Merkel set to be German chancellor for fourth term: polls
Berlin: German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks almost certain to clinch a fourth term in the general election next Sunday while a far-right party is poised to enter parliament for the first time since the end of World War II. Latest opinion polls conducted just days before the election unanimously forecast that 62-year-old Merkel, who has been in power More...
India shares Myanmar’s concern over ‘extremist violence’ in Rakhine state: PM
Nay Pyi Taw: India said on Wednesday that it shares Myanmar’s concerns over the “extremist violence” in the Rakhine state and urged all stakeholders to find a solution that respects the country’s More...
Modi, Xi hold first substantive bilateral meeting post-Dokalam
Xiamen: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping today held their first substantive bilateral meeting after the Dokalam standoff, which had put ties between the two countries under strain. Modi, More...
Trump to nominate Kenneth Juster as US ambassador to India
Washington: President Donald Trump will nominate Kenneth Juster, a top economic aide and one of the key architects of the historic Indo-US civil nuclear agreement, to be the next US ambassador to India. Juster, More...
Indian student dies in US:Hurricane Harvey
Houston: A 24-year-old Indian student has died after he nearly drowned in a swollen lake in the US state of Texas where Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc. Nikhil Bhatia, a student at the Texas A&M University, More...
Trump-Modi meeting laid strong foundation for Indo-US ties
Washington: The meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Donald Trump in June laid a strong foundation for moving India-US relationship forward, a senior US official has said, indicating that More...
Trump to announce new Afghan strategy: White House
Washington: US President Donald Trump will announce America’s new strategy in Afghanistan today, nearly 16 years after the war began in the country, the White House said, amid reports that his administration More...
North Korea slams upcoming joint US-South military exercises
Seoul, Aug 20: North Korea warned today that the United States will be “pouring gasoline on fire” by conducting an annual war game in the South next week amid heightened tensions between Pyongyang and More...
Sharif, sons, daughter fail to appear before anti-graft body
Lahore, Aug 20: Ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members today failed for the second time to appear before the country’s top anti-graft body which wants to interrogate them over More...
Egyptians extend protest, say army not doing enough
CAIRO (Reuters) – Thousands of Egyptians packed Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Friday, keeping up pressure on the ruling generals to implement reforms more swiftly and to try ousted President Hosni Mubarak More...
