International

United Nations: India has abstained in the UN General Assembly on a resolution that demanded that Russia immediately cease its aggression against Ukraine and urgently withdraw its military and other unauthorised personnel from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. The 193-member UN General Assembly adopted the...

Washington: US President Joe Biden Thursday said he is “determined” and “fit” to seek his re-election against his Republican rival Donald Trump and a “stupid mistake” by him will not change his course as he has work to finish. Responding to questions during a press...

Singapore: India and Southeast Asia are well positioned to create a new era of opportunity, equity and sustainability, despite the resurgence of industrial policies among the major economies, Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said Thursday. Working with other responsible middle powers, both regions have the ability...

Washington: The Biden campaign is laying out what it sees as its path to winning the White House in a new memo sent to its staffers Thursday, saying that winning the Blue Wall states of Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan is the “clearest pathway” to victory....

Washington: Amid concerns over India's ties with Russia, a top US official Thursday cautioned New Delhi that a "bet on Russia as a long-term, reliable partner is not a good bet" and Moscow would side with Beijing over New Delhi in case of a conflict...

Beijing: China accused NATO Thursday of seeking security at the expense of others and told the alliance not to bring the same 'chaos' to Asia. The statement by a Foreign Ministry spokesperson came a day after NATO labelled China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia's war...

New Delhi: Asserting that longstanding goals such as capacity building and economic cooperation have acquired a new urgency, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday called for deepening and broadening of activities between the Bay of Bengal countries. "Global and regional developments also make it imperative...

Seoul: South Korean Vice Defence Minister Kim Seon-ho on Thursday vowed to strengthen defence cooperation with Australia, his office said, amid growing arms industry ties between the two countries. Kim made the remark during a bilateral defence conference in Canberra, which discussed key threats in...

Seoul: South Korea will begin production of a laser weapon designed to strike down enemy drones for deployment this year, the defence procurement agency said Thursday, in a push to become the first country to operate such a weapon. Last month, the Defence Acquisition Program...

Manila: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck Sultan Kudarat province in the southern Philippines Thursday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. The institute said the quake, which occurred at 10.13 a.m. local time, hit at a depth of...