International

Astana: External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar Wednesday pressed for the safe and expeditious return of Indian nationals currently in the war zone in Ukraine during his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the meeting of the Council of Heads...

London: UK's Labour Party is set to win the 2024 general election Thursday grabbing 484 out of a total 650 seats in the Parliament, a pre-poll company Survation projected. According to the survey, Labour Party leader Keir Starmer is projected to win a historic mandate...

Washington: US President Joe Biden has admitted that he "almost fell asleep on stage" and "was not very smart" enough to handle his schedule before the first presidential debate with Donald Trump, blaming his extensive foreign travels for his disastrous performance. Biden, 81, seeking a...

Washington: Former President Donald Trump's sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump had been scheduled to face sentencing July...

Moscow: Given the "very trusting nature" of the relationship between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, no topic was off-limits for the two leaders when they meet here soon, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Tuesday. The dates of Prime Minister Modi's visit...

Seoul: All Indian nationals in South Korea have been advised to be careful about scammers after the Embassy of India in Seoul has, in recent days, received calls from members of the Indian community about the increasing number of voice phishing calls targeting them. Most...

Washington: The US condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launches this week, reaffirming its "ironclad" security commitment to South Korea. North Korea fired two ballistic missiles with one of the launches having possibly failed, according to the South Korean military, reports Yonhap news agency. "The US...

Bridgetown: Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fuelled by the Atlantic's record warmth. Beryl made landfall on the island of Carriacou in Grenada...

Islamabad: A UN group has demanded the immediate release of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan, saying at least two cases slapped on him were "politically motivated" and aimed to exclude him from the country's political scene. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary...

New Delhi: Ahead of the SCO Summit in Astana, India Tuesday said the leaders of the grouping are expected to review its activities over the past two decades and discuss prospects of multilateral cooperation. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will represent India at the annual...