As US President Donald Trump claimed that India will significantly reduce Russian oil imports by year-end, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Thursday hit back by criticising him for making announcements on behalf of New Delhi.

Saudi Arabia has appointed a conservative cleric in his nineties as its top religious leader, state media said, sticking with tradition even as rapid social changes upend the previously cloistered kingdom.

The US Secretary of State says such a step would threaten Washington’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza. 

​The US Secretary of State says such a step would threaten Washington’s plan to end the conflict in Gaza.