International

New Delhi: India and Mauritius have deepened their energy partnership with a five-year agreement under which Indian Oil Corporation will supply the island nation's entire import requirement of petrol, diesel and aviation turbine fuel, strengthening New Delhi's role as a key energy-security partner in the...

Kyiv: At least two people were killed overnight in Ukraine by Russian drone and missile strikes, authorities said, a day after an attack on a shopping center killed 16 people. Oleksandr Pertsovsky, the head of Ukraine's national rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia, said Saturday that one of...

Washington: United States imposed 50 per cent tariffs on USD 20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday, and Canada immediately said it would retaliate, after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies. President Donald Trump's...

Washington: HinduPACT has accused the US Commission on International Religious Freedom of running a “smear campaign” against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat ahead of his proposed visit to the United States. The Hindu advocacy organisation said statements by USCIRF Chair Asif Mahmood and Commissioner...

Tehran: Iran Saturday condemned the new economic sanctions by the United States and said that the result would be the "complete erosion of sovereignty as the foundational basis of the UN-based inter-State system". The remarks came after US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday "the most...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has said Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the United States in two weeks. Trump disclosed the expected visit while addressing a Republican campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina,Friday. He did not provide a date, venue or agenda for...

Washington: The United States was set to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products early Saturday after last-ditch negotiations failed to resolve the latest strain in already tense relations between the historic allies. "Tonight, Canada declined to finalise the trade deal under...

Edmonton: Two men were stabbed inside a gurdwara in Canada’s Alberta province after a man allegedly disrupted morning prayers ahead of a wedding ceremony, police and community representatives said. The attack occurred at the Nanaksar Gurdwara Gursikh Temple on the northeastern outskirts of Edmonton shortly...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has described the Strait of Hormuz as American territory while declaring that Iran would never be permitted to acquire a nuclear weapon. Trump made the remarks at a campaign rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he sought support for...

Dhaka: Veteran politician Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir was Friday sworn in as Bangladesh's 23rd President. Alamgir, a longtime secretary general of the ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), was administered the oath of office by Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) Acting Speaker Kayser Kamal at the Darbar Hall...