"If they don't want to do business with us, China is in big trouble," Trump said. "I don't want them to be in trouble. I want them to thrive. We want to thrive together. It is a two-way street," Trump said while addressing reporters.

2025-10-21T04:46:14.917617+00:00 IST

US: Diwali celebrations brings together culture and community

The festival of Diwali was celebrated with great enthusiasm and fervour at the Akshardham, New Jersey.

2025-10-21T04:33:55.276633+00:00 IST

Others

Canada: Toronto proclaims October 20, 2025 as ‘Diwali Day’

The Consulate General of India in Toronto shared on Tuesday that the city of Toronto has officially proclaimed October 20, 2025 as 'Diwali Day'.

2025-10-21T03:50:47.635503+00:00 IST

Asia

Chinese Communist Party implements “Purge Surge”

Confirmation came from the Chinese authorities on October 17 that nine prominent members of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) had been expelled from the all-powerful party that controls every aspect of life in modern China. The announcement came just days before the Central Committee's Fourth Plenum began on October 20.

2025-10-21T03:23:30.313055+00:00 IST

Asia

Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 strikes Afghanistan

An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck Afghanistan in the early hours of Tuesday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology (NCS).

2025-10-21T03:06:19.881238+00:00 IST

Middle East

Egypt welcomes ceasefire agreement between Pakistan, Afghanistan

Egypt has welcomed the ceasefire agreement reached between Pakistan and Afghanistan on 19 October 2025, which also includes the establishment of a mechanism aimed at fostering lasting peace and stability between the two neighbouring countries.

2025-10-21T01:56:02.172547+00:00 IST

Middle East

Israel issuing hundreds more permits for foreign restaurant worke

The Ministry of Economy and Industry is issuing 650 permits for the employment of foreign workers in the restaurant industry.

2025-10-21T01:43:41.381021+00:00 IST

Asia

Taiwan detects 2 sorties by Chinese military aircraft, 5 vessels

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defence (MND) detected the presence of two sorties by Chinese military aircraft and five naval vessels operating around its territorial waters as of 6 am (local time) on Tuesday.

2025-10-21T01:26:00.094498+00:00 IST

Demolition starts to replace WH East Wing with Trump’s ballroom

US President Donald Trump has announced that demolition work has officially begun to replace the White House's East Wing with a new presidential ballroom, a project he says is "privately funded" and will cost taxpayers nothing.

2025-10-21T01:18:17.143268+00:00 IST

Amazon says systems back online after massive AWS outage

Amazon announced on Monday (local time) that its systems are largely back online following a major outage caused by technical issues within its cloud computing arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), CNN reported.

2025-10-21T01:06:24.853410+00:00 IST

NASA to open HLS contract for Bezos's Blue Origin over delays

Acting Administrator Sean Duffy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on Monday (local time) suggested the US space agency will be opening up its Human Landing System (HLS) production contracts for its Artemis lunar programme contract to additional companies, including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin.

2025-10-21T00:54:27.383570+00:00 IST

PM Albanese lauds Australia-US deals on minerals, defence

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday (local time) hailed the landmark agreements worth billions signed with the US, aimed at strengthening cooperation on critical minerals and defence collaboration

2025-10-20T23:46:32.783910+00:00 IST

Europe

Nearly 1 lakh people visited exposition of holy relics of Lord Bu

Nearly 1 lakh devotees and visitors from Kalmykia and neighbouring provinces of Russia attended the weeklong exposition of the holy relics of Lord Buddha at the Golden Temple of Buddha Shakyamuni in Elista, Kalmykia, according to the Embassy of India in Russia.

2025-10-20T23:41:50.813222+00:00 IST