A woman from Hyderabad has written to the Union Minister for External Affairs, S Jaishankar, seeking urgent intervention for the rescue and repatriation of her husband, Mohammed Ahmed, who she says has been trapped in Russia and forced to fight in the ongoing war against Ukraine. In a letter addressed to the Foreign Minister, Afsha…
United States President Donald Trump says he and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin have agreed to meet again for talks on the war in Ukraine. Trump announced on social media on Thursday that he would meet Putin in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, after the two leaders held a lengthy and productive phone call. The meeting will…
US President Donald Trump held a lengthy phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, just a day before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is scheduled to visit the White House to seek additional support in Ukraine’s war against Russia. Trump described the discussion as “ongoing, a lengthy one,” on his Truth Social platform, adding…
Economy a top issue The economy, however, is seen as the deciding issue across segments of Bolivian society. The Ipsos Ciesmori survey found that voters identified Bolivia’s economic crisis as their top concern going into the run-off. Other key concerns included the rise in consumer prices and the ongoing fuel shortage. In recent years, Bolivia…
People buying silver on Dhanteras last year spent around Rs 1,100 for a 10-gram coin. On Dhanteras 2025, the price of a silver coin has almost doubled to around Rs 1,950. The 98% year-on-year spike for silver is largely driven by a global rally, and has beaten the rise in gold prices, which saw a…
News of the phone call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday, in which they agreed to meet in person to discuss the war in Ukraine, will have come as an unwelcome surprise to Kyiv. The country is being hit hard. The last 24 hours alone have seen Russia launch…
Jose Raul Mulino says the visa-removal policy is ‘not coherent’ with the ‘good relationship’ he hopes to have with the US. Published On 16 Oct 202516 Oct 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Panama President Jose Raul Mulino said that someone at the United States Embassy has been threatening to cancel…
An uneasy calm prevails along the Durand Line as of now, after Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed upon a 48-hour ceasefire. A border conflict escalated into a deadly war between Afghanistan and Pakistan that left hundreds dead, with Pakistan using fighter jets and drones to target civilian areas inside Afghanistan, and Taliban fighters overrunning border outposts….
Israel has again delayed the reopening of Gaza’s Rafah crossing with Egypt to allow for the movement of people, with Foreign Minister Gideon Saar saying it could be open on Sunday, as Israeli attacks killed at least three Palestinians in southern Gaza. In a statement on Thursday, COGAT – an Israeli military unit that is…
US President Donald Trump thinks India gets a new prime minister every year. But it didn’t take social media much time to decode another of his trademark verbal slip-ups, with Trump seemingly mixing up India with its notorious neighbour Pakistan, which has seen its leaders come and go at a dizzying pace in its 77-year…