Biden nominates Nisha Biswal as Dy CEO of US finance agency

Washington: US President Joe Biden has announced his intent to nominate Indian-American policy expert Nisha Desai Biswal as Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC). Biswal is presently the Senior…

New York beefs up security measures amid uncertainties over Trump case

New York: Law enforcement in New York City stepped up security measures in sensitive areas after former US President Donald Trump recently suggested that he would be arrested and called for his supporters to stage…

Biden okays bill to declassify intelligence info on Covid origins

Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed a bill to declassify intelligence information on the origins of the Covid pandemic, which has so far claimed more than seven million lives globally. “Today, I am pleased…

US report raises concerns over human rights violations in Pakistan

Islamabad: The US has raised serious concerns over human rights violations in Pakistan in an annual report. The State Department’s 2022 Country Report on Human Rights Practices points out incidents of extrajudicial killings, arrests and…

Indian students ask Sunak to clear their names in English test scandal

London: A group of international students, including many Indians, who had their visas revoked almost 10 years ago after accusations of cheating in English language tests in the UK, have called on British Prime Minister…

Saudi King invites Iranian Prez to visit Riyadh

Tehran: Just over a week after Tehran and Riyadh agreed to restore diplomatic relations, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has invited Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to visit Riyadh, a senior official here…

Iran, Iraq sign security cooperation agreement

Tehran: Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement on security cooperation in Baghdad. The deal was signed on Sunday by visiting Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani and Iraq’s National Security…

Imran booked on terror charges over clashes in Islamabad

Islamabad: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan and other PTI leaders were on Sunday booked on terror charges for clashes between the police and party activists outside the Islamabad judicial complex, according to a media…

Kuwait court nullifies 2022 election results, reinstates previous Parliament

Kuwait City: Kuwait’s Constitutional Court on Sunday annulled the 2022 National Assembly and brought back the 2020 Parliament, the media reported. The ruling, which took immediate effect, saw members of the previous Parliament, including Speaker…

15 killed as 6.7-magnitude quake jolts Ecuador

Quito: At least 15 people have been killed and more than 400 injured after an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale struck Ecuador, the media reported citing officials. The epicentre was near Balao, about…

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