Washington: Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president and the third American leader to visit India during which a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour, has died peacefully at his home in Plains, Georgia surrounded by his family, the Carter Centre said. Carter died on Sunday aged 100. He was the longest-lived president…
Moscow: Vladimir Putin admitted Saturday Russian air defence was working when an Azerbhaijani Airlines place tried to land in Grozny before crashing, while stopping short of claiming responsibility. The Kremlin said Putin apologized to Azerbaijani leader Ilham Aliyev over the “tragic incident” in a phone call, but did not say Russian air defence shot the…
Peshawar: Two security personnel were killed and 11 others injured during an anti-terror operation in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said. The operation took place at Mulla Said Banda area of Bajaur district on Friday. Two security personnel died and 11 others, including an officer of Major rank, were injured in the clashes with terrorists,…
San Francisco: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan at the White House during which both the leaders had a wide-ranging discussion on the progress of India-US strategic partnership. Jaishankar is currently on an official visit to the US during which he is scheduled to meet his US counterpart Antony Blinken…
New York: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, stationed aboard the International Space Station (ISS), added a festive touch to their Christmas celebrations by donning Santa hats, igniting a wave of conspiracy theories on social media. In a video shared by NASA, Williams wore a red t-shirt while three of her fellow astronauts sported…
Peshawar: At least 13 terrorists linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed by the security forces on Wednesday during an intelligence-based in the northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the army said. According to a statement by the military’s media wing, security forces conducted an operation in Sararogha, South Waziristan District, on the reported presence of TTP…
Kazakhistan: An Azerbaijani airliner has crashed in the Kazakhstani city of Aktau. Kazakhstan’s Emergency Ministry said that over 30 people are feared dead and four bodies have been recovered so far. It also added that at over 32 people survived the crash and 29 of them have been hospitalised. The ministry confirmed in a Telegram…
San Francisco: Ahead of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to the United States, India’s Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Monday had meetings with top American diplomats on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues. Jaishankar is scheduled to visit the United States from December 24-29, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced…
San Fransisco: Amid growing outrage here about the large-scale attack on minority Hindus and their places of worship in Bangladesh, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on Monday spoke with the interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and both leaders expressed commitment to protect human rights in the troubled South Asian nation. “Both leaders expressed…
Peshawar: The security forces gunned down 11 suspected terrorists, including a commander of the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), in two intelligence-based operations in the restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. The operations were conducted in the volatile Tirah Valley in Khyber district and Lakki Marwat district after reports about the presence of militants. A group…
