International

Kingston: Reaffirming India's solidarity with Jamaica, members of the Indian community in Kingston visited affected communities in St. Elizabeth Parish of the Caribbean nation and assisted in the recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The High Commission of India in Kingston appreciated...

Washington: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi held a series of high-level discussions with top US military officials in a step towards enhancing maritime cooperation between the two nations. He met Admiral Samuel J Paparo, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Stephen T...

United Nations: India has criticised Pakistan, heading the Security Council’s committee on sanctions against the Taliban and co-chairing the counter-terrorism panel, citing conflicts of interest. Council members must be prevented from chairing committees when they have “vested interests”, India’s Permanent Representative P Harish said Friday...

Washington: President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping US tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built...

Belem (Brazil): The world's climate leaders are conceding that Earth's warming will shoot past a hard limit they set a decade ago in hopes of keeping the planet out of a danger zone. But they're not conceding defeat. United Nations officials, scientists, and analysts are...

Islamabad: Diesel shortage is being reported in Pakistan amid a potential rise in petroleum product prices from November 16, local media reported Friday, citing sources. Sources have revealed that oil companies have halted the supply of diesel in Islamabad, which has resulted in diesel shortages...

Islamabad: Pakistan Friday said that security agencies have arrested four militants belonging to the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) for their involvement in a suicide attack outside a court in Islamabad. At least 12 people were killed and 36 others injured Tuesday when a suicide bomber...

Khan Younis: Israel returned the bodies of 15 Palestinians to Gaza Friday, officials at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis said, in the latest step to fulfil the terms of the fragile US-brokered ceasefire agreement. The bodies were returned after militants late Thursday handed over the...

Beijing: Three Chinese astronauts, who aborted their departure home after their spacecraft was hit by debris, returned to earth safely Friday. The return capsule of the Shenzhou-21 spaceship, carrying the astronauts Chen Dong, Chen Zhongrui and Wang Jie, touched down at the Dongfeng landing site...

Pyongyang: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has denounced a joint statement issued recently by G7 foreign ministers in Canada about the DPRK's "complete denuclearisation," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Friday. "The present position of the DPRK does not change according...