Singapore: A key priority for Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong will be to deepen the trade-focused country’s relations with the major powers, especially the US and China, engaging with them honestly in a principled manner while not getting caught in their rivalry. Speaking after his newly re-elected government was sworn in on Friday, Wong stressed,…
United Nations: India ripped through Pakistan’s “disinformation” at the UN on the Indus Waters Treaty, asserting that Islamabad violated its spirit by inflicting three wars and thousands of terror attacks on India that seek to hold hostage lives of civilians, religious harmony and economic prosperity. “We are constrained to respond to the disinformation being carried…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has said it is ok for Apple to go to India to build its plants, but then the tech company will not be able to sell its products in America without tariffs. Trump’s remarks came as he signed multiple executive orders in the Oval Office to boost US nuclear…
Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday said its command and control structures are robust. The Foreign Office here also said the country remained fully confident in the strength of its “comprehensive nuclear security regime”. “Pakistan remains fully confident in the strength of its comprehensive nuclear security regime and the robustness of its command and control structures,” the…
Moscow/Tokyo/Abu Dhabi: Diplomatic leadership from Russia, Japan and United Arab Emirates on Friday came forward to join hands with New Delhi against all forms of terrorism as the Indian multi-party Parliamentary delegation held wide-ranging discussion on counter-terrorism combat and briefed them on Operation Sindoor. “#TeamIndia sends a strong and united message on combating terrorism,” External…
Berlin: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said that India has zero tolerance for terrorism and will never give in to nuclear blackmail, a statement that comes in the aftermath of the military conflict with Pakistan. “I come to Berlin in the immediate aftermath of India responding to the Pahalgam terror attack. India has…
Beijing: Landslides in a rural area in China’s southwestern Guizhou province have killed at least four people, with 17 others still missing in the debris, state media said. Two bodies were found in Changshi township on Thursday (May 22), and two others in nearby Qingyang village, where a landslide buried 19 people from eight households,…
London: Dismissing the 10th bail plea of Nirav Modi after considering that the fugitive diamond trader would abscond if released, the London High Court judge has said UK courts have “twice concluded that there is an evidenced prima facie case against the applicant.” Stating that his risk of absconding is high, Justice Michael Fordham at…
New York: In an unprecedented development, the Trump administration revoked Harvard University’s eligibility to enroll international students, telling existing foreign students to transfer or lose their legal status, a move that can impact several students from India. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem ordered the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to terminate Harvard University’s Student and…
Dhaka/New Delhi: Bangladesh’s interim government chief Professor Muhammad Yunus mulls resignation as he finds it difficult to work because political parties failed to reach a common ground, BBC Bangla service reported at midnight on Thursday, quoting student-led National Citizen Party CP party chief Nhid Islam. “We have been hearing news of Sir’s (Yunus) resignation since…
