The burden of proof always rests on the claimant. This is one of the most basic principles of logic. The person or party making a claim has to provide substantial evidence backing that claim, irrespective of any counter-claims made. But things are never this simple in international diplomacy, especially when it comes to India-Pakistan relations. The discussion around the evidence for the surgical strikes conducted by the Indian Army against terror... 

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump’s running mate Mike Pence on Tuesday said the United States should attack Syrian government targets if Russia continues to support its campaign to retake Aleppo. Mike Pence said the US should attack Syrian government if Russia is to support campaign to retake Aleppo. “If Russia chooses to be involved and continue… in this barbaric attack on Aleppo, the United States of America should use military force to... 

While opposition parties were expected to politicise India’s surgical strikes in PoK on 28 September, our electronic media appears to have gone more than berserk. The opposition fears are natural with the approaching elections particularly in Uttar Pradesh where they would not want the NDA government to draw any political mileage having demonstrated a pro-active stance against rogue Pakistan. So while they support government action, they make... 

Barack Obama spoke on the eve of the 15th anniversary of 9/11. WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Saturday urged Americans to remain united in the face of terrorist attacks, in a barely-veiled jab at Republican White House nominee Donald Trump 15 years after 9/11. “In the face of terrorism, how we respond matters,” Obama said in his weekly radio and online address, delivered on the eve of the 15th anniversary of the September 11 terror... 

By Rajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan People watch a TV news program reporting North Korea’s nuclear test at Seoul Railway Station in South Korea. North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Friday morning at 9 am local time in yet another defiance of UN resolutions. The South Korean government reported that this was possibly the biggest explosion so far and it appears that Pyongyang is beginning to make serious nuclear advances. South Korean... 

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets off on Friday on a bilateral visit to Vietnam and to attend the annual summit of powerful G-20 grouping in China’s Hangzhou where India is likely to seek concrete measures to check terror financing and crackdown on tax evasion. PM Modi in a file image. Modi’s first destination will be Vietnam from where he will leave for Hangzhou on September 3 to attend the G-20 summit on September 4 and 5.... 

John Kerry came and simply said what India wanted to hear. In three crucial areas of counter-terrorism, strategic ties and visa rules for Indian workers, the US Secretary of State’s stance at the end of the second India-US Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) — the final one involving the outgoing Obama administration — was music to New Delhi’s ears. US Secretary of State John Kerry in India. Gone was the hesitation of history.... 

Cuba and the United States began normalizing relations in December 2014 after 18 months of secret talks FORT LAUDERDALE: The first regularly scheduled commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century is set to depart on Wednesday, starting a new chapter in the Obama administration’s bid to open trade and travel with the former Cold War foe. The first of several U.S. carriers to begin serving Cuba in the coming... 

PAAS members were detained to prevent any trouble at the event. JAMNAGAR: Ahead of the inauguration of SAUNI project by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Jamnagar, more than 25 members of Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) were detained from different parts of Rajkot and the district to prevent any trouble at the event. The PAAS members as well as conveners were detained by Paddhari and Gandhigram police of Rajkot while several others... 

File image of Yogeshwar Dutt. Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt, who failed to win a bout at the Rio Olympics, confirmed on Tuesday in a tweet that the bronze medal that he won at the London 2012 Summer Olympics will be upgraded to silver after the silver medallist, the late Besik Kudukhov of Russia, tested positive for doping. Kudukhov, who finished second in the 60 kg freestyle event, died in a car accident in Russia in 2013 when he was just 27 years...