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New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a phone call from US Vice President JD Vance, during which both leaders discussed ways to deepen the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership across key areas. On Saturday, in a…

Washington, DC : The US Senate on Friday passed a bipartisan bill that could authorise President Donald Trump to levy tariffs of up to 100% on goods from countries, including India and China, that continue importing Russian oil and gas,…

Tel Aviv : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said that India and Israel will continue to strengthen their bonds. He made the remarks in a post on X as he reshared Prime Minister Narendra Modi's post where the latter had…

New York : India has called for urgent global action and strict accountability against parties targeting educational infrastructure in Sudan, warning that the three-year conflict has left more than 17 million children out of school.…

Washington, DC : US intelligence assessments indicate that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be increasingly willing to authorise provocative actions that could spill onto NATO territory. CBS, citing US officials briefed on the matter,…

Washington, DC : US President Donald Trump expressed optimism that fuel prices could decline as negotiations between the United States and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz move closer to a potential agreement. According to Fox News, Trump…

New Delhi : A high-level bilateral meeting on cooperation on trans-border rivers was held on Friday in New Delhi between the Bhutanese delegation, led by Lyonpo Gem Tshering, Minister for Energy & Natural Resources, and the Indian…

Pakistan has imposed further restrictions on foreign media outlets operating in the country, for the first time seeking to routinely control the movement of Pakistani nationals working for them. Until the new government restrictions were…

With President Donald Trump’s war against Iran now in its sixth month, this week’s flurry of threats and diplomacy has underscored the ever-tighter bind he finds himself in as he tries to extricate the U.S. from an unpopular conflict he…

USA: U.S. President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Thursday in a new but narrower attempt to curtail birthright citizenship, once again challenging a provision of the U.S. Constitution even though the Supreme Court rejected his…

Thailand: An unconfirmed number of people were killed when a student opened fire at a school in Thailand north of Bangkok on Friday, authorities said. Lt. Col. Pasakorn Chaitawiwong, the head of the Plai Bang subdistrict police department,…

Saudi Arabia: An attack by Yemen’s Houthis on southern Saudi Arabia wounded 11 civilians on Thursday, a military official said, as the kingdom warned that coordinated attacks by the Houthis and Iran-backed Iraqi militias were imminent.…

Washington DC : Tensions over US military stockpiles amid its conflict with Iran have reportedly escalated at Camp David last week, where President Donald Trump confronted his War Secretary Pete Hegseth over concerns about severe munitions…

Bradford : Members of the British Kashmiri diaspora staged a demonstration in Bradford on August 5, expressing solidarity with the people of Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) and voicing support for the demands of the Joint Awami…

Tokyo : Japan on Thursday marked the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, paying tribute to the victims of one of history's deadliest wartime attacks while renewing its call for a world free of nuclear weapons. According to…

New Delhi : India and Lesotho reviewed the entire spectrum of their bilateral cooperation during the sixth meeting of the Joint Bilateral Commission for Cooperation (JBCC), reaffirming their commitment to strengthening ties in areas such as…

Las Vegas : US President Donald Trump on Wednesday (local time) said the United States was "doing the same thing" in Iran as it had done in Venezuela, while asserting that Washington would prefer to reach a deal with Tehran but would not…

New Delhi : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday highlighted India's expanding partnership with Africa, with a focus on human resource development, education, food security and humanitarian assistance. Addressing an Africa…

Kyiv : At least 14 civilians were killed and 22 others injured after Russian strikes hit Ukraine's Kyiv region overnight, Ukrainian authorities said on Wednesday, as emergency teams continued operations to clear the aftermath of the attack.…

Washington DC : The number of US F-1 student visas issued to Indian and Chinese nationals witnessed a significant decline in 2025 compared with previous years, according to a report by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), which said…