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Mumbai: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Mumbai Tuesday, with discussions focusing on further advancing bilateral ties. During the meeting, the two ministers exchanged views on regional developments. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, US Ambassador...

Cairo: The death toll from a Houthi missile strike on a government military camp in southern Yemen rose to 73 people, all new recruits, making it the deadliest strike since fighting in the country began escalating three months ago, a senior Yemeni government official said...

Dushanbe: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Tuesday met Iranian Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref and Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rosulzoda on the sidelines of the SCO Heads of Government meeting in Dushanbe and discussed issues of mutual interest. "Pleasure to meet H.E. Mr Mohammad Reza Aref,...

Mumbai/New Delhi: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio kick-started a three-day visit to India Tuesday to advance bilateral ties in energy, trade and investment, defence, critical technologies, and exchange views on the West Asia crisis. Rubio's second India visit this year comes amid persistent friction...

New Delhi: India-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA), signed April 27, came into effect Tuesday, providing duty-free access to a range of Indian goods, including products from labour-intensive sectors such as textiles and leather. It is the seventh trade pact to come into force in...

Madrid: Rising fuel costs, discontent with the state of schools, declining public services and a housing crisis have created perfectly stormy weather for an autumn of protests in Europe. Crowds have taken to the streets for weeks in major cities, resulting in arrests, looting, injuries,...

Washington: Republican Vivek Ramaswamy is in a neck-and-neck battle with Democrat Amy Acton in the gubernatorial race in Ohio, with a latest opinion poll giving the Indian-American entrepreneur a slender three-point lead over his rival. Endorsed by US President Donald Trump last year, 41-year-old Ramaswamy...

United Nations: Voicing concern over the risk of weapons of mass destruction falling into the hands of terrorists, India has called on the global community to remain vigilant about the transfer of sensitive technology, particularly to those with a "record" of proliferation and terror links,...

Washington: Vice President JD Vance declined to endorse Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu for reelection a day after President Donald Trump endorsed the Israeli leader. "The president has the most influential endorsement in American or international political history," Vance said on Monday during an interview with...

New Delhi: Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will be on a visit to India between October 21 and 23 for bilateral talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Monday. The visit would serve to deepen the India-EU strategic partnership,...