Washington: The White House is working on a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza but is “not there yet,” the US National Security Advisor told NBC on Sunday, with fighting in the conflict raging on as regional leaders meet to discuss the crisis. “We are working actively to try to make it happen. We…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday nominated New York real estate developer Charles Kushner as his envoy to France. Kushner is the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner. Jared played a key role in the first term of the Trump Administration including the Israel-Palestine peace plan. He is married to Ivanka Trump, daughter of…
Washington: President-elect Donald Trump on Saturday warned BRICS countries against any move to replace the US dollar and has sought a commitment from the nine-member group that includes India, Russia, China, and Brazil. BRICS, formed in 2009, is the only major international group of which the United States is not a part. Its other members…
Peshawar: Seventeen terrorists were killed on Friday in two separate operations conducted by Pakistani security forces in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Helicopter gunships targeted their hideouts during the intelligence-based operations in the Bannu and North Waziristan districts, security sources reported. In the Baka Khel area of Bannu district, 12 terrorists affiliated with the Hafiz…
Johnnesburg: India will provide South African parastatal electricity supplier Eskom with a Powerplant Control Room simulator to train locals in Eskom’s plans to renew and repurpose its power stations across the country, an official has said. The announcement was made on Friday after representatives of a dozen Indian energy companies met Eskom executives on the…
New York: India has been re-elected to the UN Peacebuilding Commission for 2025–2026. India’s current term on the Commission was expiring on December 31. “India has been re-elected to the UN Peacebuilding Commission (PBC) for 2025–2026. As a founding member and major contributor to @UNPeacekeeping, India is committed to continuing its engagement with the PBC…
Islamabad: A midnight crackdown was launched by the security forces in Pakistan on Tuesday night (November 26) over thousands of supporters of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan who had reached the heart of the heavily fortified Islamabad even after Article 245 of the Constitution was invoked by the government. The security forces launched the…
Washington: President Joe Biden has announced that Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah have accepted a US-brokered peace deal that is designed to be a “permanent cessation” of hostilities between the two sides. As part of the ceasefire, Israel will gradually withdraw its troops from Lebanon over the next 60 days, Biden said in his address to…
Washington: The US State Department refused to comment on the disruptions in the Indian Parliament over the indictment of billionaire Gautam Adani in a US court on charges of bribery. “That is a law enforcement matter,” State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller told reporters at his daily news conference on Monday. He was responding to a…
Washington: US President-elect Donald Trump has said he will impose a 25 percent tariff on all products coming from Canada and Mexico, and 10 percent on Chinese goods to check the flow of illegal immigrants and drugs into the United States. In a series of posts on his Truth Social platform on Monday, he said…
