International

Washington: Ashwin Ramaswami has become the first Indian-American from Gen Z to run for a state or federal legislature in the US, indicative of a new breed of young politicians emerging from the community. Ramaswami's parents immigrated to the US from Tamil Nadu in 1990....

Washington: Describing Chinese-owned app TikTok as dangerous, Republican presidential aspirant Nikki Haley has said that when countries like India and Nepal have banned this social media platform, the US cannot be the last nation to do the same. What everybody needs to know is China...

Rabat: The Moroccan Navy rescued 141 migrants from a flimsy boat off the Atlantic coast, the media reported, citing a statement from the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces. All the migrants, including three women and two minors, were from sub-Saharan African countries. They were rescued in...

Tehran: Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani has denounced the US Senate for approving a $14-billion aid package for Israel, which he said would enable more Israeli killings in the Gaza Strip. Kanaani made the comments on social media platform X Sunday, in response to...

Munich: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Sunday met his Palestinian counterpart Riyad al-Maliki during which they exchanged views on the current situation in war-torn Gaza. Jaishankar is in Germany to attend the prestigious Munich Security Conference, the world's leading forum for debate on international security....

Rafah (Gaza Strip): Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 18 people overnight and into Sunday, according to medics and witnesses, as the United States said it would veto another draft UN cease-fire resolution. The US, Israel's top ally, instead hopes to broker a cease-fire...

Islamabad: The talks between the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz and the Pakistan Peoples Party on a power-sharing formula for a coalition government remained inconclusive, though both sides claimed “significant progress” in the discussions, according to a media report Sunday. The third meeting between the Contact and...

Washington: Former US President Donald Trump has launched a sneaker line, a day after a New York judge fined him and his companies nearly $355 million in civil fraud case. The former president unveiled ‘Trump Sneakers’ at Sneaker Con in Philadelphia. He placed a pair...

Munich: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has met his counterparts from Saudi Arabia, Norway, Portugal, Poland and Belgium, and discussed bilateral ties and global matters like the situation in West Asia and reformed multilateralism. Jaishankar is in Germany to attend the prestigious Munich Security Conference,...

Moscow: Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has said Moscow has taken full control of Ukraine's Avdiivka town. The troops of the Center group, led by Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev, had completely captured Avdiivka, the defence ministry announced on its Telegram channel, Xinhua news agency reported....