International

Tianjin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday vowed to work towards a "fair, reasonable, and mutually acceptable" resolution of the festering boundary issue and pledged to work towards stabilising global trade. In their wide-ranging talks on the margins of the Shanghai...

Tianjin: Chinese President Xi Jinping told Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday that it is the "right choice" for the two countries to be "friends", asserting that the elephant and dragon should dance together for each other's success. The talks between the two leaders took place...

Tianjin: India is committed to taking forward its ties with China based on mutual trust, respect and sensitivity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Chinese President Xi Jinping as the two leaders held wide-ranging talks to reset the bilateral relations. In his televised opening remarks, Modi...

Washington: The White House is moving ahead with plans to rebrand the Pentagon, confirming that the Department of Defence will be renamed the Department of War, according to multiple local media reports. The Department of War, originally established by Congress in August 1789, was tasked...

Tianjin: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday held bilateral talks against the backdrop of Washington's tariff tussle that has impacted almost all leading economies across the world. Modi landed in China Saturday on a two-day visit that came after a gap...

Kathmandu: Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Saturday raised an objection to an agreement reached between India and China to use Lipulekh as a trade route during a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Tianjin, according to his secretariat. Nepal claims Lipulekh as...

Tianjin: India supports all efforts for peaceful settlement of the Ukraine conflict, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during a phone conversation Saturday. Modi is scheduled to hold wide-ranging talks with Putin Monday on the sidelines of a summit of the Shanghai...

Cairo: The Iranian-backed Houthis said Saturday an Israeli airstrike killed the prime minister of the rebel-controlled government in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa. Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in a Thursday strike in Sanaa along with a number of ministers, the rebels said in a statement. The...

Tianjin (China): Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday conveyed to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that India supports all efforts to end the conflict in Ukraine. In a phone conversation initiated by Zelenskyy, Modi reaffirmed India's steadfast and consistent position for peaceful settlement of the conflict. The...

New York: An American Jewish advocacy group has slammed US officials for criticising India for its purchase of Russian oil, asserting that New Delhi is "not responsible" for the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and called for a "reset" of US-India ties. Trump administration members have lately upped...