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This handout picture provided by the Iranian Defence Ministry on March 12, 2024 shows the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy frigate IRIS Dena (75) at sea in the Gulf of Oman (Iranian Army office / AFP)
March 5, 2026, 3:23 pm
Iranian warship was returning from naval exercises hosted by India when hit by US torpedo
IRIS Dena joined MILAN 2026, organized by the Indian Navy; US destroyer was also supposed to attend; New Delhi opposition lawmakers pan leader Modi for silence over sinking
By AP and ToI Staff
A relief sculpture rests on a gate to the entrance of Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
May 23, 2025, 4:53 pm
Exchange students in limbo as Trump’s ban on Harvard foreign enrollment takes effect
The administration’s move will hurt America’s ‘own image and international credibility,’ says Chinese foreign minister; Germany calls decision a bad sign for the ‘free world’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks with the press as he meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on February 13, 2025. (Jim Watson/AFP)
February 14, 2025, 5:26 am
Meeting Modi, Trump names Israel as a waypoint on proposed US-India trade route
US president announces extradition to India of suspect in 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, which included deadly assault on Chabad House; also says Washington to sell F-35s to New Delhi
By Danny Kemp
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center), US President Joe Biden (roght) and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman hold hands before the start of a session at the G20 summit in New Delhi on September 9, 2023. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN / POOL / AFP)
September 13, 2023, 6:59 am
Israel hypes India-Saudi-EU trade corridor, but it’s a bit player in US-China bout
Netanyahu sees Haifa as a hub of the infrastructure network announced by Biden, Modi, and others, but that doesn’t mean a Saudi deal, or anything else, is in the offing
By Lazar Berman
In this file photo taken on April 1, 2021 Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks to the media in Los Angeles, California (Patrick T. FALLON / AFP)
July 10, 2021, 4:50 am
Biden taps LA’s Jewish mayor Garcetti as ambassador to India
A rising Democratic star, Garcetti has led America’s second-largest city since 2013, with a focus on improving transportation and sustainability
By Shaun Tandon
A wreath lies on the coffin of a COVID-19 victim before his cremation in Jammu, India, Friday, April 30, 2021 (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
May 1, 2021, 6:46 am
US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday
Nation will bar entry to most foreigners who’ve been to India in past 14 days, amid massive surge of infections
By Zeke Miller, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Matthew Lee
A Kashmiri man receives the COVISHIELD vaccine for COVID-19 at a primary health center in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, April 28, 2021 (AP Photo/ Dar Yasin)
May 1, 2021, 2:32 am
US to restrict travel from India over COVID starting Tuesday
Biden signs proclamation barring entry to most foreigners returning from India in past 14 days, with exceptions for permanent residents, spouses, close relatives of US citizens
By Zeke Miller, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and Matthew Lee
A poster of US Vice President Kamala Harris in her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu on January 20, 2021. (Arun Sankar/AFP)
January 21, 2021, 3:54 pm
Kamala Harris’s family in India counts on her becoming US president in 2025
Celebrations held in ancestral village of the new American VP, whose mother was born in the country: ‘I wish she does such a damn good job’
By AFP
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) shakes hands with US President Donald Trump during 'Namaste Trump' rally at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)
February 24, 2020, 4:15 pm
Trump hails ‘exceptional’ Modi at huge India rally
In visit big on photo ops and short on substance, US president welcomes ‘new chapter in our relationship,’ though he acknowledges disagreements with Indian leader on trade
By Jerome Cartillier and Bhuvan Bagga
Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pose for photographers ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on October 5, 2018. (AFP Photo/Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev)
October 5, 2018, 2:19 pm
India buys Russia’s S-400 defense system, straining US ties
Deal valued at $5.1 billion could trigger sanctions from Washington, which has been trying to strengthen its relationship with New Delhi
By AFP
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks during an address on advancing India-US relations at an event in New Delhi on June 28, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / CHANDAN KHANNA)
June 28, 2018, 6:09 pm
Nikki Haley urges India to ‘rethink’ Iran ties ahead of US sanctions
In 2-day visit to New Delhi, US envoy warns renewed measures could hit India over Iranian oil imports
By AFP
Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj addresses an annual press conference, with Junior Foreign Minister V. K. Singh seated beside her in New Delhi, India, May 28, 2018. (AP Photo)
May 28, 2018, 5:32 pm
India says it will continue trading with Iran, ignoring US sanctions
‘We don’t make our foreign policy under pressure from other countries,’ says Delhi’s foreign minister ahead of meeting with Iranian counterpart
By AFP
Illustrative: Air India planes parked on the tarmac at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, on May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)
March 6, 2018, 12:44 am
Air India gets Saudi okay for overflights to and from Israel, Netanyahu says
Hitherto, Saudis have banned Israel-routed planes; PM says deal signed Monday will shave several hours off time in air, admits it could hurt El Al
By Eric Cortellessa
Ivanka Trump speaks at a fireside chat on tax reform with at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on November 5, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / FREDERIC J,. BROWN)
November 11, 2017, 8:39 pm
Indian city bans beggars ahead of visit by Ivanka Trump
Hyderabad is set to host US president’s daughter, President Modi, and other leaders at Global Entrepreneurship Summit
By AFP
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson steps off his plane as he arrives at King Salman Air Base, October 21, 2017, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)
October 25, 2017, 4:30 pm
US sanctions target Iran’s ‘malign behaviors’ – Tillerson
Visiting India, top US diplomat says America isn’t fighting Iranian people but wants to disrupt regime’s missile development and support for terror
By AFP
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