International

Sacramento: The US Justice Department has sued the City of Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass, and the City Council, asking a federal judge to strike down the city's "sanctuary" ordinance on the grounds it obstructs federal immigration enforcement. Filed in the US District Court for...

Kyiv: A Russia-appointed official in Ukraine's occupied Luhansk region said Monday that Moscow's forces have overrun all of it, one of four regions Russia illegally annexed from Ukraine in September 2022 despite not fully controlling a single one. If confirmed, that would make Luhansk the...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that it is a “very gross oversimplification” and “even misleading at times” to make the India-US relationship about China. Jaishankar was responding to a question on how much of the India-US relationship is defined by its...

New York: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has expressed hope that trade negotiations between India and the US would reach a "successful conclusion", emphasising the need for the two countries to find a “meeting ground”. "And I think we'll have to watch this space for...

New York: US President Donald Trump has issued a deportation warning for Tesla and Space CEO Elon Musk who also served as his former advisor, saying the tech billionaire may need to "close up shop" and move back to South Africa in absence of electric...

Cairo: Israeli forces killed at least 74 people in Gaza Monday with airstrikes that left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire that left 23 dead as Palestinians tried to get desperately needed food aid, witnesses and health officials said. One airstrike hit Al-Baqa...

Washington: President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday, according to two US administration officials. The visit comes as the US leader has begun stepping up his push on the Israeli government to broker a...

Islamabad: Pakistan Monday urged India to resume the normal functioning of the Indus Waters Treaty, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May, saying the recent decision by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague showed that the agreement was still "valid and...

Beijing: China Monday said that the boundary dispute with India is complicated and will take time to settle but at the same time, it expressed its readiness to hold discussions on the delimitation of the border and keep it peaceful. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in...

London: Human rights groups lost their legal challenge Monday to the British government's decision to supply Israel with parts for F-35 fighter jets and other military equipment. The Palestinian group Al-Haq and the U.K.-based Global Legal Action Network alleged that the government broke domestic and...