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Washington: President Donald Trump's new press secretary stepped to the podium, the eyes of a packed room of journalists -- and many in their audiences -- upon her. She smiled broadly at the sea of faces both probing and friendly. With that, Katie Zacharia went...

Cairo: Two regional officials say offices belonging to senior executives with Saudi oil giant Aramco were hit in an overnight Houthi strike on the company's headquarters, in the latest demonstration of the Iran-backed rebels' ability to attack high-profile targets even after issuing warnings that they...

Dubai: India captain Shreyas Iyer jumped three places to a career-high fourth spot in the ICC's latest T20 International rankings for batters after making a blistering start in the ongoing five-match home series against the West Indies. Iyer smashed his maiden T20I century during the...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought the stand of the FSSAI, the Centre and the city government on a PIL raising concerns over the sale of dairy analogue/non-dairy products as 'paneer' to unsuspecting consumers. The petitioners contended that while paneer is a standardised...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi Wednesday launched 53 industrial projects involving investments of Rs 39,383 crore across 14 districts, which is likely to create job opportunities for 42,000 people, an official statement said. The projects, involving 46 companies, were unveiled at a groundbreaking...

London: A section of diaspora groups in the UK organised an "Emergency Protest" outside the High Commission of India in London in solidarity with the protests in New Delhi. Convened by the South Asia Solidarity Group, Cambridge South Asian Forum Against Hindutva, Indian Workers' Association...

Taipei: Taiwan plans to buy 6 million metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually from a US project once extraction starts and could invest up to USD 4.4 billion in it, its Economic Affairs Ministry said Wednesday, in what US President Donald Trump touted as...

Bhubaneswar: BJD president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday accused the BJP government in Odisha of "incompetence", alleging that people across sections were suffering and the future of Gen Z was bleak. Addressing a gathering during the BJD's Jan Sampark Padayatra here, the Leader of Opposition in the...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha's Opposition BJD Wednesday expressed dismay over newly appointed Governor Braj Mohan Ram's reported remarks that he would "work to strengthen the BJP" after assuming charge. The BJD also released a PTI video in which Ram was heard speaking about his future course of...

Cairo: Residents in Saudi Arabia's capital say they have heard new explosions in Riyadh. The residents spoke on condition of anonymity for their safety. One lives in northern Riyadh, near King Khalid International Airport. The source of explosions wasn't immediately clear. The Saudi civil defence...