International

New York:  US President Donald Trump Wednesday repeated his claim that he stopped the war between India and Pakistan and told the two countries that America would not do trade with them if they continued with the fighting. India and Pakistan reached an understanding May...

The Hague: US President Donald Trump Wednesday affirmed his support for NATO's mutual defence guarantee, a day after he again rattled the 32-nation alliance by casting doubt on his commitment to the pledge. After musing on whether he abides by Article 5 of the NATO...

New Delhi: The BRICS grouping comprising India, China, Russia and eight other nations has voiced "grave concern" over military strikes against Iran and called for breaking the "cycle of violence". The influential bloc urged parties concerned to de-escalate the situation through dialogue and diplomacy. The...

The Hague: President Donald Trump says US and Iranian officials will talk next week, continuing a dialogue that was interrupted by the recent war between Israel and Tehran. “I'll tell you what, we're going to talk with them next week, with Iran. We may sign...

The Hague: The United Kingdom will buy 12 US-made F-35A fighter jets capable of carrying nuclear bombs and will join NATO's shared airborne nuclear mission, in a major expansion of its nuclear deterrent, Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced Wednesday. The government called it “the biggest...

Dubai: Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman, Esmail Baghaei, confirmed Wednesday that the country's nuclear facilities had been “badly damaged” in American strikes over the weekend. Speaking on Al Jazeera, Baghaei refused to go into detail but conceded the strikes Sunday by American B-2 bombers using bunker-buster...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to skip the BRICS Summit in Brazil next month, which, if confirmed, will be his first-ever absence from the meeting of the grouping of emerging economies since taking office 12 years ago, according to a media report. Xi will...

The Hague: President Donald Trump Wednesday, once again raised questions about America's commitment to defend its allies should they come under attack as he prepared to join a NATO summit in the Netherlands. Just as he did during his first term in office, Trump suggested...

Islamabad: Pakistan has signed a USD 350 million loan agreement with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to boost women's financial inclusion and economic empowerment, according to Radio Pakistan. The agreement, under the Women Inclusive Finance (WIF) Sector Development Programme, was inked Tuesday by Sabina Qureshi,...

New York: In a stunning victory, Indian-American lawmaker Zohran Kwame Mamdani defeated former governor Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary race for New York City mayor. Mamdani, son of renowned Indian filmmaker Mira Nair and Mahmood Mamdani, a Ugandan author of Indian ancestry, was declared...