International

Washington: From governor to city council member, Indian American candidates are in the race for public office in the US midterm elections Tuesday, seeking a slice of power for the 5.2 million-strong community. Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, with an endorsement from US President Donald Trump, is...

Tehran: Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that if the United States meets Iran's "legitimate" demands, it will be possible to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within two days. At a weekly press conference in Tehran, Baghaei said the basis for any indirect...

Milpitas/Bhubaneswar: An Odia-origin IT professional, Santosh Sahu, is contesting the mayoral election in Milpitas, a Silicon Valley city in California, with voting scheduled for Tuesday. Sahu, who has lived in the United States for nearly two decades, said he entered politics to contribute to the...

Kyiv: Authorities in both Ukraine and Russia say that their emergency alert mobile applications were targeted by cyberattacks late Sunday, with residents in Ukraine receiving messages that there was a high nuclear radiation danger in the capital Kyiv. In a post late Sunday on Telegram,...

Hanoi/New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval Monday met Vietnam's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, General Phan Van Giang and reviewed ongoing bilateral defence cooperation and agreed to further deepen engagement in the sector. Doval arrived in Vietnam Sunday on an official...

Kathmandu: Six Indian tourists were rescued Monday after they got stranded due to heavy snowfall in the Shey-Phoksundo National Park area of Nepal, police said. The tourists, two women and four men, had been out of contact since November 1 because of the snowfall. They...

West Palm Beach (Florida): All nine people aboard a Learjet 60 died when the business jet crashed into a residential area in Florida’s Palm Beach County Sunday, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, confirming the toll from an accident that left a crater beside a...

Dallas: Police in Dallas say four people are dead and 15 are injured following separate shootings in a Dallas neighbourhood. Police Chief Daniel Comeaux said police are still trying to determine if the shootings in the Deep Ellum neighbourhood were related. It was among several...

Beijing: The Indian Consulate in Shanghai is conducting a month-long special campaign to prioritise timely resolution of the diaspora's consular issues in its jurisdiction. CGI, Shanghai is actively executing the month-long Special Campaign 6.0 implementation phase, which is integrated with the #SwachtaHiSeva 2026 campaign, a...

Kherson (Ukraine): Civilians in Ukraine's southeastern Kherson region prepared Sunday for the end of a localised ceasefire that has marked the most significant truce between Kyiv and Moscow since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine 4½ years ago. The White House said US first lady Melania...