International

New York/Washington: President Donald Trump has nominated his longtime aide Sergio Gor, who is currently the Director of the White House Presidential Personnel Office, as the next US Ambassador to India. In a social media post Friday, Trump said Gor, 38, is a "great friend,...

Toronto: Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match US tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday. Carney said Canada will include the carve-out that the US has on Canadian goods under the 2020 free trade...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a four-day visit of Japan and China August 29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced Friday. In the first leg of his trip, Modi will be in Japan on a two-day visit. From Japan, he...

Beijing: China Friday said the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit to be held in Tianjin later this month will be the largest in the bloc's history, with 20 world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, attending it. The Tianjin meeting of the 10-member grouping from...

Islamabad: Pakistan was ready for a comprehensive dialogue with India to discuss Kashmir and all other pending issues, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar said Friday. “Talks, whenever held, will be not just Kashmir but on all issues,” Dar said while talking to journalists outside the parliament...

Bangkok: China released new interim measures Friday tightening controls on mining and processing of rare earths that are used in many high-tech products including electric vehicles, smartphones and fighter jets. The rules released Friday by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology apply both to...

Washington: The FBI is searching the Maryland home of John Bolton, who served in President Donald Trump's first administration as national security adviser but later became critical of the president, as part of an investigation into the handling of classified information, a person familiar with...

Gaza City(Gaza Strip): The world's leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip's largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid. The Integrated Food...

New York: Indian envoy Vinay Mohan Kwatra Friday discussed “mutually beneficial trade engagement” and “energy security” with US lawmakers amid tariff tensions between Washington and New Delhi. The Indian ambassador met Senator Bill Hagerty and thanked him for “consistent and strong support to the India-US...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested Friday for allegedly misusing the state funds, police said. Wickremesinghe, 76, was arrested at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) headquarters, where he was summoned to record a statement in connection with an investigation into the alleged...