WASHINGTON: Secretary of State Tony Blinken has raised the matter of an assassination bid on prominent Sikh leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun in New York with India's foreign minister, a spokesperson for the State Department said Wednesday. According to a report, Matthew Miller said that Washington has
CHICAGO: The war against terror group Daesh has expanded into other regions outside of the Middle East, a leading US counterterrorism official said on Wednesday. Ian J. McCary, who works at the State Department as its Counterterrorism Bureau’s deputy special envoy for the Global Coalition to
LONDON: Extreme weather has thrown a frosty wrench into the plans of many across the United Kingdom, prompting a series of cancellations and disruptions to sporting events and daily life. The Met Office has issued a fresh yellow weather warning for snow and ice, covering extensive
DUBAI: Battle lines on fossil fuels hardened at UN climate talks on Tuesday despite scientists warning that global warming could breach the 1.5C threshold within seven years. A new COP28 draft agreement in Dubai included the options of phasing out fossil fuels or not addressing the
ABUJA: Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday called for a thorough investigation into a military drone attack that the state emergency agency in northern Kaduna state said killed at least 85 people at the weekend. The state's governor, a religious leader and witnesses told Reuters on
LONDON: Britain announced plans to slash the number of migrants arriving by legal routes on Tuesday, raising the minimum salary they must earn in a skilled job by a third, amid pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to tackle record net migration figures. High levels of
WASHINGTON: White House deputy national security adviser Jon Finer led a U.S. delegation to New Delhi on Monday where he noted the formation of an investigative panel by India to probe an unsuccessful plot to assassinate a Sikh separatist on U.S. soil. "Mr. Finer acknowledged India's
CHENNAI: At least four people died, factories closed and the runway of one of India's busiest airports lay submerged due to torrential rain, as two southern states were braced for the impact of a severe cyclone. Cyclone Michaung was expected to make landfall on the coast
LONDON: The Oxford University Press on Monday named "rizz", as the word of the year 2023, and some people are not even aware of what that means. "Rizz" is Generation Z's internet slang for romantic appeal, and was chosen among eight words reflecting the mood, ethos,
LONDON: A UK interfaith coalition comprising religious, political and civic leaders, as well as grieving relatives of some of those killed in the Israel-Hamas war, held a vigil Sunday in London. Hundreds gathered mid-afternoon in wet and frigid conditions opposite Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Downing Street