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The Hague : Upon his arrival in the Netherlands as part of the second leg of his five-nation tour, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday was graced by an enthusiastic welcome by the Indian community in The Hague. The Prime Minister was…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) stated that the US military, in coordination with the Armed Forces of Nigeria, eliminated the second-in-command of the global terrorist organisation Islamic State of Iraq and…

Washington DC : United States and China have agreed that "Iran can't have nuclear weapons," and that the Strait of Hormuz must be opened, according to US President Donald Trump. President Trump met with his Chinese conterpart XI Jinping…

New Delhi : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday morning held a bilateral meeting with Iran Foreign Minister on the sidelines of the BRICS Foreign Ministers' Meeting in New Delhi, with the discussion centring around the…

Naypyidaw : An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 struck Myanmar on Friday morning, according to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS). The tremor occurred at 9:22 am IST on May 15 at a depth of 106 kilometres. As per the NCS, the earthquake…

Havana : Amid strained bilateral ties between Cuba and the United States due to Washington's repeated caveats towards the communist government in the Caribbean country, a US delegation led by the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency,…

Beijing : US President Donald Trump on Friday said that "a lot of different problems" had been resolved during his talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound as part of his two-day visit to the country,…

Beijing : US President Donald Trump on Friday held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Zhongnanhai, the highly secured leadership compound of the Chinese Communist Party in Beijing, as part of the US President's two-day visit to the…

Tehran : Iran's Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Amir-Saeid Iravani, has sharply criticised the Bahrain-US efforts to rally support for a draft UN resolution on the Strait of Hormuz, calling the campaign "ridiculous,…

Beirut : Hezbollah carried out 17 operations on Wednesday targeting Israeli military positions, forces and vehicles in southern Lebanon, according to Iranian state media Press TV. Press TV reported that the operations included eight drone…

New Delhi : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday met Indonesian Foreign Minister Sugiono in the national capital, ahead of the BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting scheduled to take place later today. In a post on X, Jaishankar…

Washington DC : In a development that has the establishment in Washington DC in a tizzy, Fox News had reported that the CIA has raided Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard's office. Fox reported that that CIA Agents hauled out…

Beijing : Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday called for "cooperation" instead of "confrontation" between China and the United States during his bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump in Beijing, as part of the two-day visit…

New Delhi : Iran has rejected the plan from the US, while submitting the response to the proposal, according to the Iranian Embassy in India's statement on Monday. The Embassy said that the acceptance would have meant " Tehran's…

Beijing : US President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to China from May 13 to 15 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to an announcement by the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Monday. In a post…

Kathmandu : A Turkish Airlines aircraft's tyres caught fire while landing at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on early Monday morning. Police confirmed that all passengers and crew members were safely evacuated. The…

Texas : Arizona Democratic Senator Mark Kelly criticised US President Donald Trump in an interview to CBS on Sunday over the decision to get into the Iran war without any "strategic goal, plan or timeline in place", which has…

Madrid : The Embassy of India in Spain on Sunday confirmed that the two Indian nationals onboard the Hantavirus-hit MV Hondius vessel are healthy and asymptomatic. The Embassy said that the Ambassador is in close contact with the…

Beijing : An editorial published by China Daily on Monday said that the upcoming visit of US President Donald Trump to China from May 13 to 15 presents an important opportunity to improve ties between the world's two largest economies amid…

Moscow : Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday (local time) expressed openness to meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in order to achieve a complete solution to end the ongoing war in a third country for the first…