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A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with US President Donald Trump in Manila, Philippines, in November 2017.

PM Modi a 'friend', Donald Trump quoted as saying in book by...

'Prime Minister Modi of India is a friend of mine. I like him very much,' Trump is quoted as saying by Bob Woodward.

12 Sept 2018 7:57 AM IST

John Bolton led negotiations for America to withdraw from the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty so that the Bush administration could proceed with a national missile-defence programme. (Photo: AP)

US threatens to arrest ICC judges if they charge any American with war...

Bolton said, 'We will not cooperate with the ICC. We will provide no assistance to the ICC. We will let the ICC die on...

11 Sept 2018 11:30 AM IST

Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un make history by becoming the first sitting US and North Korean leaders to meet and shake hands. (Photo: AFP)

Trump received 'very positive' letter from Kim Jong Un seeking 2nd...

Trump and Kim held historic summit in Singapore in June that raised prospects of a breakthrough on curtailing North...

11 Sept 2018 7:56 AM IST

Let me be very clear. Im 100 per cent confident that no one on the vice presidents staff was involved in this anonymous editorial. I know my people, Pence said. (Photo: AFP)

Confident no one on my staff wrote New York Times column: US Vice...

More than two dozen high-ranking administration officials have denied writing the column. Pence said his staff has...

10 Sept 2018 2:13 PM IST

Key events around sexual assault accusations against Brett Kavanaugh

Key events around sexual assault accusations against Brett Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh's nomination to US Supreme Court appeared all-but-certain but sexual assault allegations from 1980 now...

27 Sept 2018 3:52 PM IST

Was a handshake, scoffs White House to Paks met Trump claims

Was a handshake, scoffs White House to Pak's 'met Trump' claims

The episode happened on Tuesday at a luncheon on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly meeting.

27 Sept 2018 2:35 PM IST

After accusing the government in Beijing of using a variety of tactics to damage his chances at the vital midterm polls in November, he said that relations with Xi might have taken a permanent turn for the worse. (Photo: AFP)

Donald Trump admits friendship with China's Xi Jinping could be over

US this week enacted new tariffs against China covering another USD 200 bn of imports, shrugging off threats of counter...

27 Sept 2018 12:47 PM IST

China will not be content to only play defence in an escalating trade war with the United States, a widely read Chinese tabloid warned, as Trump was expected to announce new tariffs on USD 200 billion in Chinese goods as early as Monday. (Photo: AP)

China won't just play defence in trade war with US: Media

US and China already levied duties on USD 50 bn worth of each other's goods in intensifying row that has jolted global...

17 Sept 2018 1:22 PM IST

Members of the North Carolina Task Force urban search and rescue team check cars in a flooded neighborhood looking for residents who stayed behind as Florence continues to dump heavy rain in NC. (Photo: AP)

Hurricane Florence: As floodwaters rise, death toll reaches 14

The death toll rose to at least 14 from Florence, which crashed into the state as a hurricane on Friday, bringing record...

17 Sept 2018 1:14 PM IST

In a statement released to US media, Kavanaugh rejected the womans claim, made in a letter to the Democrats vetting his nomination that he tried to force himself on her during a party. (Photo: AFP)

Trump's nominee Kavanaugh says he was virgin in high school, 'never'...

The first woman accuser claimed a drunken Kavanaugh tried to undress her and that she had feared for her life during a...

25 Sept 2018 10:38 AM IST

This photo shows a seven cubit quantum device is seen at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. Describing the inner workings of a quantum computer isnt easy, even for top scholars. Thats because the machines process information at the scale of elementary particles such as electrons and photons, where different laws of physics apply. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

The US push to boost 'quantum computing' explained

A race by tech companies to build a new generation of superior quantum computersâ€ could get a $1.3 billion boost.

25 Sept 2018 8:51 AM IST

Chinas government, however, shows no sign of bending to Washingtons pressure. (Photo: File)

China cancels trade talks with US as tariff threats escalate: report

Report said that a mid-level Chinese delegation was due to travel to US ahead of Liu's visit, but trip has now been...

22 Sept 2018 10:16 AM IST