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During the phone call, Trump welcomed the first-ever shipment of American crude oil to India, which will begin this month from Texas. (Photo: PTI)

US senate passes bill to strengthen ties with 'Major Defence Partner'...

India's 'Major Defence Partner' designation allows it to buy more advanced, sensitive technologies from US at par with...

19 Jun 2018 1:49 PM IST

She said the visits of Prime Minister Modi to France in April 2015 and June 2017 and Macron to India have infused new momentum and dynamism to bilateral strategic partnership, brought about increased political convergence and built deep mutual trust. (Photo: @MEAIndia/Twitter)

India, France to shape strong development partnership, says Sushma...

Swaraj arrived in France on 2nd leg of 4-nation tour, held discussion with French Prez over understandings reached...

19 Jun 2018 1:10 PM IST

Doctors maintained that Begum Kulsooms condition has not deteriorated but theres no significant improvement either since last Thursday. (Photo: Twitter/@MaryamNSharif)

London clinic doctors say Nawaz Sharif's wife 'highly critical':...

5-member board of doctors on Tuesday briefed the Sharif family that Begum Kulsoom will not be taken off ventilator as of...

19 Jun 2018 11:53 AM IST

orth Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, is accompanied by Pak Pong Ju, right, Hwang Pyong So, second left, as he arrives for the official opening of the Ryomyong residential area, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo: AP/File)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting China: Chinese state media

The trip will be Kim Jong Un's third to China since March, when he made his inaugural foreign trip as leader.

19 Jun 2018 9:02 AM IST

Trump had multiple chances to craft a DACA fix with Congress. But one never materialized, despite overwhelming public support for letting Dreamers stay. (Photo: File)

Donald Trump orders US military to work for 'space dominance'

The United States is a member of the Outer Space Treaty, which bars the stationing of weapons of mass destruction in...

19 Jun 2018 8:54 AM IST

EVMs make the election process transparent. Counting is more efficient and the results can be declared in 3-4 hours instead of the traditional 30-40 hours taken to count votes manually.

Pak court orders ID cards to transgender voters in 15 days

Justice Nisar said he would personally monitor progress and constitute special courts to resolve pertinent issues.

19 Jun 2018 6:35 AM IST

Audi and VW confirmed the arrest and reiterated there was still a presumption of innocence for Stadler. (Photo: AP)

Audi CEO Rupert Stadler arrested in Germany over diesel scandal

Munich prosecutors said Stadler was being detained due to fears he might hinder an ongoing investigation into the...

18 Jun 2018 4:24 PM IST

Multiple ground assaults and a deluge of air strikes shrank the Islamic State groups caliphate to a rump and decimated its fighters in 2016 but the organisation remains a potential threat.

Air strike on east Syria kills nearly 40 pro-regime fighters

Syrian state media reported the attack overnight accusing the US-led coalition but the Pentagon denied responsibility.

18 Jun 2018 4:04 PM IST

Zeid Raad Al Hussein

Parting children from parents at US border 'unconscionable': UN rights...

The 'zero-tolerance' border security policy implemented by President Donald Trump's administration has sparked global...

18 Jun 2018 3:11 PM IST

The Taliban refused to extend their three-day ceasefire beyond Sunday night despite pressure from ordinary Afghans, the government and the international community. (Photo: AP)

Dozens of Afghan peace protestors arrive in Kabul as Taliban ends...

Exhausted after 700 km trek, most of it during Ramadan month, marchers walked through Kabul shouting 'We want peace!',...

18 Jun 2018 2:20 PM IST

France has been on high alert following a string of jihadist attacks since early 2015, often by people who have become radicalised or claim to have acted in the name of the Islamic State group. (Photo: AFP)

Woman shouting 'Allahu Akbar' slashes 2 with blade in supermarket in...

The 24-yr-old assailant was overpowered by a customer, two supermarket employees and was taken into custody.

18 Jun 2018 12:54 PM IST

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (Photo: AP)

Pak's anti-corruption body launches new inquiry against Nawaz Sharif

Inquiry was launched against him on journalist's complaint that over Rs 56 mn were sent out of Pak by his family between...

18 Jun 2018 11:38 AM IST