International

Washington: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that he is directing the state’s Board of Governors to end the use of H-1B visas across state universities, saying that positions currently held by visa holders should be filled by Florida residents. Speaking at a press conference...

New Delhi: India and China held a fresh round of high-level military talks focusing on maintaining peace and security along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh using existing mechanisms. The Corps Commander-level meeting was held on the Moldo-Chushul border point on the...

Jerusalem: Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar will visit India next week to meet with the country's top leadership and discuss bilateral initiatives and regional developments. "Sa'ar will be on a two-day visit to New Delhi, November 4 and 5, and will be meeting Prime Minister...

Tokyo/Seoul: On the one hand, he praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “nicest looking guy”, a “killer” and “tough as hell”. But in the same breath, Donald Trump once again waded into the India-Pakistan conflict by claiming he stopped their recent military hostilities. A...

Seoul: US President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will not take place during his visit to South Korea this week. Trump made the remark hours after arriving in the southeastern city of Gyeongju to attend Asia-Pacific Economic...

United Nations: India has strongly denounced as biased and communal a human rights report on Myanmar that claims the Pahalgam terrorist massacre in April affected the treatment of Rohingya migrants. “I strongly denounce the biased approach adopted by the SR of the innocent civilian victims...

Tokyo: US President Donald Trump said that “seven brand new planes were shot down during the India-Pakistan conflict without specifying to which country they belonged, while once again claiming to resolve the war between the “two big nuclear powers.” While speaking at a reception and...

Los Angeles: A federal judge disqualified acting US Attorney Bill Essayli in Southern California from several cases after concluding Tuesday that the Trump appointee has stayed in the temporary job longer than allowed by law. US District Judge J Michael Seabright disqualified Essayli from supervising...

Deir al-Balah: Israeli strikes overnight in Gaza have killed at least 60 people, including many children, local hospital officials said Wednesday. The strikes come after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the military to conduct “powerful strikes” over Gaza after Hamas had violated the fragile...

Ottawa: A 68-year-old Indian-origin businessman was shot dead outside his house in Canada's British Columbia province in a suspected targeted incident, according to media reports and police. Darshan Sahsi was killed Monday in the province's Abbotsford city. Police responded to a report of a shooting...