International

London: The UK's Opposition Labour Party, hoping to win a mandate to form a government after the July 4 general election, has committed itself to stamping out anti-India sentiments within its ranks and building a strong strategic partnership with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led administration....

Dubai: Early, seesawing results released Saturday in Iran's presidential election put the race between reformist Masoud Pezeshkian and hard-liner Saeed Jalili, with the lead trading between the two men while a runoff vote appeared likely. The early results, reported by Iranian state television, did not...

New York: Nikhil Gupta, the Indian national accused in an alleged murder-for-hire plot, has appeared for the first time before the trial judge as lawyers laid out the preliminary steps. Federal Senior Judge Victor Marrero set the next court date for September 13 during the...

London: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Friday reacted to a racist slur targeted at him, saying it made him “hurt and angry”. Speaking to reporters on the general election campaign trail, Sunak said his two daughters, Krishna and Anoushka, had to see and hear Reform...

Colombo: As many as 137 Indian nationals who were allegedly involved in a large-scale online financial scam across multiple locations in Sri Lanka have been arrested by police, according to a media report Friday. They were arrested on Thursday from the Colombo suburbs of Madiwela...

Singapore: The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Friday adopted the mutual evaluation report of India's anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism regime, a move hailed by the government as a "significant milestone". In its brief outcome statement after its plenary meeting here, the...

Islamabad: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said that its foreign exchange reserves had decreased by $239 million due to external debt repayments. During the week ending June 21, the total foreign exchange reserves of the bank fell to around 8.9 billion dollars, the SBP...

Colombo: At least 60 Indian nationals part of a group engaged in online financial scams have been arrested by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigations Department. They were arrested Thursday from the Colombo suburbs of Madiwela and Battaramulla and from the western coastal town of Negombo. According...

Washington: US President Joe Biden looked nervous and panicked during his first presidential debate with his challenger Donal Trump for the run-up to the 2024 elections setting the alarm bells for the Democratic camp, with many calling for a change in the candidate of the...

Beijing: Two former Chinese defence ministers, Wei Fenghe and his successor Li Shangfu, who worked under President Xi Jinping's watch were Thursday expelled from the ruling Communist Party and are set to be prosecuted in what was regarded as the worst scandal to hit the...