International

The executive order issued by US President Donald Trump has imposed an additional duty of 27 per cent on Indian goods entering the US, and the Commerce Department is carefully examining the implications of the order, the Piyush Goyal-headed Commerce and Industry Ministry said Thursday....

Budapest: Hungary said Thursday it will begin the procedure of withdrawing from the world's only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide. “Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court,” Gergely Gulyás, who is Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's chief of staff, wrote in a...

Deir Al-Balah: Overnight strikes by Israel killed at least 55 people across the Gaza Strip, hospital officials said Thursday, a day after senior government officials said Israel would seize large areas of Gaza and establish a new security corridor across the Palestinian territory. Israel has...

Brussels: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration's new envoy to NATO arrived Thursday in Brussels, where the alliance's top diplomats are hoping they'll shed light on US security plans in Europe. European allies and Canada are deeply concerned by President Donald...

Dhaka: In yet another assault on former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, the residences of former Mayor Anwaruzzaman Chowdhury and former Member of Parliament Shafiul Alam Chowdhury Nadel were attacked and vandalised by a mob under the banner of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)'s...

Yangon: As of Thursday morning, Myanmar has experienced 66 aftershocks ranging from magnitudes 2.8 to 7.5, according to the country's Department of Meteorology and Hydrology. These aftershocks followed a devastating 7.7-magnitude temblor that struck the country last Friday, Xinhua news agency reported. Meanwhile, the State...

Beijing: China Thursday said it would resolutely adopt countermeasures after President Donald Trump imposed 34 per cent tariffs on its over USD 438 billion imports to America, the country's third largest export market, and urged Washington to immediately cancel these duties. Trump announced tariffs on...

New Delhi: The commerce ministry is analysing the impact of 26 per cent reciprocal tariffs or import duties imposed by the US on India, a senior government official said Thursday. According to the official, the universal 10 per cent tariffs will come into effect on...

Washington: As US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on the so-called "reciprocal tariffs," the world reacted sharply against the decision, with some calling it a "mistake that benefits no one" while others called it a violation of Washington's obligations under the World Trade...

New York: Indian-American members of the US Congress and the diaspora community criticised the reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, calling them "reckless and self-destructive”, urging leaders in both countries to engage in dialogue to address these challenges. On Wednesday, Trump imposed a 26...