The United States reached separate deals on Tuesday with Ukraine and Russia to pause their attacks at sea and against energy targets, with Washington agreeing to push to lift some sanctions against Moscow. While it was not clear when or how the Black Sea maritime security deals would start, the agreements are the first formal...
India has been the fastest growing major economy in the world for the last ten years, with the latest data from the International Monetary Fund or IMF showing a staggering 105 per cent growth in the last decade. According to the IMF, India’s GDP currently stands at $4.3 trillion. It was $2.1 trillion in 2015,...
We will be closing the live page soon. Here’s a brief recap of the day’s main events: At least 65 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours. Two Palestinian journalists were killed in Israeli air strikes, including Hossam Shabat, a reporter with Al Jazeera. The Israeli military issued...
Canada is set for a snap election on April 28. Prime Minister Mark Carney met the Governor General Mary Simon on Sunday morning in Ottawa and requested her to dissolve the House of Commons, precipitating the campaign to form the country’s next government. The election will be held nearly six months ahead of the originally...
At least 330 people were killed in Gaza on Tuesday as the Israeli military conducted “extensive strikes” on Hamas targets amid stalled truce talks, the biggest attack in the war-torn territory since the ceasefire began on January 19. Gaza’s civil defence agency said the air strikes, which took place during the month of Ramadan, killed “mostly children, women, and the...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Tulsi Gabbard, the United States’ Director of National Intelligence, in Delhi Monday evening. This was after she spoke to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and he called for action against Khalistani terror group Sikhs For Justice outfit and its founder, Gurpatwant Pannun. During their meeting the two also exchanged gifts; Mr Modi presented the US intel...
The mutual respect between New Delhi and Beijing is openly on display. The latest being Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “positive” remarks on the ties between the two countries, which China has “appreciated”, saying that a “dragon-elephant dance” cooperation is the only correct choice for the two neighbours. “Let me stress that in the 2000 plus years’...
India and New Zealand on Monday inked an ambitious pact to institutionalise defence ties and vowed to boost cooperation in the Indo-Pacific even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged concerns to his Kiwi counterpart Christopher Luxon over certain pro-Khalistani elements indulging in anti-India activities in the island nation. Following talks between PM Modi and Luxon,...
A pair of US astronauts stuck for more than nine months on the International Space Station will be returned to Earth on Tuesday evening, NASA said. Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams are to be transported home with another American astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft, which arrived at the ISS...
In his first speech after being overwhelmingly elected Justin Trudeau’s successor, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned of “dark, dark days” brought on by US President Donald Trump. Taking a defiant stance, he accused Trump of “attacking Canadian workers, families, and businesses.” Carney said the US President is trying to weaken the Canadian economy by...