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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday spoke to newly elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the two leaders agreed to work towards an early conclusion of a mutually beneficial India-UK free trade agreement, a statement said. Modi congratulated him on assuming charge and...

New Delhi: A record number of 26 Indian-origin MPs are set to enter the UK Parliament after Friday's General Election results, marking a significant increase from 15, five years ago. Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak, the first Indian-origin person to have served as the UK...

Lilongwe: Up to 4.2 million people in Malawi are expected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity between June and September, according to a report released Saturday by the Malawi Vulnerability Assessment Committee, a government-led multi-agency body. According to the report, the landlocked country,...

New Delhi: Masoud Pezeshkian, a reformist and former Health Minister of Iran, Saturday, won the 14th presidential election by beating his rival, Saeed Jalili, local media reported. Masoud Pezeshkian got 16,384,402 of the total 30,573,931 votes in the runoff, reports Iran International News. The voter...

Washington: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its Indo-Pacific partners, including South Korea, plan to discuss resilience, support for Ukraine, disinformation, cybersecurity and emerging technologies during their summit in Washington next week, a senior US administration official said. The NATO summit is set to...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has dismissed concerns about his health and doubts about his re-election bid in November, brushing off a poor performance in the presidential debate as a "bad episode" and insisting that only “the Lord almighty” could persuade him to exit the...

London: New UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed his cabinet, making Angela Rayner the Deputy Prime Minister and Rachel Reeves the country's first female Chancellor of the Exchequer. Starmer's cabinet included a record 11 women in the team of 25. Meanwhile, Yvette Cooper was...

London: A record number of around 26 Indian-origin members of Parliament have been elected to the House of Commons in the UK's general election as results were announced Friday, with several Conservatives surviving an overall brutal outcome for their party. Outgoing prime minister Rishi Sunak...

London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer Friday named David Lammy as his foreign secretary, as the newly-appointed premier started the process of forming a Labour Party government after winning the general election. The 51-year-old Labour politician and lawyer who is a backer of strong bilateral...

London: Keir Starmer Friday officially became Britain's new Prime Minister after an audience with King Charles III at Buckingham Palace, hours after his Labour Party won the general elections. The 61-year-old Labour leader arrived at the Palace with his wife Victoria Starmer after leading his...