WASHINGTON: Bangladesh's interim National Security Advisor (NSA) Khalilur Rahman met with US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau at the State Department in Washington on Wednesday, briefing him about the Muhammad Yunus-led regime's "efforts" on conducting national elections in the country.

WASHINGTON: A man was fatally shot in Kent, Washington, on Monday (US time), prompting a swift response from local police and emergency services, the Kent Police Department confirmed, adding that the suspect, a 28-year-old resident of Kent, surrendered his firearm at the scene and is cooperating with authorities.

NEW DELHI: Ahead of the first Test against England, starting on June 20 in Leeds, in-form left-handed batter B Sai Sudharsan spoke about how his Tamil Nadu team-mate, off-spin bowling all-rounder Washington Sundar, has been a source of inspiration since he was young.

SEOUL: South Korea's Foreign Ministry on Thursday expressed deep condolences over the killings of two Israeli Embassy staff members who were shot to death in Washington.

WASHINGTON: Two members of the Israeli embassy staff were fatally shot Wednesday night in Washington DC by a man who, the police said, had chanted "Free Palestine".

WASHINGTON: Two Israeli Embassy staff were shot dead near the Jewish Museum in Washington, as confirmed by US Homeland Security.

NEW DELHI: As part of ongoing discussions on the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement, representatives of India’s Department of Commerce and the Office of the US Trade Representative held fruitful discussions, at a meeting in Washington, from April 23-25, to conclude the first tranche of the Bilateral Trade Agreement by Fall (September-October) of 2025, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Tuesday.

SEOUL: South Korea and the United States plan to complete forming working groups this week for technical negotiations on various trade issues, including tariff measures and investment cooperation, a senior South Korean official said on Monday.

WASHINGTON: Six individuals were injured in Washington after a man, reportedly in an "altered mental state" due to an unknown substance, began stabbing people in the Trinidad neighbourhood.

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Denzel Washington is not losing sleep over his exclusion from the best supporting actor race at the 2025 Academy Awards.

WASHINGTON: There has been "no change in status" of the Syrian embassy in Washington that has been closed since 2014, a spokesperson for the US State Department said.

PERTH: India have handed debuts to seam-bowling all-rounders Nitish Kumar Reddy and Harshit Rana, with Washington Sundar being the lone spinner, as stand-in captain Jasprit Bumrah won the toss and elected to bat first against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener at the Perth Stadium here on Friday.

SAN FRANCISCO: A 'bomb cyclone' hit Washington, leaving one person dead and half a million without power.

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Denzel Washington has shared that at one point he used to wash down his throat with two bottles of fine wine a day.

SEOUL:Talks between North Korea and the United States will be difficult without South Korea's involvement, Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho said on Sunday.

LOS ANGELES: Hollywood star Denzel Washington has agreed that his filmography isn’t too perfect. The 69-year-old actor discussed his career ahead of the release of ‘Gladiator II’.

PUNE: Ravichandran Ashwin took his third wicket of the innings while Washington Sundar picked two scalps in the last three overs of an engrossing second session as New Zealand reached 201/5 in 62 overs at tea on day one of the second Test against India at the MCA Stadium here on Thursday.

PUNE: Akash Deep, Washington Sundar and Shubman Gill have been included in India’s playing eleven as New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first in the second Test at the Maharashtra Cricket Association (MCA) Stadium in Pune on Thursday.

HYDERABAD: India all-rounder Washington Sundar pipped Hardik Pandya and Riyan Parag to win the "Impact Fielder of the Series" award following Bangladesh's whitewash with a massive 133-run win at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Saturday.

NEW YORK:  As Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not the head of state like President Joe Biden, but the head of government, his equivalent in protocol is Vice President Kamala Harris, who is partly of Indian origin, and she will be the formal host.

NEW DELHI: Regional powers, irrespective of size, are vying with each other to fill in the power vacuum in Afghanistan caused by the US retreat from the Hindukush mountains and the Taliban's dramatic takeover of Kabul on Sunday.Countries which have been a tiny blip on the map have emerged as prime influencers in the new Great game that is being played in the heart of Eurasia.

WASHINGTON:People in Washington, D.C. will again have to wear masks indoors no matter whether they have been vaccinated against Covid-19 or not, the US capital city's Mayor Muriel Bowser announced as cases were surging across the country.

NEW DELHI: Just how did the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this countrys most effective power players? Through the human touch, by turning defeat into victory and most of all, by doing things her way, a timely biography of Kamala Harris, the US Vice President-elect says.

The presidential election in the US marked by an unusually confrontationist run up to the polls and an equally bitter post-poll phase of transition, made a wrong sort of history when hundreds of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump converging on the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. indulged in violence there on January 6, the day a joint session of the Congress was set to finally certify the victorious candidate.

NEW YORK: Uttering what could be the epitaph for his years in the White House, "We were not a regular administration," President Donald Trump left Washington on Wednesday to face an abyss of uncertainty.

NEW YORK: The Capitol area of Washington hunkering down under a pall of fear was put in a lockdown on Monday when a fire broke out in a camp of homeless people near the site of Wednesday's inauguration of Joe Biden as president and Kamala Harris as vice president.

NEW DELHI: Just how did the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this countrys most effective power players? Through the human touch, by turning defeat into victory and most of all, by doing things her way, a timely biography of Kamala Harris, the US Vice President-elect says.

NEW DELHI: Just how did the daughter of two immigrants in segregated California became one of this countrys most effective power players? Through the human touch, by turning defeat into victory and most of all, by doing things her way, a timely biography of Kamala Harris, the US Vice President-elect says.

WASHINGTON: Airbnb, the San Francisco-based online vacation rental company, has announced that it will cancel reservations in the Washington D.C. metro area during the week of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration in response to various local, state and federal officials asking people not to travel to the capital city.

The presidential election in the US marked by an unusually confrontationist run up to the polls and an equally bitter post-poll phase of transition, made a wrong sort of history when hundreds of supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump converging on the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. indulged in violence there on January 6, the day a joint session of the Congress was set to finally certify the victorious candidate.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has approved an emergency declaration for Washington, D.C., through January 24, covering the date of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20.

WASHINGTON: Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced the extension of a public emergency in the American capital to 15 days imposed in the wake of the violent Capitol protests, until the day after President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20.

WASHINGTON: At least four people were killed and 42 others arrested in the wake of the violent protests that took place inside the US Capitol in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON: In the wake of the unprecedented chaos which unfolded in the US capital city after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol building, a curfew has been imposed in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON: The subway system in the Washington D.C. region may be forced to end its weekend service in 2021 in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a proposal.

 HYDERABAD: Leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Wednesday announced a licensing agreement with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis for a novel chimp-adenovirus, single dose intranasal vaccine for Covid-19.

WASHINGTON:One person was killed and eight others were injured in a shooting incident in Washington D.C., police said.

WASHINGTON:A man was shot dead in downtown Washington D.C., police said, adding that a suspect has been taken into custody.
The incident took place on Thursday at around 5 p.m. near the Chinatown area, Xinhua news agency quoted D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham as saying a news conference.

NEW DELHI:In a major reshuffle of envoys, the Ministry of External Affairs is sending Taranjit Singh Sandhu to Washington DC, Jawed Ashraf to France and Raveesh Kumar to Austria.