Washington: The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday afternoon for just the second time since the September 11 attacks, with officials citing "extraordinary circumstances" caused by communications problems at regional air traffic control centres. The nation's top homeland security official attributed the problem...
Dubai: An official of the Indian Consulate in Dubai has met family members of Indian victims of a road accident in Fujairah that killed at least 14 people and assured them of all possible assistance. At least 14 people, including Indians, were killed and 30...
Brisbane: A fossil hippo tooth is an unlikely find in the middle of a desert. The vast sandy expanse of Arabia’s Empty Quarter or Rub’al Khali stretches across the southern part of the peninsula, covering parts of Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and the United Arab...
Tehran: The navy of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that two "violating" oil tankers exploded and caught fire within the preceding hour after hitting naval mines while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz through an "unauthorised" route. In a statement on the...
Washington: US President Donald Trump will meet the leaders of the Quad countries in Manila during his upcoming visit to the Philippines, the White House said, placing the Indo-Pacific partnership on an itinerary that will also take him to China. The meeting will bring the...
Washington: US President Donald Trump plans to discuss reducing nuclear weapons with the leaders of China and Russia during an Asia visit next week, but US officials do not expect the three-way meeting to produce an agreement. The meeting will conclude Trump's visit to China,...
Karachi: Five people were killed and 13 injured in a car bombing at a security checkpoint in Pakistan's Balochistan province, a security official said Friday. The attack took place Thursday in the Kandawa area of Mastung district, where a vehicle laden with explosives was driven...
Beijing/Bhubaneswar: Chinese enthusiasts of Indian culture and art forms danced to the graceful rhythms of Odissi, the classical dance form, at a workshop organised by the Indian Embassy in Beijing. A video posted on X by the Indian Embassy Thursday showed participants learning the steps...
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Friday that an emergency certificate has been issued to Akshay Harish, an Indian seafarer who was disembarked from a merchant vessel at Iran’s Chabahar Port after he was told that his passport and documents were lost....
New Delhi: India Friday said it desires a "positive, constructive and forward-looking" relationship with Bangladesh, remarks that came amid ongoing diplomatic friction and postponement of the bilateral consular dialogue. The relations between the two neighbours came under fresh strain following former Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh...
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