By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, May 8 (IANS) With barely a week left to the Belt and Road mega-conference in Beijing, a commentary in a Chinese daily has urged India to join the ambitious project connecting…
Agartala, May 8 (IANS) Police recovered 127 grenades buried underground in northern Tripura, an official said here on Monday. Students while playing near a central school at Gaurnagar late on Sunday found the grenades. They…
Kabul, May 8 (IANS) A leader of Islamic State (IS) terror group in Afghanistan was killed during a joint operation of Afghan and US forces, an official statement has said. The IS Khorasan leader Abdul…
New Delhi/Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) An Indian woman has sought refuge at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad just two days after her marriage to a Pakistani national, informed sources said. Sources in New Delhi…
New Delhi, May 7 (IANS) Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, an Indian delegation, including Congress leader Manish Tewari, will be in Tel Aviv for three days to attend conferences on security…
Pyongyang, May 7 (IANS) Another US citizen has been detained in North Korea for suspected hostile acts against Pyongyang, authorities said on Sunday. The man, named Kim Hak-song, was arrested on Saturday by “a relevant…
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) A Pakistani man says his newly wed Indian wife has gone missing after they visited the Indian High Commission here, media reports said on Sunday. Tahir Ali told the police that…
Tokyo, May 7 (IANS) Japan and China have agreed to increase financial cooperation and reopen a bilateral dialogue on economic and policy issues. The two countries’ finance ministers met in Yokohama on Saturday on the…
Pyongyang, May 7 (IANS) North Korea said that the latest US-South Korean joint military drills were “unprecedentedly hideous and most adventurous ones” in several decades, media reports said. In a military commentary on Saturday, the…
Paris, May 7 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande is to travel to Berlin on the day after the presidential election for a meeting with the German Chancellor, media reports said. Hollande is set to visit…
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the world is witnessing dramatic changes in the international order and it is time to find effective solutions to global challenges that have risen….
Tehran, May 6 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Kabul on Sunday at the invitation of his Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani. Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Bahram Qasemi, announced here on Saturday…
Colombo, May 6 (IANS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has slammed calls for a black flag protest during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modis visit to Sri Lanka, a media report said. The joint opposition has…
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) India has not issued visas for two months to Pakistani patients who travel to the country for treatment, a media report said on Saturday. According to Geo News, the decision has…
Taipei, May 6 (IANS) Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has denied that her plan to strengthen economic ties with other countries was to compete with China’s new Silk Route project to revive the historic economic corridor….
By Francis Kokutse Accra, May 6 (IANS) Despite very low trade between India and Mauritania, New Delhi has approved letters of credit worth $65.68 million for a solar-diesel hybrid rural electrification project in the north…
Islamabad, May 6 (IANS) The firing by Afghan military in Balochistan has ended after the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and Afghanistan held talks over hotline, during which Kabul “admitted its mistake”…
Damascus, May 6 (IANS) The de-escalation zones deal, signed by Russia, Iran and Turkey, went into effect in Syria at midnight on Saturday, media reports said. Earlier on Friday, Russian media reports cited Russia’s head…
Moscow, May 6 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson discussed the Syrian settlement during a phone conversation, media reports said. The diplomats on Friday exchanged views on the…
Brussels, May 6 (IANS) The President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and European Council President Donald Tusk are to meet the US President in Brussels in May, a spokesperson said. Juncker and Tusk will…