International

New Delhi: President Donald Trump, on his return for a second ter,m was apparently creating a reputation for ‘unpredictability’ and even ‘arbitrariness’ by issuing a large number of Executive Directive,s many of which were being questioned in courts and evoking adverse reactions from the international...

Moscow: India and Russia share a time-tested relationship based on mutual trust and cooperation, and an all-party Indian delegation's engagements with Russian parliamentarians, officials and other stakeholders further deepened the bilateral strategic convergence on issues of global and regional significance, the Indian mission here has...

Kyiv: Russia and Ukraine exchanged hundreds more prisoners Saturday as part of a major swap that amounted to a rare moment of cooperation in otherwise failed efforts to reach a ceasefire. The exchange came hours after Kyiv came under a large-scale Russian drone and missile...

Moscow/Tokyo/Manama: All party delegations from India to Russia and Japan Saturday concluded their visits with ‘constructive meetings’ with diplomatic leaderships discussing global fight against terror as a third similar team reached Bahrain to highlight New Delhi's response to cross-border radicalism. The three delegations that exchanged...

Dhaka: Confronting a major political crisis after a chaotic last few months, the interim government in Bangladesh, led by Muhammad Yunus Saturday blamed ‘defeated forces’ and ‘foreign conspiracy’ for obstructing the normal functioning environment and creating confusion and suspicion among the public. Yunus chaired a...

Tokyo: The Indian all-party parliamentary delegation led by Janata Dal (United) MP Sanjay Jha Saturday departed Japan for South Korea following their successful and productive visit to the country during which the delegates reaffirmed India's resolute stance of zero tolerance for terrorism post April 22...

Peshawar: At least two people, including a soldier, were killed and five security personnel injured in two separate suspected terror attacks in Pakistan's northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Saturday, official sources informed. Five security personnel and a civilian were injured when a bomb went off...

New Delhi: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is expected to conduct the next funding review for Pakistan in the second half of 2025. According to an official IMF statement, it would maintain ongoing discussions with Pakistani authorities to reach an agreement on the 2026 fiscal...

Moscow: The Indian all-party parliamentary delegation led by DMK MP Kanimozhi Karunanidhi held a productive interaction with Mikhail Fradkov, former Prime Minister of Russia and Director of the Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), discussing global security changes and collaborative efforts in fighting terrorism. The...

United Nations: India has charged Pakistan with violating the Indus Water Treaty by trampling its spirit of goodwill through thousands of terrorist attacks and by obstructing the updating of the infrastructure to ensure its safety. “Despite this, India has shown extraordinary patience and magnanimity,” said...