International

Tianjin: India and Russia Monday vowed to strengthen their strategic ties against the backdrop of New Delhi's frictions with the US, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi telling Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two countries stood "shoulder-to-shoulder" even in most difficult times. Modi and Putin...

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump Monday claimed that India has now "offered" to cut its tariffs to nothing, “but it's getting late”, as he said that India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia and very little from the US. "What...

New Delhi/Kabul: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Monday spoke with Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, expressing condolences over the loss of lives in the earthquake that struck the war-ravaged country Sunday night. Wishing early recovery to those injured, the EAM expressed India's full...

Kabul: Desperate Afghans clawed through rubble in the dead of the night in search of missing loved ones after a strong earthquake killed some 800 people and injured more than 2,500 in eastern Afghanistan, according to figures provided Monday by the Taliban government. The 6.0...

Brussels: A plane carrying European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was hit by GPS jamming over Bulgaria in a suspected Russian operation, a spokesperson said Monday. The plane landed safely in Plovdiv airport, and von der Leyen will continue her planned tour of the...

Washington: Shortly after videos and images of Prime Minister Narendra Modi going into a huddle with the Presidents of Russia and China on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Tianjin went viral on social media, the United States Monday termed India-US ties as a...

Kabul: An earthquake in Afghanistan's east has killed at least 610 people and injured 1,300, a spokesman for the Taliban government said Monday. The 6.0 magnitude quake late Sunday hit towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad in neighbouring Nangarhar province,...

Tianjin: The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Monday strongly condemned the Pahalgam terror attack and concurred with India's position that "double standards" in the fight against terrorism are unacceptable. The influential grouping listed its strong resolve to combat terrorism in a declaration that was unveiled at...

Kabul: A strong earthquake in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border has destroyed numerous villages and caused extensive damage, killing at least 250 people and injuring at least 500 others, officials said. The deaths and injuries were expected to increase as search and rescue teams...

New York: In a new rant against India for its purchases of Russian oil, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro has said that “Brahmins” are profiteering at the expense of the Indian people and it needs to "stop". “Look (Prime Minister Narendra) Modi is a...