New York, August 15 (IANS) President Donald Trump has declared that the US will be taking over as its territory the Hormuz Strait, a key artery for petroleum and gas where his country's almost half-year-long wa
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Jakarta, August 15 (IANS) An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 jolted off the coast of Flores Island in Indonesia early Saturday, the country's Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said.The ep
Washington, August 15 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States after defeating Iran, making an extraordinary assertion over one of the wor
Washington, August 14 (IANS): US President Donald Trump has opened a path for foreign companies to build ships for the US Navy as part of a sweeping effort to revive Americas shipbuilding industry, accelerate n
Dhaka, August 14 (IANS): The United Nations Security Council has warned that Al-Qaida in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) is attempting to use Bangladesh as a base to establish terrorist cells.The finding appears
Washington, Aug 14 (IANS) US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs of up to 100 per cent on imports of unmanned drones and their components, saying the move is aimed at reducing the United States relianc
Abu Dhabi, August 14 (IANS) Two vessels belonging to Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were attacked while transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday evening, local autho
Tehran, August 13 (IANS) Iran's main military command, Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, on Thursday stated that no vessel can safely transit the Strait of Hormuz without the permission of Iran, local medi
Washington, August 13 (IANS) White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt will leave her post at the end of August to spend more time with her family, President Donald Trump announced here on Wednesday.Leavitt,
Washington, August 13 (IANS) President Donald Trump appeared to leave open the possibility of declaring a national security emergency to impose voter identification and citizenship requirements ahead of the US
Washington, August 13 (IANS) US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has urged members of a Western Hemisphere security coalition to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing it of threatening nat
Kathmandu, August 12 (IANS): A group of Nepali youths and family members of former Indian Army personnel in Nepal organised a rally in western Pokhara city on Wednesday, demanding that Nepali youths be allowed
Sanaa, August 12 (IANS): Yemen's Houthi group launched a fresh ballistic missile attack on the Red Sea port city of Mocha on Wednesday, stepping up its attacks on areas controlled by the internationally recogni
Seoul, August 12 (IANS): North Korea has denounced South Korea's efforts to build a nuclear-powered submarine, calling it a step toward "nuclear armament," and warned of "unparalleled power" to neutralise threa
Washington, August 12 (IANS): A veteran White House reporter has broken a 26-year silence to reveal that the Clinton administration briefed journalists before using a decoy aircraft during the US presidents hig
Wellington, August 12 (IANS): New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has survived a caucus confidence vote on Wednesday and will remain leader of the governing National Party, after an hours-long caucus m
Washington, August 12 (IANS): US President Donald Trump said that he would love to run for another term in 2028 but acknowledged that the law presents a formidable barrier to such a bid.Everybody asks me that q
Kathmandu, August 11 (IANS) The Embassy of India in Nepal and several Nepali government agencies on Tuesday signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) to implement eight projects in the education, health and ag
Sanaa, August 11 (IANS) Three crew members were reportedly killed on Tuesday after Yemen's Houthi group attacked a commercial vessel passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait, a pro-government Yemeni media outle
Damascus, August 11 (IANS): Former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and several former officials have been sentenced to death after a court convicted them of crimes, including arbitrary detention, premeditated
