State-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has won an additional $777 million contract to supply LRSAM air and missile defence systems to seven ships in the Indian navy, the company said on Wednesday. The contract is with the Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL), which is the main contractor in the proje

The doomed Titanic which sank on its maiden voyage over a century ago following a collision with an iceberg will now have a successor. A full-sized replica of the ship, Titanic II is set to sail across the Atlantic in 2022. The successor to the tragic first ship, which set sail in 1912, will retrace

India and China on Monday signed a first-ever agreement on security cooperation which will strengthen and consolidate assistance in counter-terrorism, organised crimes, drug control, human trafficking and exchange of information, marking a new beginning between the two countries. The agreement wa

President Xi Jinping on Tuesday inaugurated the world’s longest sea bridge connecting the financial centre of Hong Kong, the gambling hub of Macau and Zhuhai city on the mainland as Beijing steps up efforts to create a new economic base in southern China. Described as a mega infrastructure projec

Defence Minister Nimala Sitharaman met Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meet here on Saturday. The 12th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) and the 5th ADMM-Plus are being held in Singapore and attended by the defence ministers from

At least 22 people have died after an express train derailed and flipped over on a popular coastal tourist route in Taiwan on Sunday, the island’s worst rail accident for more than 20 years. Taiwan’s railways administration confirmed 22 people had been killed and said 171 people had been injured,

DAR ES SALAAM: Indian-origin Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji, who was captured by gunmen outside a gym here nine days ago, is back home safe after his kidnappers freed him, the police said. Mr Dewji, 43-year-old CEO of the METL Group family conglomerate, was kidnapped by unknown men on Octob

US President Donald Trump has announced to terminate the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, a decision that may lead to an arms race across Europe similar to that of the 1980s when the agreement was initially signed. “Russia has violated the agreement. They’ve been violat

The world’s longest sea bridge Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge will be thrown open for traffic on October 24, the authorities said Saturday. The 55-kilometer-long bridge, situated in the Lingdingyang waters of the Pearl River Estuary, will be the world’s longest sea bridge, state-run Xinhua news agenc

The Income Tax (IT) department has launched an investigation against at least 7,500 Indians who have bought high-end properties in Dubai in the last few years, sources told The Indian Express. The Intelligence and Criminal Investigation (I&CI) wing of the tax department has obtained data of Indi

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday praised a US congressman who assaulted a reporter, making light of the attack. Greg Gianforte was sentenced to six months of deferred jail time, 40 hours of community service, 20 hours of anger management sessions and $385 in fines and court fees

New Delhi: In a bid to repair New Delhi-Colombo relations, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Wednesday called up Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying the "malafide reports" in a section of press about him alleging an assassination attempt on his life by India's Research and Analysis Wing (

WASHINGTON: Abandoning the Obama-era rule of granting work permits to H-4 visa holders - who are spouses of professionals holding H-1B visas, mostly Indians - will benefit some US workers, the Department of Homeland Security believes. The Trump administration is planning to revoke a rule that makes

A Pakistani serial killer was executed at a prison here on Wednesday after a court dismissed a petition for his public hanging filed by the father of a seven-year-old girl, who was raped and murdered by the convict. Imran Ali, who was convicted for the rape and murder of the minor girl in the cit

An Afghan election candidate is among four people killed by a bomb planted under his chair in the southern province of Helmand days before the parliamentary elections, officials said. Abdul Jabar Qahraman, who was preparing to contest Saturday's elections, was killed in his office on Wednesday in

A federal judge dismissed Stormy Daniels’ defamation lawsuit against President Donald Trump on Monday, saying the president made a “hyperbolic statement” against a political adversary when he tweeted about a composite sketch the porn actress’ lawyer released. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie

In a nail-biting incident, a pilot battled powerful 40-knot crosswinds to land his plane successfully at Bristol airport in the United Kingdom, the Mirror reported. The aircraft was swaying from side-to-side while landing on October 12 due to the strong currents unleashed by Storm Callum. The footag

Berlin: Police say three people died after they were hit by a small plane in central Germany as it attempted to take off from an aborted landing. Police in Hesse state said the victims, two adults and a child, were standing at the edge of an airfield at the Wasserkuppe hill near Fulda, German new