Washington: US Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday introduced a bill in the Congress which proposes to treat India on par with its allies like as Japan, Israel, Korea and NATO allies regarding technology transfers, support India in its response to growing threats to its territorial integrity and bar Pakistan from receiving security assistance if it…
Washington: US President Joe Biden is still committed to attending the annual leadership summit of the QUAD countries which is scheduled to be held in India this year, the White House said on Thursday. “We’re still committed to there being a Quad leader summit this year, but there’s nothing on the calendar right now for…
Vientiane (Laos): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday emphasised the need to ensure “full respect” for the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and past agreements to “stabilise” and “rebuild” bilateral ties with Beijing as he met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi for the second time within a month. The two leaders, who are in…
Washington: Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday said Vice President Kamala Harris is “unfit to rule” and described here a radical left lunatic. Trump, 78, launched a scathing attack on his Democratic rival, as he took the stage for the first time to address an election rally after Harris became…
Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday slammed Iran for funding and supporting groups against Israel and asserted that defeating the brutal enemies requires both courage and clarity. “For all we know, Iran is funding the anti-Israel protests that are going on right now outside this building—not that many, but they’re there—and throughout the…
Kathmandu: A private Nepalese airline plane crashed during takeoff and caught fire at the Tribhuvan International Airport here on Wednesday, killing 18 people aboard, including a foreigner, while the pilot survived with major injuries. The Nepalese domestic plane N9AME, belonging to Saurya Airlines, was bound for Pokhara for regular maintenance service when the accident occurred…
Kathmandu: An aircraft belonging to a private airline company with 19 people on board crashed during takeoff at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu on Wednesday morning. At least 19 people, including aircrew, were aboard the Pokhara-bound Saurya Airlines plane which met with the accident at around 11 am, sources said. The pilot of the…
Washington: Republican presidential candidate and former US president Donald Trump on Tuesday said he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida on Friday. Netanyahu is in Washington and will on Wednesday address a joint session of the US Congress, the only foreign leader to do so for a fourth…
Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday lauded Joe Biden’s legacy, saying that it is “unmatched in modern history”, as she spoke at her first public appearance since the President exited the 2024 presidential race and endorsed her. On Sunday, Biden, 81, announced that he would not seek re-election and backed Harris as the Democratic…
Washington: In a response to the news Biden was dropping out of the race, Sen. JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, in a social media post, called Biden “the worst President in my lifetime and Kamala Harris has been right there with him every step of the way.” “Over the last four years she…
