NEW YORK — Britain has concluded that Iran was responsible for attacks on oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Sunday. He said the U.K. would consider taking part in a U.S.-led military effort to bolster the Gulf kingdom’s defenses, while Iran’s president announced […]
Iran has often commanded center stage at the annual U.N. gathering of world leaders, turning the organization’s headquarters into an arena for arguments over the Persian Gulf’s daily complexities and hostilities. As Tehran’s leadership prepares to address the U.N. General Assembly this week, there are fears that a […]
LONDON — British tour company Thomas Cook collapsed early Monday after failing to secure emergency funding, leaving tens of thousands of vacationers stranded abroad. The British government said the return of the 178-year-old firm’s 150,000 British customers now in vacation spots across the globe would be the largest […]
NEW YORK — Faced with growing tumult at home and abroad, President Donald Trump heads into his three-day visit to the United Nations this week hoping to lean on strained alliances while fending off questions about whether he sought foreign help to damage a political rival. Trump’s latest U.N. trip […]
DUBAI – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday new U.S. sanctions, under which Iran’s central bank was blacklisted for a second time, pointed to U.S. “desperation” in face of Iranian resistance. The United States on Friday imposed another round of sanctions on Iran, including on its central […]
HOUSTON – U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shared a stage and showered each other with praise on Sunday at a “Howdy, Modi!” rally attended by upward of 50,000 people, a rare mass showing for a foreign leader on American soil. Trump, calling the […]
Jammu, Sep 23: Three Jaish-e-Mohmmad (JeM) terrorists– arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district– were on Monday sent to multi-agency Joint interrogation centre (JIC) in Jammu for “intense interrogation”, officials said. “Three JeM terrorists have been sent to JIC in Jammu today (Monday) for intense interrogations to know their […]
Jodhpur, Sept 23: The Jodhpur High Court on Monday dismissed self-styled godman Asaram’s plea for suspension of sentence in a rape case after it was withdrawn as not pressed. “We decided to ‘not press’ the application for suspension of sentence after brief arguments,” said Pradeep Choudhary, counsel for Asaram. […]
Mumbai, Sep 23: Extending its euphoria over government’s economy-boosting measures, equity benchmark BSE Sensex soared over 1,300 points to reclaim the 39,000 mark in early session on Monday, driven by gains in index heavyweights HDFC Bank, ITC, L&T and ICICI Bank. After hitting a high of 39,346.01 points, the […]
New Delhi, Sep 22: The judiciary is an institution founded on honesty and integrity, the Supreme Court has said, reasserting that it is necessary judicial officers possess the “sterling quality of integrity” to be able to serve the public. It made the observation while refusing to show any leniency […]
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