Donald Trump and Chinese president Xi Jinping wrapped up their Washington summit on Friday, facing criticism that they had squandered an opportunity to pause their countries’ artificial intelligence (AI) arms race. The three-day state visit emphasised pageantry and personal rapport rather than substantial agreements. The US president and Xi discussed the wars in Iran and...
The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has proposed a nationwide ban on the manufacture and sale of the analogue product as paneer. In a notification, the FSSAI stated that the products already licensed or registered under the ‘Analogue in Dairy Context’ category shall discontinue the use of the term ‘Paneer’ in their...
Britain has agreed to provide limited support to Saudi Arabia, to counter attacks from Iran-backed Houthis. Riyadh has requested the support after the Houthis, who control the most populous parts of Yemen, intensified their attacks on Saudi Arabia, a new front in the wider war that began with U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran in...
Ukrainian forces fired more than 1,000 drones at Russia overnight, including hundreds that were launched toward Moscow, officials said Sunday, as the Kremlin was wrapping up the third and last day of its parliamentary elections. Moscow’s mayor described the wave of drones as the “largest ever” drone attack on the Russian capital and said there...
Yemen’s Houthis said they attacked “sensitive” sites in the Saudi capital with missiles and drones, hours after flames and a large plume of black smoke were seen rising above Riyadh airport on Saturday. The Saudi government sent air raid alerts to citizens by phone overnight warning of aerial attacks, marking the first time the government...
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran of “serious consequences” if Tehran refuses to change course, as Washington weighs its next move in the conflict and Iran threatens retaliation against any fresh US attack. At the same time, both sides have left the door open to diplomacy, with Trump saying he would “probably be open”...
United States President Donald Trump’s administration has asked lawmakers to clear the sale of 48 F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia for an estimated $24.3bn. “This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security objectives of the United States by improving the security of a major non-NATO ally that is a force for...
India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires Saad Ahmad Warraich and lodged a strong protest over a collision involving naval vessels from the two countries in international waters. The incident took place on the evening of September 15 in the North Arabian Sea, around 220 kilometres east of Oman. According to details released by the Ministry of...
Saudi Arabia has indirectly reached out to Israel for intelligence assistance against the Houthis through US Central Command, despite Riyadh not recognising Israel or maintaining diplomatic relations with it, as per a report by The Jerusalem Post. The move comes as Houthi forces intensify attacks on Saudi targets and impose maritime restrictions that have created...
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met Chinese counterpart Wang Wentao on Monday wherein they agreed to implement the important consensus reached by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping during their meeting on the sidelines of BRICS Summit. The two leaders, in a bilateral meeting held on Saturday, had agreed to “expand mutually beneficial cooperation in the economic and trade fields, properly address...