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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)

North Korea still building at nuclear site: Monitor

Satellite imagery shows N korea carrying out infrastructure works at Yongbyon nuclear site despite denuclearisation...

27 Jun 2018 4:15 PM IST

The items were seized in raids on six premises linked to Najib, including luxury apartments in Kuala Lumpur and his main residence in an upmarket part of the city. (Photo: AFP)

Items worth up to USD 273 mn seized from ex-Malaysian PM in raids

Searches netted 12,000 jewellery pieces, bags with almost USD 30 mn cash across 26 currencies, over 400 watches worth...

27 Jun 2018 2:49 PM IST

Migrant children walk off a bus at the Catholic Charities Msgr. Bryan Walsh Childrens Village in Cutler Bay. Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz said that children who range in age from newborns to 5 years old are being sheltered at this facility and His House Childrens Home in Miami Gardens. (Photo: AP)

17 states, including New York, California, sue Trump over family...

A court ordered border authorities to reunite children with their families within 30 days or 14 days if the child is...

27 Jun 2018 1:44 PM IST

More than 2,000 children have been separated from their parents in recent weeks and placed in government-contracted shelters hundreds of miles away, in some cases under a now-abandoned policy toward families caught illegally entering the US. (Photo: AP)

Judge orders US border authorities to reunite families within 30 days

US District Judge Dana Sabraw also issued nationwide injunction on future family separations, unless parent is unfit or...

27 Jun 2018 12:46 PM IST

The ban on pet coke may also jeopardise the much-awaited and politically controversial oil refinery in border district of Barmer.

US wants India to stop all oil imports from Iran by November

An US official said this is part of Trump admin's effort to isolate streams of Iranian funding to highlight Iran's...

27 Jun 2018 10:19 AM IST

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Photo: AP)

Opposition slams Justin Trudeau for taking too many days off

The Canadian PM was also slammed for paying USD 17,044 to Vikram Vij, chef from Vancouver to prepare meal for meeting in...

27 Jun 2018 9:34 AM IST

Trump announced in July that he would prohibit transgender people from serving in the military, reversing former President Barack Obamas policy of accepting them. (Photo: File)

Ahead of strategic talks, Trump accuses India of charging 100 pc...

The US President was responding to question in his recent decisions to impose tariffs on import of foreign products.

27 Jun 2018 8:14 AM IST

Trump tweeted that McMaster has done an outstanding job, but he never really clicked with the president, who bristled at the general lecturing on policy. (Photo: File)

A victory for Donald Trump: US top court upholds controversial travel...

Chief Justice John Roberts said that the government 'has set forth a sufficient national security justification' to...

26 Jun 2018 9:36 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Photo: PTI)

China to cut import tariffs on soybean, other goods from India

China will reduce tariffs on soybean imported from India, South Korea, Bangladesh, Laos and Sri Lanka from current 3 pc...

26 Jun 2018 9:29 PM IST

The Milwaukee-based company said Monday it came to its decision because of retaliatory tariffs it faces in an escalating trade dispute between the US and the European Union. (Photo: AP)

Trump denies that his trade policy is to blame for Harley-Davidson...

US Prez tweeted that Harley-Davidson is using 'Tariffs/Trade War as an excuse' to hide previously announced plans to...

26 Jun 2018 6:54 PM IST

The visa waiver will apply to all members of the 28-nation EU except Britain and Ireland. (Photo: AFP)

UK is now allowed to leave EU as Brexit bill becomes law

The bill transfers decades of European law onto British statute books in bid to avoid any legal disruption.

26 Jun 2018 5:33 PM IST

Hello Kitty, the mouthless character has spawned a multi-billion-dollar industry since Sanrio introduced it in 1974. (Photo: AFP)

Hello Kitty bullet train debuts in Japan this week

The special shinkansen or bullet train will run for next three months between western cities of Osaka and Fukuoka from...

26 Jun 2018 5:01 PM IST