International

Islamabad: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will arrive in Islamabad Tuesday on a day-long visit to discuss regional and international developments of mutual interest with the top Pakistani leadership. President Pezeshkian, accompanied by a high-level delegation, left for Islamabad aboard a special aircraft, Minab 168, to...

Dubai: Iran said Tuesday that there's been no visit scheduled for inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency to see nuclear sites earlier bombed by the United States. Esmail Baghaei made the comment to journalists at a news conference in Tehran, Iran's capital. Baghaei's remarks...

Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has said that it is "imperative" for India and China to respect each other's "core interests" and take concrete actions to implement the "important consensus" reached by the leaders of both countries. Wang, who is in New Delhi to...

Washington: US President Donald Trump said "respect" from Iran would be key to sustaining peace after the end of the Iran-Israel war, expressing optimism about fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz to create "an oil gusher". "As long as they respect us, I don't want...

New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval Tuesday said that India welcomed the memorandum of understanding reached between Iran and the US and viewed the development with cautious optimism and hoped it would contribute positively to regional and global stability. Addressing the 16th BRICS...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer Tuesday began bilateral talks here on issues related to the first phase of the bilateral trade agreement. Greer is in New Delhi on an official visit for the trade pact talks,...

Washington: The United States this week is hosting Israeli and Lebanese officials in Washington for a new round of talks aimed at consolidating the ceasefire and advancing what American officials described as a broader effort to secure lasting peace and security between the two countries....

Dubai: Twelve Indians were among 13 people killed in an explosion at a factory in the Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar, officials said Monday. "Qatari authorities have confirmed that 12 Indian nationals have unfortunately passed away in the Ras Laffan incident yesterday night," the...

Washington: The US has formally notified the proposed sale of sustainment support services and related equipment for India's Apache helicopters and M777A2 Ultra-Light Howitzers at an estimated cost of USD 482.2 million. The Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA), which administers the Foreign Military Sales (FMS)...

Moscow: Moscow shot down dozens of drones in the early hours of Monday, just days after a repeated Ukrainian strike on the city’s oil refinery, while Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people, including a boy and his father, authorities said. Eighty-four drones...