World

Paris: France's head of the armed forces resigned on Wednesday after a heated dispute with Emmanuel Macron over defence budget cuts, bringing to a head...

Manila: Five Philippine presidential guard members were wounded and a paramilitary guard killed on Wednesday in an attack by Maoist rebels disguised as...

Washington: The United States on Tuesday unveiled new economic sanctions against Iran over its ballistic missile programmme and for contributing to regional...

Winchester (UK): The Bank of England unveiled its first plastic 10 pound note on Tuesday, which features 19th century British novelist Jane Austen and will...

Moscow/Kiev: The pro-Russian rebel leader of a breakaway region in eastern Ukraine proposed on Tuesday replacing Ukraine with a new federal state, in...

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Tuesday to make "unremitting" efforts towards promoting peace in the Middle East following a...

New Delhi: Textiles Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday assumed additional charge of the Information and Broadcasting Ministry, replacing M Venkaiah Naidu who...

United Nations: India's GDP could rise to about $8 trillion over the next 15 years if the country registers an economic growth of 8 per cent annually...