Lankan parties move SC against Parliament dissolution by Prez Sirisena
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s major political parties and an election commission member on Monday dragged President Maithripala Sirisena to the Supreme Court, challenging his controversial move of dissolving Parliament, almost 20 months before its term was to end. Sirisena dissolved Parliament on November 9 and announced snap polls to be held on January More...
UN chief expresses concern over Sri Lankan President’s decision to dissolve Parliament
United Nations: UN chief Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to dissolve the nation’s Parliament, underlining the “utmost importance” More...
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 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...