Islamabad: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkiye have agreed to take measures for the rapid deployment of military forces in the kingdom amid escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen’s Houthis, according to a media report. The Strategic Political and Defence Committee (SPDC) of the trilateral Makkah Defence Alliance held an emergency meeting in Riyadh on…
Washington: In an apparent faux pas, US President Donald Trump mentioned India in a social media post to claim that the electoral process in the US was “corrupt”, when there were no elections in India, and the post clearly appeared to be about the presidential election in Brazil. In a Truth Social post on Sunday,…
Washington: Lockheed Martin is looking to further expand its production capabilities in India if it wins the bid to supply medium transport aircraft for its armed forces, a senior official of the aerospace company said. In August, India issued a tender for procurement of 60 medium transport aircraft at a cost of USD 10.5 billion….
Washington: Canada’s Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu on Friday said he was heading to India later this month with a 300 strong business delegation to explore opportunities across sectors in the world’s fastest-growing markets. Sidhu, who met Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal in Milwaukee on Thursday, said India and Canada will start another round of talks with…
Washington: Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said he did not think there was “something imminent” on the trade deal with India and the two sides have identified “the universe of items” that are sticking points. Addressing a press conference after the G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting in Milwaukee on Thursday, Greer said President Donald Trump and Prime…
Dubai: The UAE on Thursday said it has opened an investigation into an incident aboard a flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv that forced the aircraft to divert and land in Saudi Arabia. In a statement, the Foreign Ministry said that the United Arab Emirates is “closely following” the incident involving flydubai flight FZ1073,…
Washington: US President Donald Trump hailed the flydubai pilot as a “hero” for fighting off a knife attack from the co-pilot, opening the cockpit door and calling for help to foil a bid to crash the aircraft. Interacting with reporters at the Oval Office, Trump said he spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who…
Dubai: An Indian national was the captain of a Flydubai flight who fought with his co-pilot during a violent cockpit confrontation that forced the aircraft to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, Israeli news website Ynet reported on Wednesday. Ynet, citing Israeli officials, reported that the co-pilot was an Omani national and was suspected…
Washington: The US Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted restrictions on the deportation of immigrants to countries that are not their own, while agreeing to hear the issue on its merits in December. The conservative-dominated high court granted an emergency request by the Trump administration to suspend a lower court ruling that restricted, but did not…
Washington: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio virtually addressed a conference of American ambassadors from South and Central Asia in New Delhi. The Ambassadors Regional Conference was hosted in New Delhi on Tuesday by US envoy to India Sergio Gor. “Earlier today, I called into our Ambassadors Regional Conference in India, hosted by Ambassador Sergio…
