Virginia has entered a new chapter in its political history with the swearing-in of Ghazala Hashmi as the state’s Lieutenant Governor on January 17. With this development, she has become the first Indian American to win a statewide office in the Commonwealth and the first Muslim woman to be elected to a statewide position anywhere...
Tensions in the Middle East have escalated sharply as Iran warned the United States that any military attack would prompt retaliation against Israel and American military bases across the region. The warning comes amid Washington’s increasingly vocal support for anti-government protests spreading across the Islamic Republic. Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf told lawmakers on...
US President Donald Trump on Friday continued to make a case for deserving the Nobel Peace Prize, once again highlighting his role in ending the Pakistan-India conflict in May 2025. Speaking to reporters after a meeting with oil and gas executives at the White House in Washington, Trump was questioned about Venezuelan opposition leader María...
Beijing: The Chinese Embassy has issued an urgent advisory calling on its citizens and companies near the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border to evacuate immediately due to a worsening security situation. In a statement released on Wednesday, the embassy described the security environment in the border region as “complex and severe.” It highlighted a series of attacks on...
The depleted Amirkabir dam in Tehran, Iran, on November 11. TEHRAN: Iranian authorities on Saturday halted electricity production at one of the country’s biggest dams due to a marked drop in the reservoir’s water level, state media reported. “Due to the drop in the Karkheh Dam reservoir level, its power plant’s units were removed from...
Hong Kong on Saturday mourned the 128 people known to have died in a massive fire at a high-rise apartment complex, a toll that is likely to rise with 200 others still unaccounted for days after the disaster. Authorities have arrested 11 people in connection with the city’s worst blaze in nearly 80 years as they investigate...
North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple short-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday, South Korea’s military said, a week before a key Asia-Pacific leaders’ meeting in South Korea. It was the first launch of ballistic missiles since May by Pyongyang, which has defied a United Nations Security Council ban on the weapons. It was also...
Saudi Arabia is discussing a defence deal with the United States which it hopes to seal when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the White House next month, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. A senior Trump administration official told the Financial Times there were discussions about signing something...
United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that FIFA chief Gianni Infantino would support moving 2026 World Cup games from US cities for security reasons if necessary. In September, Trump raised the possibility of moving games amid his crackdown on Democratic-run cities, but at the time FIFA said that it was up to football’s...
New Delhi: India’s opposition Congress party criticised the Narendra Modi government on Saturday over the absence of women journalists from a press conference addressed by visiting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi, with Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra asking the prime minister to clarify his position on the matter. “Mr Modi, when you allow...