International

New Delhi: Suzuki Motor President Toshihiro Suzuki and top executives of trading giant Itochu will be among the business leaders of 50 Japanese companies accompanying Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi for the India-Japan annual summit, scheduled for the first week of July at Assam's Guwahati. The...

Obbuergen: US Vice President JD Vance Sunday said that the question before us now is how much more can we accomplish together. Can we turn over a new leaf. He made these comments as the talks, dubbed the Lake Lucerne Summit, got underway. Can we...

London: An Indian national has been charged with the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man, also an Indian, in the west London suburb of Southall, the Metropolitan Police said. Navjot Singh, 20, was charged with murder, grievous bodily harm with intent and possessing an offensive...

Tyre (Lebanon):  US and Iranian negotiators headed to a Swiss venue Saturday for talks on adding key details to their interim agreement to halt the war, hours after Tehran said it closed the Strait of Hormuz because of Israel's attacks in Lebanon and warned that...

New Delhi: Three Indian-flagged crude oil tankers carrying over 8.6 lakh million tonnes of cargo with 94 crew members from the country transited through the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday and are en route to India, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said. The three crude oil...

Washington/Islamabad: US Vice President JD Vance said Saturday the peace talks with Iran were on and negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were already in Switzerland, adding that he also planned to join in the next few days. Pakistan which is the key mediator in...

Dubai: Iranian state television says the country's negotiating team is going to Switzerland for talks with the United States over their interim deal on the war. The broadcaster cited a foreign ministry spokesperson in its report Saturday. The trip was originally planned for Friday but...

Dubai: Iran's joint military command said Saturday that the Strait of Hormuz has been closed again, citing Israeli attacks in Lebanon and US bad faith and the clear breach of its commitments by failing to end the war. The statement on state television also warned...

Tyre:  Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon Saturday killed at least seven people, including two children, hours after reports emerged of a ceasefire agreement. The persistent fighting threatened an interim agreement between the United States and Iran to end the war in the Middle East. Lebanon's...

Washington: World leaders, including those from the G7, along with senior US lawmakers, welcomed a memorandum signed between the United States and Iran, with supporters describing it as a breakthrough that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, ease regional tensions and advance negotiations over Tehran's...