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Riyadh: Union Minister for Parliamentary and Minority Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, arrived in Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah to participate in the signing of the Bilateral Haj Agreement with the Saudi Kingdom and assess preparations for Haj 2026. He was…

Washington;  US President Donald Trump announced that no American government officials will attend this year’s Group of 20 (G20) summit in South Africa, accusing the host nation of mistreating its minority white farmers. “It is a total…

Washington ;  Airlines across the United States cancelled hundreds of flights as the continuing government shutdown deepened strains on the nation’s air travel system. As of midday Friday, some 780 flights or roughly 3 per cent of the…

Washington; India’s Ambassador to the United States Vinay Kwatra visited Lehigh University campus in Pennsylvania to discuss US-India relations and global partnerships in higher education. He also held a fireside chat with former US…

Washington;  US President Donald Trump said he plans to visit India soon, praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “great man” and his “friend.” Responding to a question during a press conference at the White House on Thursday, Trump…

Helsinki;  India and Finland held 13th Foreign Office Consultations in Helsinki on Thursday and reviewed the entire gamut of bilateral cooperation, while agreeing to further strengthen ties in trade and investment, digitalisation, quantum…

Belem : India's Ambassador to Brazil, Dinesh Bhatia, represented Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the World Leaders' Summit held ahead of the COP30 Climate Conference in Belem, Brazil, the Indian Embassy said. The Heads of State Summit will…

Islamabad : The Russian Embassy in Pakistan has strongly criticised, Pakistani daily, The Frontier Post, accusing the English-language newspaper from Peshawar of running a "series of anti-Russian articles" and promoting "Western propaganda"…

Tokyo : Japan is considering increasing overall defence spending by broadening the scope of what counts as "related" expenditures to include space projects and infrastructure initiatives undertaken by government agencies beyond the Defence…

Washington : Erika Kirk, widow of Charlie Kirk, revealed in an interview with Fox News that she has never watched footage of her husband's assassination and does not intend to watch it in the future, saying there are certain things that,…

Quito, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Pabitra Margherita met Gabriela Sommerfeld, Ecuador’s Minister of Foreign and Human Mobility Affairs, during his official visit to the Latin American country. Both sides explored…

Chandigarh/TarnTaran:  The Aam Aadmi Party has put its full strength into the Tarn Taran by-election campaign. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s wife, Dr. Gurpreet Kaur Mann, has now actively joined the campaign. She visited several…

Washington: US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that the ongoing government shutdown is pushing the nation’s air travel system towards chaos, cautioning that air traffic controllers missing a second paycheck next week could…

New Delhi : Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said on Tuesday that India and Israel share "warm friendship" and their goal is to build a "long-term strategic partnership" between the two nations. In his opening remarks during his…

Dhaka : In a growing political dispute ahead of next year’s election in Bangladesh, the National Citizen Party (NCP) accused a section within the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus of attempting to sabotage the February 2026 polls,…

New York : US President Donald Trump has warned on the eve of Tuesday’s election that if Zohair Mamdani, the toxically divisive Democratic Party candidate, becomes the city’s mayor, he will cut funds to it. Mamdani, a radical member of…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump once again repeated his assertion that tariffs were instrumental in averting a "nuclear war" between India and Pakistan during the May 2025 escalation, claiming he warned both countries they would…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump has revealed that Pakistan is among the countries that have been actively testing nuclear weapons, citing it as part of a broader pattern among other states that necessitates the US resuming its own…

Thimphu : As the world grapples with growing conflict and division, Bhutan's capital city, Thimphu, is gearing up to welcome the world for the Global Peace Prayer Festival 2025, a grand celebration of unity, compassion, and spiritual…

Kabul : At least five people were killed and 143 others injured after a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck several provinces across Afghanistan late at night on Monday, according to the Afghanistan National Disaster Management…