President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday (Aug 14) that Turkey could suspend diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates after a landmark deal between Israel and the Gulf state. “I gave an order to the foreign minister. I said we could suspend diplomatic relations with

Malaysia has decided to lift an earlier limit on the hiring of foreign workers meant to protect jobs for locals in most sectors, the Human Resources Ministry said late on Thursday. Last month, the ministry said the hiring of foreign labor would be limited to the construction,

President Donald Trump says he has heard Democratic running mate Kamala Harris "doesn't qualify" to serve as US vice-president, amplifying a fringe legal theory critics decry as racist. Harris was born to a Jamaican father and Indian mother in Oakland, California, on 20

Former president of India Pranab Mukherjee’s medical condition remains unchanged, the Army (R&R) Hospital, where Mukherjee is undergoing treatment since Monday, announced on Friday.  The statement issued by the hospital said that the former president is under intensive

An alliance of five major nations-  Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US - have voiced their concerns over the Hong Kong government’s “unjust” disqualification of candidates and “disproportionate” postponement of Legislative Council

One of the three suicide bombers involved in the attack on a gurdwara in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on 25 March is not an Indian national from Kerala’s Kasargod as suspected, ThePrint has learnt. Authorities carried out a DNA test on the bomber, suspected to be 21-year-old

Vietnamese Americans and members of the Tibetan community joined a group of Indian-origin Americans in 'America Protest Against Communist China' demonstration outside the Capitol Hill on Sunday (local time). Since the Galwan standoff between India and China, anti-China protests

Sericulture in Jammu and Kashmir will get a boost with the newly established silk weaving and silk filatures factories at Bari Brahmana area of Samba district. These new facilities have been established with project cost of Rs 16.80 crore and Rs 6.64 crore respectively. Equipped with

India saw its Covid-19 tally jump by 66,999 new cases - highest single-day spike - on Thursday which pushed the number of cases to nearly 2.4 million. The country recorded 942 fresh fatalities in the last 24 hours, which pushed the death toll due to the disease to 47,033. The number

Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn swore in a new cabinet on Wednesday (Aug 12), calling for "order and peace" but without mentioning recent anti-government student protests that have urged reforms of the powerful monarchy. The ceremony marked the king's first public

A prominent Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) activist observed the first anniversary of Indian government's move of scrapping Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir last year by cutting tri-colour cake and releasing balloons. Feeling proud of the day, activist Dr Amjad Ayub Mirza from

With a new high-tech cold storage facility for safekeeping of delicate tulip bulbs, Srinagar’s world-famous Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden is ready for next season’s bloom. Situated on the foothills of the Zabarwan Range with an overview of Dal Lake, the garden is

Pakistan, a country that is known for being the epicentre of international terrorism is now involved in establishing diplomatic relations and setting up its diplomatic missions in the African countries amid rising radical Islamic terrorism in the continent. As per the Indian security

The UK economy suffered its biggest slump on record between April and June as coronavirus lockdown measures pushed the country officially into recession. The economy shrank 20.4% compared with the first three months of the year. Household spending plunged as shops were ordered to

Three people have died in the Indian city of Bangalore after police fired on crowds protesting against an allegedly blasphemous Facebook post. Crowds gathered outside the house of a local politician whose relative was accused of making an "offensive" post about the Prophet

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate - the first black woman and Asian American in the role. Once a rival for the top job, the California senator of Indian-Jamaican heritage had long been considered the front-runner for the

As part efforts to give people right information about COVID-19 and help contain its spread, a Kashmiri student has developed a web page (COVID-19 Kashmir Tracker) that provides information about COVID-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir. Haider Ali Punjabi, a resident of Nishat area in

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is committed to the production and use of technology that controls and surveils its population, according to a congressional commission of the US. In a joint statement to Fox News, Chairman Robin Cleveland and Vice Chairman Carolyn Bartholomew of the

World’s biggest oil producer and exporter Saudi Arabia is yet to renew an agreement with Pakistan that allows oil supplies on deferred payments after that pact expired two months back. An agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for provision of $3.2 billion worth of oil on

Post the violent June 15 Galwan Valley clashes, India has shown the confidence of standing solo against China in any future border dispute despite the United States' offer of forming a Quad alliance against Beijing, a European-based think tank said. Since the clashes in Eastern