International

Washington: US President Donald Trump Saturday named Pickaxe Mountain as an Iranian site that needed to be dealt with, while saying negotiations with Tehran were progressing and leaving open whether diplomacy would produce an agreement. Speaking to reporters in Palm Beach, Florida, Trump said there...

Cape Canaveral: An aging NASA telescope is barely clinging to space after a failed rescue effort left it tottering lower and lower. The US Space Force predicts the Swift Observatory will come crashing down on or around Friday. Most of the 1 ½-ton telescope is...

Chernihiv Region(Ukraine): Evacuees from Russian-occupied Oleshky in Ukraine arrived in Belarus Saturday on their way back to Ukraine, part of a major rescue operation carried out under the most significant truce since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine 4½ years ago. The ceasefire in Ukraine's southern...

Kathmandu: Nepal has received a three-year extension to graduate from the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) category, giving it more time to prepare for the transition, according to a foreign ministry official. The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Thursday unanimously approved a three-year extension until November...

Dhaka: A Bangladesh opposition leader has warned against any move to facilitate an Indian transit corridor through the country and called for a fair water-sharing agreement with New Delhi ahead of the expiry of the Ganges treaty in December, according to local media reports. National...

Atlanta: External Affairs Minister (EAM), S. Jaishankar met EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas on the sidelines of the G20 Foreign Ministers' meeting in Atlanta and discussed the ongoing global conflicts. Taking to X, EAM Jaishankar said, "Discussed the Ukraine...

Atlanta: Poland has secured India's support for its bid to become a permanent G20 member and hopes to join during the US presidency, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said. Responding to a question from IANS at a press conference, Sikorski said the United States had...

United Nations: India has asked the Human Rights Council to continue giving "sustained attention" to the threat of terrorism, which poses one of "the gravest threats" to human rights. "Terrorism remains among the gravest threats to the enjoyment of human rights, above all, the right...

Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Atlanta and took stock of India-US bilateral cooperation. "Appreciated @SecRubio's hospitality in Atlanta for the @g20org FMM. Took stock of our bilateral cooperation," Jaishankar said in a post X Friday. Appreciated...

Washington: Elon Musk has given $446 million to influence the 2026 US midterm elections, the most by any donor in modern American history, as the 50 biggest contributors pour about $2.8 billion into the race, according to a Washington Post tracker based on Federal Election...