Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to pay a two-day visit to the US beginning February 12 to hold wide-ranging talks with US President Donald Trump, news agency PTI reported citing people familiar with the matter. As per the plan, PM Modi will travel to Washington DC after concluding his two-day visit to Paris, they...
US President Donald Trump on January 31 said that he would impose 25 percent tariff on goods imported from Mexico and Canada and 10 percent on imports from China from February 1 onwards. While signing executive orders at the Oval Office, Trump was asked if there was anything the nations could do to delay the...
The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather’s funeral and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas. They were among 60 travelers and four crew members...
Contradicting the allegations made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accusing some Indian agents of being involved in the killing of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a Canada commission report has stated that “no definitive link” with a “foreign state” was “proven” in the killing of Nijjar, reported news agency The observation was made...
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday met Dubai’s Crown Prince and UAE’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Hamdan bin Mohammed and discussed ways to further strengthen the UAE-India strategic partnership and enhance people-to-people ties. Jaishankar arrived in the UAE on Monday on a three-day visit to advance the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between...
Adham Bartawi had hoped for the best when he set off back to his family home in the north of Gaza after more than a year – but he was shocked at what he found. “Half our house is gone,” the 31-year-old told the BBC from the ruins of where he used to live in...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched their GSLV-F15 carrying the NVS-02 on 6:23 AM at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh, marking ISRO’s 100th rocket mission. The mission is also the first for the space agency’s Chairman V Narayanan, who assumed office recently. It is ISRO’s maiden venture this year. The satellite was “precisely injected into...
The United States, under President Donald Trump, has decided to halt all aid to the Bangladesh government, led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus. The latest move comes as the US government, through its donor agency USAID, announced the immediate cessation of all work in Bangladesh, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, and other procurement instruments. In a letter issued...
A federal judge in Seattle on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from implementing an executive order curtailing the right to automatic birthright citizenship in the United States, calling it “blatantly unconstitutional.” U.S. District Judge John Coughenour at the urging of four Democratic-led states issued a temporary restraining order preventing the administration from enforcing the...
Nine Palestinians have been killed and 35 injured by Israeli forces during a major operation in Jenin in the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian health ministry says. Palestinian media reported that there were a series of air strikes as a large number of troops moved in to the city and its refugee camp, backed by...