International

New York: Adani group founder and chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew Sagar have been summoned to explain their stand on the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allegation of paying $265 million (Rs 2,200 crore) in bribes to secure lucrative solar power contracts. Summons...

Peshawar: At least 37 people have been killed and over two dozen others injured in tribal sectarian violence in northwest Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province during the last 24 hours, police said on Saturday. The clashes between Alizai and Bagan tribes in Kurram district, bordering...

Beirut: A series of Israeli airstrikes hit central Beirut's Basta neighbourhood early Saturday, destroying at least one building and leaving a crater in the ground. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said Israeli warplanes “completely destroyed an eight-story residential building with five missiles”. It was not...

Washington: A 57-year-old Indian national has been arrested in the US on charges of procuring aerospace components on behalf of Russian entities in violation of export control laws. Sanjay Kaushik, Managing Partner of New Delhi-based air charter services provider Arezo Aviation, was arrested in Miami...

Washington: President-elect Donald Trump announced Friday that he'll nominate former George Soros money manager Scott Bessent, an advocate for deficit reduction, to serve as his next treasury secretary. Trump also said he would nominate Russel Vought to lead the Office of Management and Budget, a...

Brest (Belarus): Russia and Belarus will use international law to uphold justice and combat various forms of illegal Western sanctions, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at a press conference in the Belarusian city of Brest. Lavrov and Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov attended a...

London: The Free Trade Agreement negotiations with India -- expected to significantly boost the estimated GBP 42-billion a year bilateral trade partnership -- will be relaunched early in the new year, Prime Minister Keir Starmer has informed the UK Parliament here. It came during his...

Baku (Azerbaijan): In the closing hours of the UN climate conference here, developed countries on Friday proposed increasing climate finance for developing nations from USD 100 billion to USD 250 billion per year by 2035 -- a figure far short of the trillions needed to...

Baku (Azerbaijan): In the closing hours of the UN climate conference here, rich countries Friday proposed increasing climate finance for developing nations from $100 billion to $250 billion per year by 2035, far short of the trillions needed to address the escalating climate crisis. A...

New Delhi: India and Japan Friday deliberated on a reciprocal provision of supply and services agreement for greater interoperability between the militaries of the two strategic partners amid common concerns of over China's military muscle-flexing in strategic waters. The proposed pact was discussed at a...