With hours to go before the midnight deadline to fund the government, the Senate was also in for a rare weekend session and prepared to act next.

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The Embassy of India in a statement said that the ‘Social Security Agreement’ is aimed at ensuring rights of the growing number of Indian nationals employed in various Indian and international concerns in Argentina as well as for Argentine nationals seeking employment in India

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The White House has brushed aside McCarthy's overtures to meet with President Joe Biden after the speaker walked away from the debt deal they brokered earlier this year that set budget levels

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The first round of the presidential polls in the Maldives was held on September 9, 2023, but all candidates failed to garner the required vote share of over 50%, leading to a run-off

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The meetings are routine but also particularly significant given the recent and serious diplomatic challenges in the India-Canada relationship

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The debate’s tone was far removed from a campaign that’s been driven by Mr. Trump’s attacks on his rivals and democratic institutions

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Trudeau said the speaker of the House of Commons, who resigned, was “solely responsible” for the invitation

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took a lengthy railroad trip to Russia's far east earlier this month and met there with Russian President Vladimir Putin

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’Beyond mere bragging about his riches, Donald Trump, his company and key executives repeatedly lied about them on his annual financial statements’

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Bronze Age, a gallery at Girinagar, Kochi, blends aesthetics with commercial viability , customises sculptures for interiors

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Reports from Kathmandu said PM Prachanda was sidestepping China’s pressure to welcome Mr. Xi’s new doctrines, the GSI and its GCI

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Tensions between France and Niger, a former French colony, have mounted in recent weeks

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Indian-American policy expert Taral Patel, previously the chief of staff for Fort Bend County, grew up in the county and went to local schools

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Francis appeared to refer to Poland's recent announcement that it is no longer sending arms to Ukraine

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“Pakistan’s economic model is no longer reducing poverty, and the living standards have fallen behind peer countries,” said Tobias Haque.

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The 92-year-old media baron has announced that he will hand the reins of his empire to his son Lachlan Murdoch and take the role as Chairman Emeritus of his companies, News Corp and Fox Corp

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The push in Iran to step up penalties comes a year after a wave of protests.

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This is just one of more than 150 cases filed against Mr. Yunus.

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Why have the Republicans moved forward with their plan? What are the allegations against Hunter Biden, the President’s son? Did the impeachment of Donald Trump play a role?

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Mr. Zelenskyy came to the Capitol to talk privately with Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate at a time that the world is watching Western support for Kyiv

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Ministry of External Affairs says India expects reduction in the number of Canadian diplomats in India, calls for political will to deal with terrorism

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The case of the two-year-old child taken into German custody won’t be resolved soon, says Envoy

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Palestinian health officials say the death toll over a day of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip has risen to six

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Zelenskyy took to the world stage at a sensitive point in his country's campaign to maintain international support for its fight.

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Despite the successful negotiations, tensions are almost certain to remain high between the U.S. and Iran

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Tens of thousands of traumatised residents are homeless and badly in need of clean water, food and basic supplies amid a growing risk of cholera, diarrhoea, dehydration and malnutrition

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Evergrande is the world's most heavily indebted real estate developer.

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Mr. Biden this month expressed disappointment that Mr. Xi skipped a summit of Group of 20 leaders in India

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The attack took place in the southwestern rural region of Narino, on the border with Ecuador.

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"Irregular migration is a European challenge and it needs a European response, we are in this together," she said.

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Lawyer Evelyn Tsao, who represented one of the women, called the ruling "one giant step for the rainbow families in our LGBTQ community"

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Holders of the visas will be "allowed to visit all sites apart from restricted areas for security concerns".

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Russia's Cabinet later released video showing Mr. Kim, on an elevated platform, looking at the cockpit of the Su-57 — Russia’s most sophisticated fighter jet.

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The decision, taken at UNESCO's annual world heritage committee meeting in Riyadh, is a step towards better protection of the historic sites, the UN's cultural organisation said.

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Mr. Hunter Biden was charged with two counts of making false statements, for claiming on forms that he was not using drugs illegally at the time he bought a Colt revolver in Delaware.

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Frontrunner Mohamed Muizzu is the protege of former leader Abdulla Yameen, who steered the archipelago towards Beijing’s orbit while in office and became an eager recipient of financial largesse from China’s Belt and Road infrastructure programme

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Suu Kyi has been detained since the generals seized power in February 2021, ending a 10-year democratic experiment and plunging the Southeast Asian country into bloody turmoil

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China has announced that it's upgrading its diplomatic ties with Venezuela to an “all weather” partnership

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The death and injury counts have risen as responders have reached more of these remote villages.

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's government is under pressure to toughen its policy on China as it seeks greater engagement with the Asian superpower.

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India is keen to collaborate on a partnership regarding the development of the NSR recognising the potential it holds for enhanced connectivity and trade

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U.S. regulators have approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, shots aimed at revving up protection this fall and winter

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U.S. President Joe Biden and Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong said the competing claims on the strategic waterway must be settled under international norms

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The head of one of Libya’s rival governments says that 2,000 people are feared dead in flooding that swept through the eastern parts of the north African nation

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The Ukrainian military says it recaptured strategic gas and oil drilling platforms from Russia in the Black Sea

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How is the second-largest economy in the world faring? How different is China’s investment driven economic model? Why are experts saying that the country needs to pivot to a more consumer-centric model?

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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has chastised China’s premier for “unacceptable” interference in British democracy

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Mr. Sharif, 73, has been living in self-imposed exile in London since November 2019.

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The former commander of Russian troops in Ukraine, who had close ties with Wagner, went missing for over two months after the private military’s mutiny

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Indonesia's geophysics agency (BMKG) reported no immediate tsunami but warned of possible aftershocks. It initially reported a magnitude of 6.3.

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A special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results recommended indictments against a much larger group than prosecutors ultimately charged, including one current and two former U.S. senators

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He lauds India for placing the “development agenda at the centre” of G-20

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“There was an emergency request from government authorities to activate Starlink all the way to Sevastopol. The obvious intent being to sink most of the Russian fleet at anchor,” Elon Musk posted on X

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Chinese Premier Li Qiang told PM Albanese China was ready to work with Australia to resume exchanges in different areas

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A court in military-ruled Myanmar has sentenced a photojournalist for an underground news agency to 20 years in prison with hard labor for his coverage of the aftermath of a deadly cyclone in May

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, opening a summit of the 10-member ASEAN, called on the group to devise a long-term tactical strategy

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Malaysia is in discussions with Google, Meta and other major online platforms over the regulatory framework.

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Scientists in Japan have added a new tool in the quest to solve an open problem: a theory to explain why atomic nuclei take the shapes they do.

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The Permanent Mission of India underscored that the situation in Manipur was peaceful and stable

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The two leaders are expected to meet as talks on a weapons sale are advancing

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At least 17 churches and nearly 100 homes were damaged in the August 16 mob attacks in Pakistan’s Jaranwala, a city in Punjab province

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Duty-free car raffles bombard those flying through Dubai International Airport

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The Korean Central News Agency said the operation was a “counteraction drill” in response to joint military activity by U.S. and South Korean forces that the agency said had escalated tensions in the region

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The renewable energy projects, coming up in Mannar and Pooneryn in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province, are expected to be completed by 2025

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The Danube has become Ukraine's main route for exporting grain since the collapse of a U.N.-brokered deal in July

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The case conference will take place on Tuesday (September 5) at 9 am, according to a hearing list on the Singapore Courts' website, Channel News Asia reported on Saturday.

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During a gathering of Catholic missionaries at the city’s Saints Peter and Paul Cathedral, the Pope said governments had “nothing to fear” from the Catholic Church

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The Nobel Foundation returned to its practice of inviting Ambassadors from all countries represented in Sweden, sparking a wave of angry reactions, after which it reversed the decision

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The head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency said Friday that the country has deployed an advanced intercontinental ballistic missile that President Vladimir Putin once said will make Russia’s enemies “think twice.”

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Ethan Nordean was “the undisputed leader on the ground on Jan 6,” said prosecutor Jason McCullough

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Al-Fayed spent 10 years trying to prove Diana and his son Dodi were murdered when their car crashed in a road tunnel in Paris in 1997

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A bike-ridden bomber hit a security forces convoy in Bannu district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Inter-Services Public Relations, the military’s media wing, said

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Tensions between Baku and Yerevan have escalated sharply in recent months, as both sides accuse the other of cross-border attacks

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“The drones used to attack the ‘Kresty’ air base in Pskov were launched from Russia,” Ukraine’s intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov said

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