NEW DELHI: Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has recently updated his records with Companies House, indicating that his usual country of residence is now the United States of America, rather than the United Kingdom, according to Daily Mail report. According to documents filed with Companies House, the official residenceContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has asked China’s foreign minister and other counterparts to use their influence to dissuade Iran from striking Israel, the State Department said Thursday.Blinken spoke by telephone over the past day to his Chinese, Turkish, Saudi and European counterparts “to make clear that escalationContinue Reading
LONDON: The United States and Britain on Wednesday criticised the Hong Kong government over a proposed new national security law, saying it would curtail freedoms in the finance hub.Massive pro-democracy protests rocked Hong Kong in 2019, bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the streets to call for greater freedoms.Continue Reading
NEW DELHI: US president Joe Biden expressed his hope on Monday that a ceasefire in Gaza could start by the beginning of next week. In the midst of a severe humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian territory, many countries, including Egypt, Qatar, the United States, and France, have been acting asContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Around 7.3 million migrants illegally entered the United States by crossing the southwest border during President Biden’s tenure, according to a Fox News study.Greater than the population of 36 individual states, if the current rate of illegal immigration does not decrease, fiscal year 2024 is projected to surpassContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Prospects for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas have dimmed as the United States indicated it would veto a UN Security Council resolution, and mediator Qatar admitted that truce talks have reached an impasse. Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to reject international appeals to spare Rafah,Continue Reading
TAIPEI: Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te said on Thursday he hopes the United States can continue to firmly support Taiwan, as he met the first group of US lawmakers to visit Taipei since he won an election earlier this month.Lai, from Taiwan’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) and the current viceContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: Pakistan and Iran have reached an agreement to de-escalate tensions following recent deadly airstrikes on militant targets in their respective territories, reported AFP.The airstrikes took place in the Baluchistan region, which is split between the two countries. These military actions had further fueled regional tensions that were alreadyContinue Reading
TOKYO: Japan signed a deal with the United States on Thursday to purchase up to 400 Tomahawk cruise missiles as part of its ongoing military buildup in response to increased regional threats. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s government has pledged to double its annual defense spending to around 10 trillion yenContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The United States on Saturday congratulated Taiwan’s president-elect Lai Ching-te, but maintained that Washington does not support independence for the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing.Asked by reporters for Washington’s position on Taiwan, where independence-leaning Lai has pitched himself as a defender of the island’s democratic way of life, USContinue Reading