The US has deepened its partnership with India in 2023 and elevated cooperation with it through the Quad along with Japan and Australia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. Blinken’s remarks came at his end-of-year press availability at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday. “We’ve deepened our partnership with India. We’ve elevated...
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday that fighting terrorism did not mean “to flatten Gaza”, referring to Israel’s response to an unprecedented attack by Hamas militants on October 7. He called on Israel “to stop this response because it is not appropriate, because all lives are worth the same and we defend them”. While...
A divided Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday declared former U.S. President Donald Trump ineligible for the White House under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause and removed him from the State’s presidential primary ballot, setting up a likely showdown in the nation’s highest court to decide whether the front-runner for the GOP nomination can remain in...
The launch of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) drew immediate condemnation from the West. It landed west of Hokkaido in Japan. It comes after South Korean and US defence officials met last week to update plans on how to respond to a nuclear attack from the North. Pyongyang had vowed to take “more offensive countermeasures”...
Italy’s prime minister Giorgia Meloni scoffed at Islamic culture and said that there is no place for it in Europe. “I believe that there is a problem of compatibility between Islamic culture and the values and rights of our civilization,” she said. The premier added, “The Islamic cultural centers in Italy are financed by Saudi...
Former US President Donald Trump has taken a lead over President Joe Biden in the national polls for the upcoming 2024 presidential election. According to a Wall Street Journal survey released on Saturday, Trump is ahead by four percentage points, standing at 47% against Biden’s 43%. This marks the first instance in this survey where Trump has been favoured in a...
As pressure to rein in the Israeli military mounts, President Joe Biden this week seemed tosignal that his patience is running out and that he won’t put up with an indefinite Israelibombardment of Gaza that leaves the enclave in ruins.Nations that have backed Israel in its war with Hamas are souring on the Jewish state...
According to a recently declassified US intelligence report, the ongoing war in Ukrainehas inflicted severe casualties on Russian forces, with an estimated 315,000 soldierseither killed or injured. This figure represents nearly 90% of the total Russian personnelat the start of the conflict, news agency Reuters reports quoting a source familiar withthe intelligence report. The report...
Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a “broken” migration system. Under the new policies, international students would need to secure higher ratings on English tests...
The world is pinning hope on India’s leadership and intellectual powerhouse for providing a solution to the climate crisis, Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has said. In an interview with PTI at the annual climate conference (COP28) here, Scotland said she waits in “joyful anticipation to see what India will decide to do”, as negotiators at...