International

Vadodara: Liechtenstein’s Hereditary Prince Alois and his wife, Princess Sofia, arrived in Gujarat Monday as part of their ongoing state visit to India and were accorded a warm welcome at Vadodara Airport. Gujarat’s Minister of State Prafulbhai Pansheriya and other senior government officials received the...

New Delhi: The Australian government has introduced biometric requirements, including fingerprints and a facial image, for visa applicants in India, as part of its ongoing commitment to maintaining a secure, efficient and trusted visa system. From Monday, people registering a new Australian visa application in...

Rio de Janeiro: Incumbent Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva staged a comeback victory in Sunday's presidential runoff, defeating Liberal Party candidate Flavio Bolsonaro, who led in the first round, to secure a fourth term in office. Born in October 1945 in northeastern Brazil,...

Kyiv: Ukraine's access to Starlink and Starshield satellite links has been restored to the speeds it had before restrictions that disrupted front-line operations for more than a week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. "The speeds are now where they need to be," Zelenskyy wrote on...

Milan: Thousands of young people marched on Saturday through the streets of several Italian cities, including Milan, Rome and Turin, as authorities deployed large numbers of police and soldiers in a largely-successful bid to stave off a repeat of the violent clashes and looting that...

Washington: US President Donald Trump bristled when asked how far he was from a possible attack on Iran. He recently said on social media he would not hit Iran again before the Nov 3 midterm elections. “Do you really think I'm going to tell you if...

Riyadh/Sanaa: Yemen's Houthi group and the Saudi-led coalition exchanged heavy attacks, as the Houthis claimed widespread missile and drone strikes across Saudi Arabia, while intense Saudi-led airstrikes rocked Houthi-held areas in Yemen, causing multiple casualties. Houthi military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a statement that...

Paris: Clashes erupted in Paris Saturday at the end of a major demonstration as more than 400,000 people protested across France over school funding and soaring living costs, challenging President Emmanuel Macron's government a week after widespread rioting and looting. The Paris march began peacefully....

Baku: India and Uzbekistan discussed key issues on their bilateral agenda and stressed the need for timely implementation of agreements reached at the highest level during a meeting between External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and his Uzbek counterpart Bakhtiyor Saidov in Azerbaijan's Baku. Jaishankar was...

Moscow/New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin have directed their governments to further expand bilateral cooperation, as India and Russia aim to increase bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2030, Ambassador Vinay Kumar has said. In an interview with Russian...