International

New Delhi: Gold and silver prices surged to record highs Friday, as the US dollar weakened and geopolitical tensions surged over threats of US intervention in Iran. MCX gold February futures rose 1.23 per cent to Rs 1,58,261 per 10 grams around 11.25 am. Meanwhile,...

Washington: Former US Vice President Kamala Harris has condemned the detention of a five-year-old boy along with his father by US immigration authorities, making him the fourth student to be detained in a suburban Minneapolis school district in recent days, local media reported Friday. Taking...

Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi dissolved the lower house of Parliament Friday, paving the way for a Febuary 8 snap election. The move is an attempt to capitalise on her popularity to help governing party regain ground after major losses in recent years, but...

New York: President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for USD 5 billion Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his businesses for political reasons after he left office in January 2021. The lawsuit,...

Davos: Kerala Thursday announced securing investment commitments worth USD 14 billion, or Rs 1.18 lakh crore, during the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. Sharing details, Kerala Minister P Rajeev said the state has become the first fully digitally literate state in India, and it has...

Davos: US President Donald Trump met with presidents, prime ministers and top diplomats from more than a dozen countries Thursday to tout his international Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The list of attendees, according to a forum schedule, is...

The Hague(Netherlands): For days it seemed there was no way out of the latest standoff between Europe and the United States: US President Donald Trump insisted he must have Greenland, and would settle for nothing short of total ownership. Even after he dropped the threat...

Singapore: High Commissioner of India to Singapore Dr Shilpak Ambule inaugurated the second edition of the Indian Film Festival (IFF) 2026 and said the event has become a significant platform for strengthening people-to-people ties between the two countries. "The Indian Film Festival has emerged as...

New Delhi:  Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Thursday held an interaction with the Ambassadors from European Union (EU) member countries in New Delhi, which, according to him, focused on the current state of the world with volatility and instability around. The discussions came ahead of...

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced that he will meet US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and entrepreneur Jared Kushner later Thursday, local media reported. In his remarks at a meeting with the permanent members of the Russian Security Council, Putin said...