Angry at Labour's 'anti-India' stance, Indian diaspora campaign for Tories

London (IANS) Upset over the Labour's perceived anti-India stance, especially over Kashmir, many among the Indian diaspora in the UK have begun openly campaigning against the Jeremy Corbyn-led party, and in favour of the ruling Conservatives.

4 Afghan judges killed in ambush

Kabul (IANS) Four judges were killed in an ambush in Afghanistan's Logar province on Thursday, police said.

The incident took place in the Baqi Abad area of Mohammad Agha district as the judges were returning home from a weekly holiday…

Pak fears strategic encirclement by India

Washington (IANS) Pakistan has played an active but negative role in Afghan affairs for decades, and Pakistan's security establishment, fearful of strategic encirclement by India, continues to view the Afghan Taliban as "a relatively friendly…

Trump threatens to pull California wildfire funds

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump has threatened to cut federal funding for the wildfires raging across California, in a Twitter spat with the state's Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom.

Nearly 100,000 acres have been destroyed by…

Outrage over backlash to German-Indian teen playing Jesus

Berlin (IANS) The mayor of Germany's Nuremberg has slammed a far-right party for "openly racist" comments about a German-Indian teenager picked to portray "Christ Child" or an infant Jesus Christ during this year's Christmas festivities, a…

US, S.Korea to skip joint annual air drill

Seoul (IANS) South Korea and the US were expected to skip a joint winter-time air exercise just as they did last year to support ongoing diplomacy for the denuclearization of North Korea, a source said on Sunday.

Military authorities of the…

India, Uzbekistan ink MoUs on military medicine, education

Tashkent (IANS) India and Uzbekistan have inked three MoUs pertaining to military medicine and military education during Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's three-day visit to Tashkent, officials said here on Sunday.

As had been reported by…

ASEAN integral part of India's Act East Policy: Modi

Bangkok (IANS) Terming the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region as an integral part of India's Act East Policy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said India is keen to strengthen partnership in the fields of maritime security,…

US debt exceeds $23 tn for first time in history

Washington (IANS) The US government's public debt has exceeded $23 trillion for the first time in history, according to data released by the Department of Treasury.

As of October 31, 2019, the total public debt stood at over $23 trillion,…

Pak violated Vienna Convention over access to Jadhav: ICJ chief to UN

United Nations (IANS) International Court of Justice President Judge Abdulqawi A. Yusuf has told the UN General Assembly that Pakistan had violated its obligations under the Vienna Convention by not allowing consular access to Indian national Kulbhushan…