International

Washington: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) officially shut down Tuesday, which was criticised by former US Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush. Meanwhile, the USAID will be merged into the US State Department from Tuesday. According to an earlier statement of...

Bangkok: Thailand's Constitutional Court suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra Tuesday after accepting a petition seeking her removal from office over a leaked phone call on border issues with Cambodia. A panel of judges unanimously voted to accept the petition and ordered Paetongtarn to stop performing...

New Delhi: Bangladesh made its single largest payment of USD 437 million in June, clearing pending dues, including carrying costs, and issues related to the power purchase agreement, reaffirming the Indian conglomerate's asset as a reliable and cost-competitive power source for meeting the country's growing...

New Delhi: India Tuesday called for the early release and repatriation of civilian prisoners, including fishermen along with their boats and missing Indian defence personnel, from Pakistan's custody. As both countries exchanged - through diplomatic channels simultaneously at New Delhi and Islamabad - the lists...

Paris: Barcelona has recorded its hottest month of June since records started over a century ago, Spain's national weather service said. The Can Fabra Observatory, located on a hill overlooking Barcelona, reported an average temperature of 26 degrees Celsius, breaking records since 1914. The previous...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan Navy Tuesday said it arrested seven Indian fishermen and seized their trawler for allegedly poaching in the island nation's waters in the second such incident within a week. The arrests were made Monday night in the territorial waters of the Talaimannar...

Sacramento: The US Justice Department has sued the City of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass, and the City Council, asking a federal judge to strike down the city's "sanctuary" ordinance on the grounds it obstructs federal immigration enforcement. Filed in the US District Court for...

Kyiv: A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow's forces have overrun all of it, one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022 despite not fully controlling a single one. If confirmed, that would make Luhansk the...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that it is a “very gross oversimplification” and “even misleading at times” to make the India-US relationship about China. Jaishankar was responding to a question on how much of the India-US relationship is defined by its...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has expressed hope that trade negotiations between India and the US would reach a "successful conclusion", emphasising the need for the two countries to find a “meeting ground”. "And I think we'll have to watch this space for...