International

London: An Indian-origin man who had pleaded guilty to child rape offences was Tuesday sentenced to 22 years' imprisonment at an east London court, where his brother was also sentenced to 15 months in jail for possession of indecent images of children. Vruj Patel, 26,...

Stockholm: John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis won the Nobel Prize in Physics Tuesday for research into quantum mechanical tunnelling. The researchers will be formally awarded the prize at a ceremony December 10, the anniversary of prize founder Alfred Nobel's death. The...

United Nations: In a strong retort against Pakistan in the UN Security Council, India Monday said its neighbour as a country that “bombs its own people” and conducts “systematic genocide”. During his remarks to the UNSC open debate on “Women, Peace and Security”, India's Permanent...

Jerusalem: Two years ago, on October 7, during the closing of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Hamas militants launched a surprise and deadly assault on Israel, marking the bloodiest day in the nation's history. The attack began when armed militants from Palestine breached the Gaza-Israel...

New York: President Donald Trump Monday announced that his administration will impose 25 per cent tariffs on all medium and heavy-duty trucks coming into the US from other countries beginning next month. Trump, in a post on his social media platform Truth Social, said, “Beginning...

Paris: France's new prime minister, Sebastien Lecornu, resigned less than 24 hours after naming his government and after less than a month in office, plunging the country into a deep political crisis and leaving French President Emmanuel Macron with few options. The French presidency said...

London: Grace O'Malley-Kumar, the British-Indian teenager stabbed to death while trying to save her friend during a knife attack in Nottingham over two years ago, was on Monday honoured with the George Medal – one of Britain's highest civilian honours for acts of great bravery....

London: Four Indian nationals were killed in a road accident in southern Italy's Matera city, according to the Indian Embassy in Rome. The victims were in a seven-seater Renault Scenic with six other people, which collided with a truck in the municipality of Scanzano Jonico...

Stockholm: Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell, and Dr Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager at the Institute for Systems Biology in Seattle. Ramsdell, 64, is a scientific adviser...

New Delhi: Senior officials of India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) will commence the next round of talks for a proposed free trade agreement Monday in Brussels to iron out differences on issues for early conclusion of the negotiations, an official said. This will...