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New Delhi: With a top US general calling Pakistan a "phenomenal partner" in the counterterrorism world, the Congress Wednesday asked what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to say about this and whether it is not a "diplomatic setback". The opposition party also referred to remarks...

Dhaka: Bangladesh interim government Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus Wednesday said he would not be interested in being part of the next elected government, according to a media report. The 84-year-old Nobel Laureate, who took over as the head of the interim government in August last...

Beijing/Washington: US President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that a deal with China "is done" after two days of talks in London, marking a turnaround in the trade war between the two major economies. "Our deal with China is done, subject to final approval with President...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government faces a major test Wednesday after the opposition submitted a bill to dissolve the government, with his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners threatening to support the measure and force early elections. The ultra-Orthodox parties are furious that the government has...

New Delhi: India has raised with the US an incident of an Indian man being handcuffed and allegedly treated like a criminal at the Newark Airport, official sources said Wednesday. The Indian Consulate in New York has ascertained that the man hailing from Haryana had...

New York: Demonstrations against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown have intensified and spread far beyond Los Angeles, with thousands of people gathering in at least two dozen cities, US media reported. In Los Angeles, protesters briefly blocked traffic on the 101 Freeway, while in Chicago,...

New Delhi: Taiwan Wednesday thanked India for rescuing 18 crew members of the Singapore-flagged cargo vessel, WAN HAI 503, which recently caught fire about 70 nautical miles off the Kerala coast. Of the 22 onboard, 18 crew members have been rescued after they jumped into...

London: Senior US and Chinese negotiators have agreed on a framework to get their trade negotiations back on track after a series of disputes that threatened to derail them, both sides have said. The announcement came at the end of two days of talks in...

Abu Dhabi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met the UAE Minister of State for International Cooperation to review the "expanding" bilateral partnership and discuss future areas of collaboration. In an X post, the Indian embassy in UAE said that Misri held a meeting with the UAE...

New York: A Pakistani citizen residing in Canada has been extradited to the US to face terrorism-related charges, including attempting to provide material support to ISIS and plotting a mass shooting at a Jewish center in Brooklyn, federal authorities announced. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, who was...