International

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark on a three-day visit to Singapore and China Sunday. Jaishankar is visiting China to attend a conclave of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in the Chinese city of Tianjin, according to the Ministry of External Affairs...

New Delhi/ Mumbai: The preliminary probe report on the fatal Air India aircraft crash has turned the spotlight on the action of pilots, while the absence of any recommendation for Boeing 787-8 operators seems to have left several questions unanswered as the investigation progresses, experts...

Bridgewater(US): President Donald Trump Saturday announced he's levying tariffs of 30 per cent against the European Union and Mexico. Trump announced the tariffs on two of the United States' biggest trade partners in letters posted to his social media account. In his letter to Mexico's...

New York: It is not on the agenda of the White House to abolish the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) outright, The Washington Post cited an official source, as US President Donald Trump travels to Texas to view the impact of last week's deadly floods....

Djanet (Algeria): In one hand, the dancers hold swords symbolising battle. On the other hand, a piece of cloth symbolising peace. They dance a shuffling “step-step” to the beat of drums and chanting from the women encircling them, all adorned in their finest traditional garments...

Colombo: After the US's 30 per cent tariff on all Sri Lankan imports, the island nation's economy got a boost Friday as the UK government announced it to allow garments manufactured here to enter Britain tariff-free. “This is a win for the Sri Lankan garment...

Dubai: An Iranian attack on an air base in Qatar key to the US military likely hit a geodesic dome housing equipment used by the Americans for secure communications, satellite images analysed Friday by The Associated Press show. The US military and Qatar did not...

Kathmandu: Nepal's former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and former deputy premier Bamdev Gautam have agreed to unify their respective parties, according to a media report on Friday. In a joint statement, Nepal and Gautam said the decision to unify CPN (Unified Socialist) and CPN...

Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney Friday reaffirmed his government’s commitment to defend the country’s workers and businesses in face of the US President Donald Trump’s proposed 35 per cent tariff on Canadian imports, set to take effect August 1. The remarks came after Trump...

Seoul: The top military officer of the United States stressed the importance of security cooperation among South Korea, the US and Japan to reestablish deterrence against an "unprecedented" military buildup by North Korea and China. Gen. Dan Caine, the chief of the US Joint Chiefs...