Paris: Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo hit back at US President Donald Trump for his comment “Paris is no longer Paris”, saying the French capital remains dynamic and open despite high terror alert. “To Trump and his friend Jim, in the Eiffel Tower, we celebrate the dynamism and the spirit ofRead More

Washington: US lawmakers publicly denounced the killing of an Indian engineer by an American navy veteran in an apparent hate crime in Kansas City, saying there is no place for these senseless acts of violence in the country. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, a 32-year-old working at GPS-maker Garmin headquarters in Olathe, diedRead More

Manila: Chinese President Xi Jinping promised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte that Beijing will not build structures on a rocky outcrop in the South China Sea, Philippine Foreign Minister Perfecto Yasay said on Thursday. Yasay said the Chinese leader made the pledge during his bilateral meeting with Duterte in Beijing inRead More

Jerusalem: The Israeli Supreme Court has taken a lurch to the right with the appointment of a number of new judges considered deeply conservative. Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, a member of the right-wing Jewish Home party, announced late Wednesday four new judges who would gradually replace those retiring in theRead More

Islamabad: Pakistan has expedited efforts to acquire military equipment and weapons to combat militancy as a fresh bout of terror attacks have killed over 100 people. At least three such deals with the US this week, which involve helicopters and military vehicles that would enhance the military’s capability to pursueRead More

Mogadishu: Hassan Ali Kheyre, a former aid worker and oil executive, was named prime minister of Somalia on Thursday by the country`s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. Mohamed, popularly known as Farmajo, made the announcement on Twitter. After his nomination Kheyre — also spelt Khaire — promised to “tirelessly workRead More

Washington: Alliances of convenience among terrorist networks in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other nations is a big concern for the US, a top American general in Afghanistan has said. “Al-Qaeda is linked to the Taliban, who are not a designated terrorist organisation but a violent extremist organisation and the Taliban provideRead More

Canberra: Australia is expected to host the Asean-Australia Special Summit in 2018, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Thursday. It will be the first time that Australia will host an Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) summit of any kind. In a joint statement with New South Wales Premier GladysRead More

New York: US President Donald Trump’s organisation owns many trademarks across the world, including in India, that could add to concerns over conflicts of interest in his presidency, a media report has said. The New York Times, in a report titled ‘From Trump the Nationalist, a Trail of Global Trademarks’,Read More

Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian detectives probing the assassination of Kim Jong-Nam admitted Thursday that they cannot force a wanted North Korean diplomat to answer their questions. The investigation into the airport killing of the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has narrowed in on eight of his countrymen, who policeRead More