International

Ottawa: Canada will send nearly 300 business delegates to India next week on its largest trade mission to the country in over 30 years, seeking to expand commercial ties and more than double bilateral trade by 2030. Led by Canadian Minister of International Trade Maninder...

New Delhi: National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case to probe last month's mid-air cockpit attack on Captain Smit Machchhar aboard a flydubai flight, officials said Saturday. The case has been registered under the relevant provisions of the Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016, and the Unlawful...

Kyiv: Russian strikes killed at least 11 people in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, officials said Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow's war in Ukraine. Three children were among the 11...

Islamabad: Pakistan has established a robust nuclear security regime for protecting nuclear material and facilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said after completing its first physical protection advisory mission to the country. A seven-member IAEA team concluded a 12-day International Physical Protection Advisory...

Kyiv: Russian strikes killed at least eight people in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region, officials said Saturday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a deal to buy Russian diesel that Kyiv warned would help bankroll Moscow's war in Ukraine. Three children were among the eight...

Kathmandu: Gagan Kumar Thapa has been elected president of the Nepali Congress, while Bishwa Prakash Sharma has been elected senior vice-president unopposed, placing the party's leadership firmly in the hands of two politicians once described as a pair of oxen. Thapa, 50, emerged as the...

Washington: President Donald Trump's agreement to secure Russian diesel supplies has triggered accusations of double standards from American commentators and social media users, who questioned why Washington penalised India for buying Russian oil while now seeking fuel from Moscow to ease its own energy crisis....

New Delhi: Elon Musk Saturday continued his extraordinary swipes at Indian industrialist Mukesh Ambani, sharing screenshots of media reports that alleged a Reliance-funded firm helped boost BJP campaigns on social media and a Reliance-linked company made large political donations to the ruling party. The latest...

New Delhi: Well-known cine star-turned-politician Kamal Haasan Friday took on American businessman Elon Musk, strongly defending India’s choice based on national interest and security safeguards as “non-negotiable” on the billionaire’s “why still no license?” allegation on his satellite communications company, Starlink, launch delay here. “Mr...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has sharply criticised the Nobel Peace Prize committee for overlooking his claims of having ended eight international conflicts, calling the decision an embarrassment and a disservice to the United States. Addressing a Republican election rally in Syracuse, New York, Friday,...