Washington, Sep 17 — US President Donald Trump said he retained confidence in Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh but accused other policymakers of raising interest rates to hurt him politically, offering no evidence for the allegation. Speaking to reporters at Charlotte airport in North Carolina on…
Washington, Sep 17 — The US Congress has cleared legislation providing for tariffs of up to 100 per cent on goods from major buyers of Russian energy, sending President Donald Trump a sanctions package that divided Democrats over the scope of his trade powers.The House passed the Lindsey O. Graham…
Sanaa, Sep 17 — Yemen's Houthi group has said that Saudi warplanes had carried out 40 airstrikes across three Yemeni provinces over the past 24 hours, as intensified air operations and cross-border attacks marked a further escalation in the conflict. In a statement posted on social media platform…
Washington, Sep 17 — Democratic lawmakers have urged President Donald Trump to raise human rights concerns, including China's treatment of Tibetans and Uyghurs, during Chinese President Xi Jinping's forthcoming White House visit, accusing his administration of sidelining the issue in relations with…
United Nations, Sep 17 — India has denounced Pakistan over its links with "the worst of humanity", the al-Qaida terrorists who killed thousands in the US 25 years ago in the September 11 attacks. Recalling the Security Council's visit to the hallowed 9/11 memorial last week, India's Permanent…
Washington, Sep 17 — The US Federal Reserve has established a task force to examine how artificial intelligence could shape the economy and future monetary policy, with its findings expected by the end of the year, Chair Kevin Warsh said. Warsh said the central bank was examining AI’s effects on…
Washington, Sep 17 — President Donald Trump has ordered officials to identify Canadian goods that could be excluded from US federal civilian procurement, accusing Canada of restricting American companies’ access to government contracts while retaining preferential entry to the US market. The…
Jerusalem, Sep 17 — Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir said that progress toward an agreement with Lebanon on disarming Hezbollah cannot be made unless the Lebanese army significantly improves its effectiveness on the ground, weeks before a new round of US-mediated talks. During a visit to troops…
Gaza, Sep 17 — The death toll from the collapse of a residential building in western Gaza City rose to 21, including 11 children and six women, with more than 25 injured, local officials and residents have said. The six-storey Al-Saada building, previously damaged by Israeli bombardment, collapsed…
United Nations, Sep 17 — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for de-escalation in the Middle East and Ukraine. He made the appeal at a press conference ahead of this year's high-level week of the UN General Assembly."At this crucial moment in the Middle East, de-escalation must be…
Washington, Sep 17 — US President Donald Trump has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to tackle illicit opium poppy cultivation and strengthen supply chain security, while identifying India among 23 major drug transit or illicit drug-producing countries for fiscal year 2027.The…
Washington, Sep 17 — The US Federal Reserve has raised its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to 3.75–4 per cent, with Chair Kevin Warsh saying inflation remains too high and a strengthening economy allows policymakers to focus on restoring price stability. The Federal Open…
Moscow, Sep 17 — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would consider the deployment of Western troops on Ukrainian territory a declaration of direct war. "Let me emphasise that we have no interest in getting involved in this, but if Europe, which talks every day about preparing…
United Nations, Sep 17 — Decrying the paralysis of the Security Council mired in an irrelevant past, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that its reform must be "an absolute priority". He said at a news conference here that one of the factors behind the Council's…
United Nations, Sep 16 — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed on Wednesday the declaration BRICS adopted in New Delhi over the weekend with a "strong commitment to multilateralism". It is "important" that the BRICS summit produced "a common declaration with a strong commitment…
Hong Kong, Sep 16 — India secured a significant diplomatic achievement at the 18th BRICS Summit by helping the increasingly diverse bloc reach agreement on a joint declaration despite major differences over global conflicts and the international order, a report has stated, citing analysts.…
Quetta, Sep 16 — As violence against civilians continues unabated across Balochistan, leading human rights organisations brought to light the extrajudicial killing of a civilian and the enforced disappearance of another minor girl by Pakistani forces in Balochistan. Paank, the human rights…
Islamabad, Sep 16 — The Pakistani authorities have severely restricted internet services in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) since June 5, the day protests erupted in the region calling for electoral reforms and other socio-political demands. The indefinite and blanket internet shutdown imposed by…
New Delhi, Sep16 — Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the attempted drone attack by Yemen's Houthis near the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, but avoided any military commitment, despite a military pact signed with Riyadh and Ankara, touted as being similar to NATO. Islamabad's reaction reflects a…
New Delhi, Sep 16 — Reiterating that it has never recognised the so-called 'China-Pakistan Boundary Agreement' of 1963 and have consistently maintained that it is illegal and invalid, India on Wednesday rejected a boundary joint commission created by China and Pakistan, saying that any so-called…
Moscow, Sep 16 — Japan's remilitarisation and the deployment of missiles near Russia's borders pose a threat to the latter's national security, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. During a meeting with Japanese Ambassador to Russia Akira Muto, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey…