
South Korea and the United States share the understanding that their latest talks on North Korea policy are not the same as a now-defunct dialogue channel under the former Moon Jae-in government, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday. ...

BJP thrives on identity issues. It uses these issues to polarize the society and to reap electoral benefits from that. So far starting from Babri Mosque-Ram Temple, Cow-beef, Love jihad and ...

The terrorist attack on families celebrating Jewish festival Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Australia laid bare not only the deadly consequences of anti-Semitism but a leadership vacuum that allowed such hatred to spread, a report said on Wednesday. ...

“A huge disagreement” in his administration overshadowed US President Donald Trump’s tariffs war, according to his Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, and neither she nor Vice President JD Vance could slow him down. ...

US President Donald Trump used a White House Hanukkah reception to deliver a campaign-style speech defending Israel, denouncing antisemitism, and touting what he described as his administration’s actions against Iran and Hamas, as an enthusiastic audience cheered, chanted slogans, and applauded familiar political refrains. ...

A bipartisan group of US senators introduced legislation aimed at imposing financial sanctions on foreign entities that continue to purchase Russian oil, seeking to choke off a major source of revenue for Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. ...

A US federal appeals court has denied a petition by an Indian national challenging a final administrative removal order issued by the Department of Homeland Security, ruling that alleged procedural errors did not cause him any prejudice. ...

US President Donald Trump, a strict teetotaler, has agreed with his Chief of Staff Susie Wiles’s observation that he has an “alcoholic’s personality”, and both put a positive spin on it as a single-minded pursuit of aims. ...

Russia and China are waging an expanding campaign of “hybrid warfare” across Europe that threatens United States' interests, NATO unity and democratic institutions, US lawmakers and experts have said, noting a dangerous coordinated strategy that blends cyberattacks, sabotage, disinformation and economic coercion. ...

America’s aviation system is operating at unprecedented intensity, stretched by rising traffic, workforce shortages, and aging infrastructure, even as a sweeping modernisation effort gathers pace following last year’s deadly mid-air collision near Washington, senior US lawmakers and aviation officials said...