International

Seoul: South Korea's president said Tuesday a solid alliance with the US strengthens the foundation of national security, as many South Koreans were baffled and concerned about US President Donald Trump's abrupt order to substantially reduce joint military exercises. Trump made the surprise announcement in...

New Delhi: Israel expects two more rounds of negotiations with India on the proposed free trade agreement, with the two sides likely to have greater clarity on the pact by February 2027, Israeli Ambassador to India Reuven Azar said. In an interaction with media, Azar...

Washington: Making a strong case for stricter electoral laws in the US, President Donald Trump praised the Indian election system and recalled Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar questioning lack of voter identification in American polls. In a post on Truth Social Monday, Trump said over...

Washington: US President Donald Trump has urged Iran to raise the “white flag of surrender” as a 60-day ceasefire understanding expires, while signalling that he is in no hurry to set a deadline for Tehran. Trump told Fox News in an interview that American naval...

Washington: The Supreme Court Monday again rebuffed President Donald Trump's push to throw out a jury's USD 5 million finding that he sexually abused the writer E. Jean Carroll at a New York City department store in the mid-1990s and later defamed her. The Republican...

Tehran: Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that Iran and Oman have agreed on the map of the new route for maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. He made the remarks at a weekly press conference in Tehran while elaborating on the...

London: Two people were killed after a Russian missile strike hit the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Ukraine, partially disrupting operations at the country's largest steelworks owned by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal. ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, a Public Joint Stock Company (PJSC) located at Kryvyi Rih in...

Washington/Islamabad: US President Donald Trump has termed the Saudi Arabia-Turkiye-Pakistan defence agreement a "big, bold and important first step" towards defending themselves in a "more meaningful way". Signed in Makkah August 7, the pact establishes a framework for collective deterrence and stipulated that an armed...

Jerusalem: An extremist Israeli lawmaker in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition publicly advocated for killing 30 to 40 people in Gaza each night, comments that surfaced Sunday and were quickly shared by Palestinian media. Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir made the statement while speaking...

Tehran: Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Iran reached the recent peace memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United States with "dignity" and "power," while taking into consideration the principles outlined by former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He made the remarks Sunday at a meeting attended...