International

Kabul: Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid alleged that US drones continue to patrol Afghan airspace after entering from neighbouring countries' territories, violating Afghanistan's sovereignty. Afghan media Saturday extensively reported Zabihullah Mujahid's interview given to the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB where he repeated the Taliban's call for the...

Beijing: Japan lodged a formal protest Saturday after China issued a travel advisory cautioning its citizens against visiting Japan, as diplomatic tensions over the Japanese leader's recent Taiwan remarks showed no signs of easing. The government in Tokyo lodged a protest and its top spokesperson, Chief...

Islamabad: A recent report indicates that more than 25 million children in Pakistan are currently out of school, with approximately 20 million having never received any formal education. The Nation newspaper reported Friday that the data was part of a new report by the Pakistan Institute...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar reviewed bilateral ties between Washington and New Delhi and support for diaspora activities at a conference of India's Consuls General in the US convened in New York. “Reviewed our bilateral ties and support for diaspora activities. Appreciate the...

London: US President Donald Trump has declared that he intends to proceed with legal action against the BBC despite the British public service broadcaster apologising to him for the way his speech was edited for one of its news documentaries aired last year. "We'll sue...

Chandigarh: A middle-aged Sikh woman pilgrim, who went missing from the group of 1,923 devotees that had travelled to Pakistan this month to celebrate the 'Parkash Purab' (birth anniversary) of Guru Nanak Dev, has reportedly changed religion and married a Pakistani man in Lahore. A...

Kingston: Reaffirming India's solidarity with Jamaica, members of the Indian community in Kingston visited affected communities in St. Elizabeth Parish of the Caribbean nation and assisted in the recovery efforts following the devastation caused by Hurricane Melissa. The High Commission of India in Kingston appreciated...

Washington: Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh K. Tripathi held a series of high-level discussions with top US military officials in a step towards enhancing maritime cooperation between the two nations. He met Admiral Samuel J Paparo, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral Stephen T...

United Nations: India has criticised Pakistan, heading the Security Council’s committee on sanctions against the Taliban and co-chairing the counter-terrorism panel, citing conflicts of interest. Council members must be prevented from chairing committees when they have “vested interests”, India’s Permanent Representative P Harish said Friday...

Washington: President Donald Trump announced Friday that he was scrapping US tariffs on beef, coffee, tropical fruits and a broad swath of other commodities — a dramatic move that comes amid mounting pressure on his administration to better combat high consumer prices. Trump has built...