International

Jeddah: India's Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Vipul, met Saudi Arabia's Vice Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Abdulfattah bin Suleiman Al-Mashat, and reviewed preparations for Haj 2027, besides inspecting the Haj Terminal at Jeddah Airport and the Haramain High Speed Railway Station, the Consulate General of...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has warned that Artificial Intelligence (AI) data centres could move to China if the United States turns them away, defending their rapid expansion while backing measures intended to prevent the massive facilities from driving up household electricity costs. Trump made...

Washington: United States and 16 other countries have endorsed a new international initiative aimed at harnessing "Super Intelligence" to accelerate scientific discovery, expand researchers' access to advanced computing and experiment with new ways of funding science. The Kyoto Vision for a Golden Age of Science...

New Delhi: India has moved beyond advocacy and stepped up its efforts in recent months to resolve the Ukraine conflict by engaging in conversations with both Kyiv and Moscow, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Sunday, in a first public acknowledgement of New Delhi's latest...

Kyiv: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv Sunday in a show of support as Russia escalated its attacks on Ukrainian cities. The aerial war has intensified, with Moscow menacing cities across Ukraine with hard-to-intercept ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones, while Kyiv has been striking...

Halden(Norway): Two people were killed and another seriously injured Sunday when a shooter opened fire on a hunting party in southern Norway, police said. The suspect was arrested at the scene and is not believed to be part of the hunting party, police said in...

Mumbai: Indian pilot Smit Machchhar, being hailed as a hero for foiling an attempt by his co-pilot to crash an Israel-bound flydubai flight, has said he did not want to go down without a fight and so put in all he had to open the...

Islamabad: Pakistan Sunday braced for a protest by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf after it decided to proceed with a long march following the failure of negotiations with the government. The talks focused on key demands...

Washington: US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau and the Seattle chapter of the American Jewish Committee have hailed Indian pilot Captain Smit Machchhar for his role in preventing what they described as an attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight travelling from Dubai to Tel...

New Delhi: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and FlyDubai pilot Captain Smit Machchhar to light a celebratory flame at Israel's next Independence Day ceremony, describing the Indian pilot who foiled a mid-air attack as a hero of India, Israel...