International

Washington: US President Donald Trump urged Ohio voters to elect Vivek Ramaswamy as governor, bringing the Republican nominee onto the stage at a campaign rally where Ramaswamy promised property-tax relief and action against sanctuary cities. Addressing supporters in Chillicothe six days before the midterm elections...

Seoul: North Korea fired about a dozen short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Thursday, the South Korean military said, in an apparent cold rebuff to Seoul's offer for talks aimed at easing border tensions sparked by a recent land mine blast. The missiles were...

Washington: US officials have told several Middle East countries and regional allies to be prepared for potential renewed military action against Iran after next week's midterm elections in the United States - as well as the possibility that Iran will attempt to retaliate against them,...

United Nations: India voted in favour of a UN General Assembly resolution calling for an end to the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US against Cuba, reiterating that the restrictions should be lifted to help the Caribbean nation pursue its development aspirations....

Cebu: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that India's expertise in counter-terrorism goes far beyond theoretical knowledge, having been shaped by decades of confronting cross-border security challenges. He noted that every strategy adopted by the country has been tested in real-time situations and has proven effective....

United Nations: India has said that more women in the armed forces can lead to greater protection for women who are disproportionately impacted by conflicts. India's Permanent Representative P. Harish said Wednesday (local time) that the dangers to women and girls from conflicts call for...

Urda (Spain): One high-speed Spanish train slammed into another that had stopped on the tracks Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and shredding carriages in the country's second deadly rail collision this year. The regional government for Castilla La Mancha confirmed the death toll and...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc remained short of a parliamentary majority as the latest partial election count gave it 53 seats, against 48 for the opposition bloc led by former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, while Arab-led parties were projected to win 19 seats,...

New Delhi: Twenty-two Indians including 14 seafarers have been killed in the ongoing West Asia conflict and India is "deeply concerned" over the overall situation in the region, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Wednesday. MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said three Indians were killed...

Brasilia: Flavio Bolsonaro, the presidential candidate of Brazil's Liberal Party and son of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, reportedly left Brazil for the United States Tuesday after failing to meet a Supreme Court deadline to surrender his ordinary and diplomatic passports, which were subsequently cancelled...