New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Nepal next week to attend the 15th Bimstec Foreign Minister’s meeting to be held in Kathmandu, it was announced on Friday. The…
Vatican City, Aug 4 (IANS) The Vatican on Friday expressed its concern on behalf of Pope Francis over the crisis in Venezuela and called on President Nicolas Maduro to scrap a government-backed parallel assembly that…
Mogadishu, Aug 4 (IANS) The US on Friday said Al-Shabaab militant Ali Mohamed Hussein alias Ali Jabal was killed in drone strikes by American and Somalia forces in southern region. The US Africa Command (Africom)…
Islamabad, Aug 4 (IANS) The cabinet of new Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Friday saw the return of old faces, but a major change in portfolios was seen, with most notable being the induction…
Pyongyang, Aug 4 (IANS) North Korea on Friday slammed the US for issuing a travel ban on the country, adding US visitors “of good will” are welcome, the media reported. “Regardless of any government policy…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Aug 4 (IANS) With India, the US and China forming a “very combustible mixture right now”, the fate of the ongoing Doklam standoff would largely depend upon events in the…
Kathmandu, Aug 4 (IANS) Nepal has sent to China draft of an agreement for the joint development of cross-border power transmission lines between the two countries, a Nepal Energy Ministry official said on Friday. The…
Beijing, Aug 4 (IANS) A top Vatican official arrived in China on Friday in a gesture of rapprochement between Beijing and the Holy See, despite the absence of bilateral ties. According to the Global Times…
Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) The US, which has announced its backing for India’s membership of the UN Security Council, is to raise the issue at the UN where Nikki Haley will take it up, the…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 4 (IANS) China will not withdraw troops from Doklam because if Chinese troops pull back now it will “embolden” New Delhi to make trouble in future, a Chinese military expert…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 4 (IANS) In a fresh salvo, China has told India not to test its patience over Doklam, with its Defence Ministry saying that “restraint has a bottom line”. The Ministry…
By Bhaswati Mukherjee The UK after Teresa May’s self-imposed “Brexit General Election” reveals a stalemated society and politics, deeply divided between those who support and those who passionately reject the decision to leave the EU….
Islamabad, Aug 4 (IANS) Newly-appointed Prime Minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, has vowed to implement the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) and personally supervise the speedy completion of all projects. “Beyond CPEC, our economic cooperation will further…
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration is preparing to probe a complaint by four Indian-American organisations and other Asian groups that Harvard University discriminates against students from the…
Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump told his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pe?a Nieto to remain quiet about the border wall, according to a transcript of the conversation revealed on Thursday by The Washington…
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Pakistan said on Thursday that it was concerned about the growing activity and presence of the Islamic State in neighbouring Afghanistan. “Daesh (IS) appeared to have gained foothold in large swaths…
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated California entrepreneur Jamie McCourt to be the US Ambassador to France, said the White House on Thursday. McCourt, as an entrepreneur and attorney, has…
Ankara, Aug 3 (IANS) Turkish and Qatari economy ministers on Thursday pledged to boost bilateral trade and investment at a business forum. The two ministers, accompanied by a total of 250 businessmen from various sectors,…
Islamabad, Aug 3 (IANS) A senior American diplomat dealing with Afghanistan on Thursday held talks with Pakistani officials in Islamabad and discussed the “deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan”, the Foreign Ministry said. The US Acting…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday hit out at Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi for meeting Chinese Ambassador Luo Zhaohui here last month, amid the Doklam border standoff instead…