International

Vilnius: Residents of Vilnius were told to take shelter, and Lithuania's President and Prime Minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on NATO's eastern flank over incursions related to Russia's war...

Rome: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday called on Italian President Sergio Mattarella and held discussions on further expanding the India-Italy partnership in areas such as trade, technology, clean energy and culture. PM Modi arrived in Italy Tuesday on the concluding leg of his five-nation tour...

Rome: Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented a light-hearted and unique gift -- a “Melody” toffee packet-- to his Italian counterpart Giorgia Meloni, bringing back the widely popular “#Melodi” moment that has often gone viral on social media. The informal exchange, marked by laughter between the...

Rome: Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni hosted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for dinner and accompanied him on a visit to the iconic Colosseum ahead of their formal talks aimed at further boosting India-Italy ties. PM Modi arrived in Italy on Tuesday on the concluding leg of...

United Nations: The United Nations has revised downward India's economic growth forecast for 2026 to 6.4 per cent from its earlier projection of 6.6 per cent, citing global uncertainties and economic shocks arising from the ongoing West Asia crisis. As per the report released by...

Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio will undertake a four-day visit to India beginning May 23 to further cooperation in the fields of trade, defence and energy. This will be his first visit to India. The Department of State announced the visit that would...

Beijing: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing Tuesday night on a two-day state visit for talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, days after US leader Donald Trump travelled to China. Putin was received by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the airport. Ahead...

Dubai: The drones that targeted the United Arab Emirates' Barakah nuclear power plant all came from Iraq, the country's Defence Ministry said Tuesday, likely signaling that Iranian-backed Shiite militias launched the assault. Such militias launched repeated drone attacks targeting Gulf Arab states after Israel and...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Tuesday said he was an hour away from making a decision to restart attacks on Iran, but put it off after receiving a call from interlocutors, including Qatar and the UAE, on Tehran being "reasonable" in the peace talks. "I...

Damascus: A bomb exploded outside a Defence Ministry building in the Syrian capital Tuesday, killing one soldier and wounding about a dozen other people, the ministry and state media reported. The Defence Ministry said in a terse statement that soldiers discovered a bomb that was...