Washington: The US-India trade deal is in its final steps, with only the last one per cent of negotiations left to be concluded, US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor said Tuesday, expressing confidence that the deal would soon be sealed after nearly 18 months of...
Washington: The US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) said negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement between India and the United States have gathered significant momentum, as senior business leaders held a closed-door roundtable with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson Greer during the organisation's IX Annual...
Kabul: Several world leaders and the global community condemned the Pakistani military airstrikes carried out in Afghanistan's provinces of Paktia, Paktika, and Kunar, killing and injuring several civilians, including women and children. The remarks came after Taliban Deputy Spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat Monday confirmed that airstrikes...
United Nations: India has defended the international anti-terrorism funding organisation against attacks on it by Pakistan, saying it was motivated by fear of scrutiny. Calling the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) “an indispensable pillar of the global counterterrorism financing and anti-money laundering architecture”, India’s Permanent...
Washington: Supreme Court Monday dramatically expanded presidential power, upholding President Donald Trump's firings of the heads of independent federal agencies with one important exception: the Federal Reserve. The justices allowed Fed governor Lisa Cook to stay in her job while she fights the Republican president's...
Dubai: President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran had requested a meeting with US counterparts, though one of Iran's top negotiators said no further talks had been scheduled after attacks across the Persian Gulf over the weekend challenged negotiations to end the war. The US...
New Delhi: Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita and Bihar Governor Ata Hasnain are set to represent India at burial ceremonies for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei next week, people familiar with the matter said Monday. Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian had...
Mumbai: India's external debt stood at $762.8 billion at end-March 2026, an increase of $26.3 billion over its level at end-March 2025, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monday. The external debt to GDP ratio increased to 20.8 per cent...
Dubai: India and Saudi Arabia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost cooperation on water resource management, according to an official statement Monday. The agreement was signed at the inaugural edition of Saudi Arabia's national water conference, Saudi Water Week, being hosted in Jeddah....
Deir-al-Balah: Israeli forces struck a tent sheltering displaced people in the central Gaza Strip Monday, killing at least three Palestinians, including an 8-year-old boy and his grandfather, medical officials said. Health authorities in the coastal enclave said the drone strike hit a neighbourhood in Deir...
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The European Union has lent itself to criticism for a controversial meeting of its officials with Taliban representatives in Brussels...
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