By Saeed Naqvi It reflects on the delicate diplomacy involved that the principal issue in the China-India standoff at Doklam is being mentioned only in muted tones. The problem is the undemarcated boundary between China…
Seoul, July 29 (IANS) South Korea and the US conducted another round of combined ballistic missile drills on Saturday in a show of firepower against North Korea, their armed forces said. The live-fire exercise held…
Moscow, July 29 (IANS) Seven people from Central Asian countries were detained on Friday on suspicion of planning terrorist attacks on the rail transport system and crowded places in Russia’s second-largest city of St. Petersburg,…
Tokyo, July 29 (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said early on Saturday that North Korea’s missile launch on Friday underscores grave and real security threat to his country. He also said that Japan will…
By Arul Louis United Nations, July 28 (IANS) India has condemned countries playing the terrorism “card” in international relations and criticised the double standards in dealing with terrorists while warning about the emerging “apocalyptic” threats….
By Arul Louis New York, July 28 (IANS) The top United States official in charge of South Asia is scheduled to visit New Delhi amid rising tensions in the region, the State Department announced Friday….
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) An Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopter was pressed into service to rescue 150 persons stuck in floods in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district on Friday but could not extricate them as…
Rome, July 28 (IANS/AKI) The government agreed on Friday to boost Italy’s naval support to the Libyan coastguard in fighting migrant trafficking , Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni told reporters, playing down the size and scope…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The CISF, in charge of security at Delhi Metro stations, on Friday said it has not received any complaint from the JNU student who has alleged that he was beaten…
Hong Kong, July 28 (IANS) China on Friday hit back at Britain after the country’s Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said two British aircraft carriers could be sent to patrol South China Sea. Speaking on Friday,…
By Rupesh Dutta New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS) — makers of the Chenani-Nashri tunnel, the country’s longest highways tunnel so far — on Friday bagged the contract for building…
Jammu, July 28 (IANS) Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday visited forward posts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, apart from reviewing operational preparedness and the overall security situation. Gen Rawat, accompanied by…
Aizawl, July 28 (IANS) While the paramilitary Assam Rifles has stepped up security on the India-Myanmar border along eastern Mizoram to stop drugs and arms smuggling, border fencing work is on in western Mizoram along…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Missile systems that were to be installed at six locations, apparently along the India-China border between 2013-15, have not yet been installed, a CAG report said on Friday. This revelation…
New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) Twenty-seven of the 73 roads approved along the India-China border have been completed and the rest are expected to be finished by end of 2022, the government said on Friday….
Jerusalem, July 28 (IANS) Palestinian men under the age of 50 will not be permitted into the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for Friday prayers in Jerusalem as Israeli security plan to clamp down on the area…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, July 28 (IANS) Indian National Security Advisor Ajit Doval along with his BRICS counterparts on Friday called on Chinese President Xi Jinping, who hailed the efforts of member countries in enhancing…
Tokyo, July 28 (IANS) The Japanese government on Friday unveiled a plan to build underground repositories for the storage of highly radioactive waste from the disaster-struck Fukushima and other nuclear power plants in the country….
Moscow, July 28 (IANS) At least seven persons from Central Asia were arrested on Friday by the Federal Security Bureau of Russia for plotting terrorist attacks in St. Petersburg, the agency said on Friday. “The…
Beijing, July 28 (IANS) India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on Chinese President Xi Jinping here on Friday, on the sidelines of a meeting of BRICS top security officials. Doval, along with his counterparts…