International

Beijing: Highlighting that troops have disengaged at four places in Eastern Ladakh, including Galwan Valley, the Chinese Foreign Ministry Friday said India and China have agreed during their meeting in Russia to work together to create conditions for the improvement of bilateral relations. National Security...

Beijing: In a significant development, China has banned PwC China -- part of the Big Four -- for six months and fined it nearly $62 million for alleged auditing lapses, the media reported Friday. The action came after an announcement by China’s securities regulator that...

Moscow: Russian authorities accused six British diplomats of spying and said they would be expelled, as tensions between Moscow and the West grow during an intensified push by Ukraine to loosen restrictions on using weapons provided by the US and Britain to strike Russia. Russia's...

Geneva: At least 22,500 people, or a quarter of those injured in the Gaza conflict as of July 23, are suffering from life-changing injuries that will require long-term rehabilitation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has reported. The report published Thursday underscored the immense burden on...

New York: The US has reaffirmed its “longstanding support” for India, Japan and Germany to sit as permanent members in the United Nations Security Council, as it announced new proposals on reform of the powerful UN body. Just days before world leaders gather in New...

Washington: US President Joe Biden will host the leaders of Australia, India and Japan next weekend in his Wilmington, Delaware, hometown, the White House announced, as he looks to burnish his legacy before leaving office in January. Biden was the first American president to host...

Saint Petersburg: Russian President Vladimir Putin Thursday once again hailed India's rising global stature and the strength of its growing economy under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "Our special privileged strategic partnership is gaining momentum, gaining strength, which we are only happy about....

Jerusalem: A 24-year-old Indian-origin Israeli soldier from the Bnei Menashe community was killed in a vehicle-ramming attack close to the West Bank's Beit El settlement, community members said Thursday. Staff Sergeant Geri Gideon Hanghal was a resident of Nof HaGalil and a soldier in the...

Geneva: Roughly 75 per cent of the ‘disengagement problems’ with China are sorted out but the bigger issue has been the increasing militarisation of the frontier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Thursday on the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh. In an interactive session...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has banned the use of social media by police officers and personnel while on duty. The move is aimed at maintaining professionalism and preventing misuse of official positions by the police. The decision comes after several videos of...