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The United Nations Security Council in session (Photo: AP)

UN Security Council sets 2nd emergency meeting in week after N Korea...

Washington said there is no comparison between its openly conducted, internationally monitored military drills, N...

4 Sept 2017 11:23 AM IST

The communication is in line with the decision announced by President Donald Trump recently, which was one of his key electoral promises. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump's decision to scrap DACA could impact 7000...

Deferred Action for Children Arrival (DACA) - a programme that grants work permits to immigrants who arrived in US...

4 Sept 2017 11:00 AM IST

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un. (Photo: AP)

After nuclear test, Pentagon chief warns N Korea of 'massive military...

Trump threatened drastic economic sanctions, including 'stopping all trade with any country doing business with North...

4 Sept 2017 10:51 AM IST

Addressing the Plenary Session at the 9th annual BRICS summit at Xiamen in China, Modi said India is all geared to eradicate poverty and implement sanitation, better health facilities, education and food security. (Photo: AP)

India set to eradicate poverty, ensure education: Modi at BRICS

PM said affordable, reliable and sustainable access to energy is crucial for development of BRICS nations.

4 Sept 2017 10:36 AM IST

Delhi girl Shalini Singh had move to the US in August to pursue the two years Masters program after her degree in Dental Surgery from I T S Dental College in Greater Noida. (Photo: Facebook)

US: Indian student saved from Hurricane-hit Texas lake dies in...

Shalini Singh along with another Indian student Nikhil Bhatia, had gone swimming on last Saturday.

4 Sept 2017 9:41 AM IST

In a Friday, Jan 20, 2017 photo, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama pose with President-elect Donald Trump and his wife Melania at the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)

Never lose sight of importance of democratic institutions: Obama...

Obama, in his letter, also exhorted Trump not to let the vicissitudes of politics overshadow the long march of American...

4 Sept 2017 8:59 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, other BRICS leaders at the International Conference Centre in Xiamen. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Chinese Prez Xi welcomes Modi at Xiamen for 9th annual BRICS summit

Both Modi and Xi are expected to hold a bilateral meeting on Tuesday.

4 Sept 2017 8:27 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed by a Chinese girl on his arrival at Gaoqi International Airport in Xiamen, China. (Photo: PTI)

BRICS Summit: Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping expected to meet on Tuesday

After the bilateral meeting with the host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be travelling to Myanmar.

4 Sept 2017 1:53 AM IST

The test was North Koreas sixth and far more powerful than any weapon it has previously detonated. (Photo: AP/PTI)

China expresses resolute opposition towards North Korea's nuclear test...

Pyongyang declared the test of what it called a hydrogen bomb to be a 'perfect success.'

3 Sept 2017 2:58 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Modi likely to raise issue of terrorism at Xiamen BRICS Summit

At the last BRICS Summit in Goa in October 2016, Modi had referred to Pakistan as the 'mothership of terrorism'.

3 Sept 2017 12:37 PM IST

In this undated image distributed on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location. (Photo: AP)

N Korea earthquake suggests sixth nuclear test as Trump, Abe discuss...

The first, more powerful quake measured magnitude 6.3 and was 10 km deep, the US Geological Survey said.

3 Sept 2017 12:10 PM IST

Trump to nominate Kenneth Juster as US Ambassador to India

The position has been lying vacant since January 20 when Trump was sworn-in as the 45th President of the US.

3 Sept 2017 7:05 AM IST