New York: Democrats have vowed to fight the shuttering of USAID, asserting it weakens the US and helps its adversaries. They aimed President Donald Trump’s adviser Elon Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), who announced the decision Monday, questioning his authority....
Beijing: China's Ministry of Commerce announced Tuesday it was implementing counter-tariffs against the US on multiple products. The government said that it would implement a 15 per cent tariff on coal and liquified natural gas products, as well as a 10 per cent tariff on...
Kyiv: Moscow's renewed attacks on Ukraine's electricity infrastructure this winter have heightened scrutiny over the Ukrainian Energy Ministry's failure to protect the country's most critical energy facilities near nuclear power sites. Despite more than a year of warnings that the sites were vulnerable to potential...
Washington: The United States has deported a group of Indian migrants using a military aircraft, marking the first such operation since President Donald Trump’s return to office, a US official said Monday. A C-17 military aircraft carrying the migrants departed for India and is expected...
Washington: President Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are set to meet Tuesday as the Israeli prime minister faces competing pressure from his right-wing coalition to end a temporary truce against Hamas militants in Gaza and from war-weary Israelis who want the remaining hostages home and...
United Nations: China lashed out at the US over tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump, saying Beijing "may be forced to take countermeasures" and stressed that there is "no winner in a trade war". “We are firmly opposed to this unwarranted increase and we...
United Nations: India has paid $37.64 million dollars to the United Nations Regular Budget for 2025, joining the ‘honour roll’ of 35 member states who have paid their regular budget assessments in full and on time to the UN. According to the UN Committee on...
Goma (Congo): The Rwanda-backed rebels who seized eastern Congo's key city of Goma announced Monday a unilateral ceasefire in the region for humanitarian reasons, following calls for a safe corridor for aid and hundreds of thousands of displaced people. The M23 rebels said the ceasefire...
Washington: President Donald Trump Monday indicated that he wants to reach an agreement with Ukraine to gain access to the country's rare earth materials as a condition for continuing US support for its war against Russia. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump complained...
Washington: In separate negotiations, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum have agreed with US President Donald Trump to pause planned tariffs for at least a month. Trump's tariffs against China are still slated to go into effect Tuesday. Staffers of the...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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