International

Washington: US President Donald Trump will host Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir for lunch at the White House Wednesday. “The President has lunch with the Chief of Army Staff of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan,” an advisory issued by the White House said. The lunch...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has conveyed to US President Donald Trump that India does not seek and will never accept any mediation on matters related to Pakistan, according to Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri, Wednesday. Misri revealed that the two leaders spoke over the...

Dubai: Intense Israeli airstrikes targeted Iran's capital early Wednesday in a conflict that a human rights group said had killed at least 585 people across Iran and wounded 1,326 others. The Washington-based group Human Rights Activists said it had identified 239 of those killed in...

Lembata/Delhi: A powerful eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano Tuesday sent ash clouds soaring 10,000 meters into the air, prompting authorities to raise the alert to the highest level and expand the danger zone to 8km from the crater. The volcanic plume, shaped...

Kananaskis (Canada): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left for Croatia, the third and final stop of his three-nation tour, after concluding his ‘productive’ visit to Canada where he attended the G7 Summit. "Concluding a productive Canada visit. Thankful to the Canadian people and Government for...

Dubai: Intense Israeli airstrikes targeted Iran's capital early Wednesday after it issued a warning about a new area it could target, a day after US President Donald Trump demanded ‘unconditional surrender.’ Uncertainty roiled the region and residents of Tehran fled their homes in droves on...

Washington: Tulsi Gabbard left no doubt when she testified to Congress about Iran's nuclear program earlier this year. The country was not building a nuclear weapon, the national intelligence director told lawmakers, and its supreme leader had not reauthorised the dormant program even though it...

Washington: US President Donald Trump Tuesday said that the United States has "complete and total control" of the skies over Iran amid the deadly ongoing aerial conflict between Israel and Iran that began Friday. In a Truth Social post, Trump said that while Iran has...

Tehran/Jerusalem: Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Tuesday carried out strikes on "key Israeli intelligence sites" in Tel Aviv, including military intelligence and Mossad facilities, while the Israeli Air Force said it launched a new wave of airstrikes in western Iran. The IRGC said its...

New Delhi: Israel will continue to do what is within its capabilities to degrade Iran's nuclear programme, the country's ambassador to India, Reuven Azar, said Tuesday, amid escalating tensions between the two countries. At a briefing held here, he also said it would be better...