International

Atlanta (US): Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris in her White House bid, giving the vice president the expected but still crucial backing of the nation's two most popular Democrats. The endorsement, announced Friday morning in a...

Paris: France's high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralysing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics. French officials condemned the attacks...

Islamabad: Pakistan authorities Friday braced for a possible showdown with supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf after the party announced a countrywide protest for the release of all arrested party leaders. Apart from the PTI, the rightwing Jamaat-e-Islami also announced a...

Colombo: Sri Lanka has once again rejected allegations of the Tamil minority 'genocide' charge by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and claimed the accusation was 'arising from local domestic vote bank politics. Sri Lanka's Foreign Ministry Thursday rejected the allegation made by the Canadian Prime...

Colombo: Sri Lanka will hold the presidential poll September 21, the election commission announced Friday, ending the months-long speculation over the key contest which is likely to determine the future of economic reforms in the cash-strapped country. This will be the first election to be...

Islamabad: In a major setback to Pakistan's ruling coalition, the election commission has notified 39 successful MPs as lawmakers of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's party following a landmark Supreme Court directive. The decision of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) may help the...

New Delhi: India Thursday reiterated that it expects Canada to take action against anti-India elements otherwise ‘the rule of law and respect for pluralism’ in the country will continue to be 'severely undermined'. "When a democracy adopts different yardsticks to measure or implement the rule...

Hanoi: National Security Advisor Doval Thursday attended the state funeral for Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of Vietnam's ruling Communist Party who died here last week, and conveyed India's condolences to the country's leadership. Trong, considered the most powerful politician in Vietnam, died July 19...

New York: In his first campaign rally after President Joe Biden quit the 2024 presidential race and Kamala Harris firmed up her position to become the Democratic Party candidate, Republican nominee Donald Trump lit into her laying out his angles of attack with the change...

Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress in Washington Wednesday as he sought to bolster the United States' support for his country's fight against Hamas and other Iran-backed armed groups. Netanyahu has signaled that a cease-fire deal could be taking shape after nine months...