Washington, Oct 12 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he has directed Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to "use all available funds" to ensure troops receive their pay on October 15 amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) In a whirlwind six-day prelude to his formal tenure, Sergio Gor, the 38-year-old Donald Trump confidant freshly confirmed as the United States' youngest-ever ambassador to India, has already injected fresh momentum into the world's most consequential bilateral partnership.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) After a period of relative calm, with four major rounds of trade negotiations between the United States and China since May that saw at least two instances of freezing tariffs at previous rates (30 per cent), a renewed tariff war is brewing between the world's two largest economies.
Dhaka, Oct 11 (IANS) Several political parties, including the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP), stated that they would make a final decision on signing the 'July National Charter-2025' after reviewing the complete draft, local media reported.
Quetta, Oct 11 (IANS) Several Baloch civilians have been forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces as the cycle of persecution continues amid a surge in enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, and torture across the province, said leading human rights organisations.
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) Pakistan has emerged as one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists, with attacks on media workers reaching alarming levels, a report highlighted on Saturday.
Islamabad, Oct 11 (IANS) In the wake of recent violent clashes across Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JK-JAAC), a coalition of traders, lawyers, and civil society groups, recently unveiled a 38-point charter outlining a wide range of demands, a report cited.
Dhaka: South Asia is hurtling toward a strategic rupture. While the region faces an expanding web of Islamist influence backed by state and non-state actors, Washington's inattentive posture risks turning local threats into global ones. Instead of confronting the covert advances of Pakistan's Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) and Turkey's Islamist networks in Bangladesh, the American focus appears diverted - at a time when decisive leadership is urgently needed. This drift not only undermines the security of India and its neighbours, but also exposes US interests to blowback from proxy-driven militancy that can cross borders and oceans.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) "Mr Prime Minister, you are great," read a signed message by US President Donald Trump on his photograph with Prime Minister Narendra Modi which was gifted to PM Modi by US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor, on Saturday.
New Delhi, Oct 11 (IANS) US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor on Saturday said that he had an "incredible meeting" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
