leader at the Ben Gurion airport. It is PM Modi's second visit to Israel in nine years. The India-Israel relationship...

Kyiv: A Ukrainian delegation is set to meet Thursday with American envoys in the run-up to another round of trilateral talks with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Rustem Umerov, Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council Secretary, is due to hold talks with US President...

Dubai: Iran pushed back Wednesday against US President Donald Trump's pressure tactics ahead of critical talks in Geneva over Tehran's nuclear programme, alternating between calling his remarks big lies and saying negotiations may yield an agreement through honourable diplomacy. The remarks by two Iranian officials...

London: New rules in force from Wednesday will see the UK transition to a digital transit system, including mandatory eVisas for Indian travellers and Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) for non-visa requiring visitors. The new procedure will replace paper-based visa stickers as part of a phased...

New York: American tech entrepreneur Bill Gates has apologised to the staff at the Gates Foundation over his ties with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein but maintained that he did "nothing illicit," according to a media report. The Microsoft co-founder also admitted that he had...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former state intelligence service chief Suresh Sally was arrested Wednesday in connection with the 2019 Easter bombings, police sources said. Sally was arrested by police's Crime Investigation Department in the Colombo suburb of Peliyagoda while on his way to work in a...