Washington: Finding it difficult to defend the Trump administration's policies as a diplomat especially over race and immigration, Sri Preston Kulkarni last December decided to quit his dream job at the US State Department to run for Congress. Kulkarni, whose family traces its roots to Maharashtr

San Francisco: Catastrophic wildfires continue to ravage California, as one blaze nearly doubled in size over the last three days, making it the largest in the US state's history, according to authorities. No one has been injured in the Mendocino Complex Fire, which consists of two fires -- the R

Five persons have been killed after a small aircraft crashed in Santa Ana city in California, officials said. The twin-engine aircraft on Sunday crashed near the South Coast Plaza shopping centre in Santa Ana city, according to the Orange County Fire Authority, Xinhua news agency reported. The

Beijing In a "technological breakthrough," China has successfully tested its first wave rider hypersonic aircraft that can carry nuclear warheads and break through any current generation anti-missile defence system due to its high speed and "unpredictable trajectory". The test of the Xingkong-2,

Caracas (Venezuela): Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Saturday he escaped an "assassination" attempt using an explosive-laden drone, after a live broadcast showed him looking confused when a bang went off during a Caracas military parade and dozens of soldiers scuttling for safety. His go

Indian-origin U.S. astronaut Sunita Williams is among the nine astronauts named by NASA who will fly the first missions into space on commercially provided rockets and capsules, starting next year. After years of vehicle development and building anticipation, the National Aeronautics and Space Ad

KARACHI: Twelve girls' schools have been burnt down by unidentified persons in coordinated attacks in Pakistan's restive Gilgit-Baltistan, triggering protest by local residents who sought safety for educational institutions which are often attacked by the militants, a media report said on Friday.

Washington: India has become the third Asian country after Japan and South Korea to get the Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) status after the US issued a federal notification to this effect, paving the way for high-technology product sales to New Delhi, particularly in civil space and defense

New Delhi: India has asked Britain to extradite billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, one of the main accused in the $2 billion loan fraud at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB). Modi's whereabouts have been unknown since PNB in January said that two jewellery groups headed by Modi and his uncle, Meh

China's top envoy called on the U.S. to remain “cool-headed” on Thursday as Washington threatened to raise the tariff rate on the next $200 billion of Chinese imports. Slapping additional tariffs on Chinese imports — 60% of which are made by foreign firms, including American companies — will only

The United States Congress has passed the National Defense Authorisation Act-2019 (NDAA-19) which capped its security-related aid to Pakistan to USD 150 million, significantly below the historic level of more than USD one billion to USD 750 million per year. This year’s defense legislation, however,

A medal considered the world's most prestigious maths prize has been stolen from a Cambridge professor just minutes after he was awarded it in Rio de Janeiro. Caucher Birkar, a Kurdish refugee from Iran, was one of four winners of the Fields Medal, often dubbed the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics", a

U.S. spy agencies are seeing signs that North Korea is constructing new missiles at a factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the United States, according to officials familiar with the intelligence. Newly obtained evidence, including sate

Dozens of people were injured on Tuesday when a packed Aeromexico-operated Embraer jet crashed soon after takeoff in Mexico’s state of Durango, but authorities said most were not seriously hurt and there were no fatalities. The mid-sized jet was almost full, with 97 passengers and four crew membe

Jalalabad: A suicide bomb and gun attack by militants on an Afghan government building in Jalalabad today killed at least 15 people, some burned "beyond recognition", officials said, the latest in a series of assaults on the eastern city. On the other side of the country a roadside bomb apparentl

New Delhi: Imran Khan's party - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf or PTI - is considering inviting leaders of SAARC countries, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his oath taking ceremony as the Prime Minister of Pakistan, a party official said today. Mr Khan's party has emerged as the single larges

More than 500 hikers and their guides have been successfully evacuated from an Indonesian volcano after a deadly earthquake triggered landslides that trapped them on the mountain, officials said on Tuesday. Tonnes of rock and mud were dislodged on Mount Rinjani in the 6.4-magnitude quake, which s

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would consider shutting down the government if Democrats refuse to vote for his immigration proposals, including a US-Mexico border wall. Republicans, trying to protect their majority in Congress, are playing down the chance of a shutdown as the November