US President May Use OPCON Transfer to Reduce US Troops in Korea
US President Donald Trump reportedly views the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to South Korea as a possible way to reduce or withdraw American troops from the Korean...
MEA Secretary Meets Somali President, Conveys Greetings from PM Modi
MEA Secretary Sripriya Ranganathan met Somalia President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, conveying greetings from President...
China Tightens Internet Censorship as Universities Intensify Student Surveillance Measures
China is tightening internet censorship as universities intensify surveillance of students using VPNs to...
Tibetan Leader Accuses China of Interfering in Dalai Lama Succession
Tibetan leader Penpa Tsering has accused China of attempting to control the selection of...
Microsoft Apologises After Major Global Outage Disrupts Outlook and Teams
Microsoft apologised for a major global outage that disrupted services including Outlook, Teams and...
South Korea offers Japan, AUS, NZ collective security after North’s launch
Seoul: South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol urged the countrys three NATO allies in the Asia-Pacific (AP4) to set a collective security arrangement following a...
Bangladesh: Unidentified miscreants vandalise Hindu temple, loot gold ornaments
Dhaka: Unidentified miscreants vandalised a Hindu temple in Bangladeshs Lalmonihat Sadar area on Wednesday, media reports said.
They also looted the gold ornaments the Kali...
Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev re-elected for seven-year term in snap election
Uzbekistans President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was re-elected with 87.05 percent of the vote in his favour on Sunday, the countrys Central Election Commission announced Monday...
Mexico: 9 persons die in wholesale market fire
Mexico City: At least nine people were killed and one was injured in a fire at a wholesale food distribution center in Toluca, capital...
Yemen: Transfer of oil from decaying ship expected to start next week
New York: Transfer of crude oil from the dilapidated tanker Safer stranded off the coast of Yemen, is expected to start early next week,...
NATO leaders gather in Lithuania for key summit
NATO leaders are gathering in Lithuania for a crucial summit that could shape the direction of the war in Ukraine and the future of...
British Broadcasting Corporation suspends presenter over sexual misconduct allegation
The British Broadcasting Corporation has suspended one of its male presenters over the allegation that he had for several years paid a teenager for...
World Bank commits $100 million to support Sikkim’s rural economies, improving women and youth status
The World Bank has announced its commitment to support the state of Sikkim, bolstering the Government of Indias development initiatives in the northeast region....
In Images: Uzbekistan presidential election
TASHKENT, July 10, 2023 (UNI/Xinhua) -- A voter casts his ballot at a polling station during an early presidential election in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on...
Pakistan: 67 die in rain-related accidents
Islamabad: Sixty-seven people died and 125 others injured in separate rain-related accidents in Pakistan since the start of the pre-monsoon season in the country,...
Tanzania: S Jaishankar visits water project in Kibamba which is built with Indian support
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar recently visited the water project in the Kibamba district of Dar es Salaam which is built with Indian support.
The...
UN-brokered grain and fertilizer deals indispensable to global food security
New York: The food and fertilizer export deals brokered by the UN last year with Ukraine and Russia have played an indispensable role in...
Iran: Executions and detentions in spotlight at Human Rights Council
New York: Iran faced calls on Wednesday from top UN-appointed rights investigators to halt the executions of people sentenced to death in connection with...
Now is the perfect time for India and U.S. to invest in future: Ambassador Eric Garcetti
U.S. Ambassador Eric Garcetti, who was visiting Kolkata, on Thursday said the time is perfect for India and the US to start investing in...






