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WASHINGTON: Two sets of diplomatic negotiations, on Ukraine and Iran, are set to take place in Geneva on Tuesday, according to a source briefed on the matter. A U.S. delegation including Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet with the Iranians on Tuesday morning, the source said. Representatives from Oman will be on hand and mediate the U.S.-Iran contacts, the source said....more
MUNICH: The exiled son of Iran's last shah called on U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday to help the Iranian people and said it was "time to end the Islamic republic". "To President Trump... The Iranian people heard you say help is on the way, and they have faith in you. Help them," the U.S.-based Reza Pahlavi told reporters at the Munich Security Conference....more
WASHINGTON, Feb 1: The United States will send the world's largest aircraft carrier to the West Asia to back up another already there, a person familiar with the plans said on Friday, putting more American firepower behind President Donald Trump's efforts to coerce Iran into a deal over its nuclear program....more
DHAKA: The new Union Cabinet of Bangladesh is set to take oath on February 17 following a sweeping victory by Tarique Rahman’s Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) in the 13th parliamentary elections. Tarique Rahman will take the oath as Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Monday alongside his cabinet. South Asian leaders have been invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Rahman and his cabinet....more
NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday alleged that the government has “sold Bharat Mata” through the India-U.S. interim trade deal and that it was a “wholesale surrender” with India’s energy security handed over to America and farmers’ interests compromised. Participating in the debate on the Union Budget, he said that had an INDIA Bloc government negotiated the trade agreement with the U.S., it would have told U.S. President Donald Trump that he should treat India as an equal....more
LONDON: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison developed from a dart frog toxin, the UK and European allies have said. Two years on from the death of Navalny at a Siberian penal colony, Britain and its allies have blamed the Kremlin following analysis of material samples found on his body....more
NEW DELHI: Defence Acquisition Council has cleared a proposal to buy 114 Rafale fighter jets from France’s Dassault Aviation. The clearance comes days before French President Emmanuel Macron’s scheduled visit to India for the Artificial Intelligence Summit. Around 18 aircraft are likely to be acquired in fly-away condition to meet the Indian Air Force’s immediate operational requirements, while the remaining jets would be manufactured in India, according to an official....more
NEW DELHI: A Supreme Court Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria on Monday, ordered an extension of the time for objections by a week from February 14 in the West Bengal SIR case....more
TOKYO: Japanese stocks surged to a record high on Monday, as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) basked in a historic election victory. The LDP secured 316 out of 465 seats in Sunday's election, the first time a single party has won a two-thirds lower house majority since Japan's parliament was established in its current form in 1947....more
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has upped his pressure against Israel’s President Isaac Herzog as he seeks a pardon for his ally, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing bribery charges. The United States president told reporters on Thursday that the Israeli prime minister has been an “extraordinary” wartime leader. He then condemned Herzog for failing to offer Netanyahu presidential clemency....more
NEW DELHI: French President Emmanuel Macron will visit India from February 17 to 19 and will discuss bilateral cooperation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Ministry of External Affairs announced the visit in a statement on Tuesday. The French president's visit comes after Modi's visit to France last year in February....more
By Deepak Arora
NEW DELHI: The Embassy of France in India and the French Institute in India, in partnership with Reliance Industries Limited, the United Nations in India and the Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode, are pleased to announce a special Indo-French edition of the R|Elan Circular Design Challenge to be held in 2026, as part of the India-France Year of Innovation....more
NEW DELHI: The ICC have released a statement confirming the participation of Pakistan in all their scheduled ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 matches – including their match against India on 15 February in Colombo. The statement released by ICC said: “The dialogue between ICC and PCB took place as part of a broader engagement with both parties recognising the need for constructive dealings and being united, committed and purposeful in their aspirations to serve the best interests of the game with integrity, neutrality and cooperation....more
SEOUL: Imagine a life-saving spray that instantly stops severe bleeding. That’s exactly what researchers in South Korea have developed — and it could change how wounds are treated on the battlefield, and in ambulances and emergency rooms. The next-generation hemostatic agent is being developed primarily for use by military and emergency medical professionals, though its simplicity suggests it may become more widespread in the future, allowing at-home usage....more |
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