International

Washington: The leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan shook hands as they joined President Donald Trump at the White House on Friday for a peace summit where they signed an agreement aimed at ending decades of conflict. The two countries in the South Caucasus signed agreements...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping Friday spoke with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, over the phone ahead of the latter's planned summit with Donald Trump to discuss the future course of the Ukraine war. During the phone call, held at the request of Putin, the...

Beijing: China Friday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's planned visit to the Tianjin summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) to be held later this month. After a gap of over seven years, Prime Minister Modi is expected to travel to China later this month...

Jerusalem: Israel's Security Cabinet has approved a plan to take over Gaza City, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement Friday. Israel intended to take control of all of Gaza to "assure our security, remove Hamas there, enable the population to be free...

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with India’s Ambassador to Israel, J.P. Singh, to discuss ways to further strengthen the growing India-Israel Strategic Partnership. The two sides explored expanding cooperation in key sectors, including security and economics. During the engagement, Prime Minister Netanyahu...

Moscow: India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval met Russia’s Secretary of the Security Council Sergei Shoigu in Moscow to discuss ways to deepen the special and privileged strategic partnership between the two countries. Both sides stressed the need for collaborative efforts ahead of this year’s...

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has ruled out the possibility of trade negotiations with India, until the issue of tariffs is resolved. “No, not until we get it resolved,” Trump said in the Oval Office Thursday in response to a question on whether he...

Peshawar: At least three people were killed and 13 others, including three police personnel, injured in a bomb blast in northwestern Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Thursday, police said. District Police Officer Tahir Shah said the improvised explosive device (IED) blast occurred close to a police patrol...

Ireland: A 6-year-old girl of Indian origin was racially attacked by a group of boys while playing outside her home in Waterford city Monday evening, according to her family. The incident occurred August 4, when several boys allegedly surrounded the girl and assaulted her while...

Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir is expected to visit the US this week for consultations with top American officials, his second trip to Washington since the four-day conflict with India, a media report said Thursday. In June, Munir travelled to the US on a...