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India’s remaining diplomats ‘clearly on notice’: Canada’s foreign minister

Toronto: Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly on Friday said the remaining Indian diplomats in the country are “clearly on notice” after Canada named the Indian High Commissioner in Ottawa as…
US, Germany say Sinwar’s death ‘can create momentum to end conflict’ in Gaza

Berlin: The US and Germany have said that the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar can “create a momentum to end the conflict in the Gaza Strip”. In a joint statement on…

Defence Secretary Austin reaffirms US, NATO’s long-term commitment to Ukraine

Brussels: United States Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has reaffirmed the US and NATO’s long-term commitment to a free and sovereign Ukraine. “Like countries of goodwill around the world, our NATO allies…
Pannun murder plot: Gupta pleads not guilty, seeks Hindi lawyer

New York; Nikhil Gupta who has been accused of trying to hire a hitman to attack Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun has reiterated his innocence and asked a federal judge for a…
War in Ukraine: Russia grateful for concern expressed by PM Modi, says Putin

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was grateful for the concern expressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the war in Ukraine. Asked at a media interaction here whether he saw…
Iran accused of killing about 200 Afghan refugees, UN seeks probe

An Iranian human rights organisation has accused the Iranian border police of killing or seriously injuring between 200 and 260 Afghan refugees at the Iran-Afghanistan territorial borderline. This report issued by Halvah…
Bangladesh cuts egg import duties, from 25 to 5 pc

Dhaka: Bangladesh’s National Board of Revenue (NBR) Thursday, October 18 drastically cut import duty on eggs from 25 percent to 5 percent to help rein in prices. The egg import duty cut…

Tensions between India, Canada have implications on Sikhs: NAPA

Chandigarh: The recent diplomatic tensions between India and Canada, particularly surrounding the killing of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, have had profound implications for the Sikh diaspora, the North American Punjabi Association (NAPA) said…
Qatar, US discuss joint efforts for Gaza ceasefire

Doha: Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the latest joint mediation efforts for a ceasefire…
Nawaz Sharif reaches out to New Delhi after Jaishankar’s trip to Islamabad

Lahore: India and Pakistan should “bury” the past and look at the future to live like good neighbours, former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday, in remarks seen as an…
US sanctions 2 Indians for alleged ties with Houthis

New York: The US has sanctioned two Indians for their alleged ties to a Houthi network transporting Iranian oil to raise funds for its activities in disrupting shipping in the Red Sea…
RAW official plotted to kill Sikh separatist in America: US Dept of Justice

Washington: An Indian RAW official was involved in a plot to kill a separatist Sikh American national last summer in and around the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, federal prosecutors…
HAF supremacist, rebrands bigotry as minority rights: Report

A report published by an American multiracial civil group, ‘Savera’, in association with the social justice research and strategy centre, ‘Political Research Associates (PRA)’, has termed the American Hindu organisation, Hindu American…
Royal Air Force scrambles fighter jet to intercept Air India plane after bomb threat

London: The Royal Air Force on Thursday scrambled a Typhoon fighter jet to intercept an Air India aircraft that received a bomb threat and the plane later landed safely in London. The…
Israel targets US citizen’s family in Gaza after he calls for rescue: Report

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) urged the Biden administration to halt Israel’s attacks on the Jabalia refugee camp after an American’s family was killed in repeated airstrikes in the Gaza Strip.…