Washington : President Donald Trump said Sunday that the congressional questioning last week of his former lawyer may have contributed to the failure of his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — even as his national security advisor claimed the Hanoi meeting was a success. A high-stakes […]
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has welcomed the return of Indian Air Force pilot Abhinandan Varthman from captivity in Pakistan and called on the two countries to sustain the “positive momentum” and engage in further constructive dialogue. The IAF Wing Commander returned to India from Pakistan on […]
Washington : The US Supreme Court 2015 ruling legalising same-sex marriages in country boosted the well-being and life satisfaction of homosexual couples, a study claims. Some states were clear on whether or not they would recognise the marriages of same-sex couples, and others were in an uncertain flux, in […]
Islamabad : A Pakistani citizen on Friday filed a petition in the Islamabad High Court to stop the imminent release of the captured Indian Air Force pilot Wing Commander Abhinanadan Varthaman, saying he committed crime against the country and should be put on trial here. Pakistan detained the Indian […]
London : Emissions from crop residue burning in neighbouring regions are the major contributor to New Delhi’s notorious winter pollution, a study has found. The research, published in the journal Nature Sustainability, shows that urban emissions of black carbon from fossil fuel combustion are not always the main contributor […]
ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI – India and Pakistan both said they shot down each other’s fighter jets on Wednesday, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot a day after Indian warplanes struck inside Pakistan for the first time since a 1971 war, prompting world powers to urge restraint. Both countries have […]
Washington : The US House of Representatives approved a resolution Tuesday blocking President Donald Trump from obtaining funding for a border wall with Mexico through his declaration of a national emergency. The resolution, which now goes to the Republican-held Senate, was passed by the Democratic-controlled House by a comfortable […]
Hanoi : Kim Jong Un arrived in Hanoi Tuesday to ultra-tight security and enthusiastic crowds ahead of a second summit with Donald Trump, as the world looks for tangible progress over North Korea’s nuclear programme. After a historic initial meeting in Singapore in June that produced only a vague […]
NEW DELHI – The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has written to the game’s governing body urging the cricket community to sever ties with any nation from where “terrorism emanates”, its chief administrator said on Friday. The move follows a suicide-bomber attack last week that […]
Seoul : Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday laid a wreath at the National Cemetery here and paid tribute to the fallen soldiers, including those who died in the Korean War. Prime Minister Modi arrived on a two-day visit to South Korea on Thursday to strengthen India’s strategic ties with […]
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