International

Moscow: Russia and Ukraine have scheduled no further direct talks on ending their more than three-year war, a Kremlin spokesman said Thursday, almost a week after the first face-to-face engagement between the countries' delegations since 2022 and days after US President Donald Trump announced they...

New Delhi: India Thursday reiterated that any India-Pakistan engagement has to be bilateral, at the same time making it clear once again that the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) will remain in abeyance until Pakistan ‘credibly and irrevocably abjures’ its support for cross-border terrorism. "Any India-Pakistan...

Tokyo: Japan, which shares a 'Special Strategic and Global Partnership' with India Thursday condemned in the strongest terms the growing threat of terrorism as the country hosted a visiting delegation of Indian Parliamentarians led by Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Kumar Jha. The all-party parliamentary delegation...

New Delhi: The India-Pakistan understanding on cessation of hostilities was arrived at following direct negotiations between the two sides, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said against the backdrop of US President Donald Trump's claim that Washington played a role in brokering the truce. Jaishankar...

Abu Dhabi: The all-party delegation led by Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde Thursday held meetings with leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Abu Dhabi, reiterating India's strong stance against terrorism. The Indian parliamentarians met Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE's Minister of...

Seoul: North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the East Sea Thursday, South Korea's military said, a day after a "serious" accident occurred during Pyongyang's launch of a new warship. The launches took place as North Korea said earlier in the day that parts of...

Athens: An earthquake of magnitude 6.0 struck off the coast of Crete in Greece Thursday, said the German Research Centre for Geosciences. The earthquake also prompted the European authorities to issue a tsunami warning. The tremor struck at 6.19 a.m, 58 km north-northeast of Elounda...

Washington: US President Donald Trump strongly condemned the shooting that killed two Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, late Wednesday night (US time), calling it an act of anti-Semitism. The victims -- a male and a female employee of the Israeli...

Washington: Two Israeli Embassy staff were shot dead near the Jewish Museum in Washington, as confirmed by US Homeland Security. A male and a female employee of the Israeli Embassy in Washington were shot by an unknown assailant as they exited the Capital Jewish Museum...

New Delhi: India Wednesday expelled a Pakistani official working at the Pakistan High Commission here on charges of indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said the official has been given 24 hours to leave the...