Washington, April 24 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Twitter that the first round of French presidential election will be “very interesting”, a contest that is widely acknowledged to be the most up-in-the-air and…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) The vexed issue of the Trump administration mulling curbs in H-1B visas has been taken up with by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley with the American authorities during his ongoing visit, an…
Washington, April 23 (IANS) The World Bank needs to decide the issues of Selective Capital Increase (SCI) to reflect the increasing weight of Developing and Transition Countries (DTCs) and General Capital Increase (GCI) to expand…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 23 (IANS) International Monetary Fund member countries pledged to create a level playing field in global trade but withdrew a promise made in previous meetings to combat protectionism. Even…
🔊 Listen to this Dubai, April 23 (IANS) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) welcomed the release of the abducted Qatari and Saudi citizens after 16 months captivity in Iraq, media reports said. The UAE on…
🔊 Listen to this Sydney, April 23 (IANS) US Vice President Mike Pence reaffirmed the country’s historic alliance with Australia, and urged China to enhance its efforts to pressure North Korea to curb its nuclear…
🔊 Listen to this Dhaka, April 22 (IANS) With the “failure” of Saarc, Bangladesh is looking at sub-regional groupings, including BIMSTEC, for cooperation, said Gowher Rizvi, the international affairs adviser to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh…
🔊 Listen to this Kabul, April 22 (IANS) At least 135 Afghan military personnel were killed and over 60 wounded in a deadly attack by the Taliban on an army corps base in Mazar-e-Sharif city…
🔊 Listen to this By Surender Bhutani Warsaw, April 22 (IANS) India and Poland will seek to further boost their close ties during the three-day state visit of Indian Vice President Mohammad Hamid Ansari here…
🔊 Listen to this Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) Canadian Defence Minister Harjit Singh Sajjan on Saturday visited the Western Naval Command here as part of his ongoing tour of India. He interacted with its commander,…
🔊 Listen to this Kathmandu, April 22 (IANS) Senior Nepali and Indian officials have agreed to work on controlling the perennial flooding caused by rivers originating from Nepal, and agreed to build embankments. The decision…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Hundreds of volunteers including students and officials of the US embassy were out on the streets here on Saturday to promote air quality awareness among people…
🔊 Listen to this Itanagar, April 22 (IANS) The Congress Arunachal Pradesh unit on Saturday described as “immature and uncalled for” Chief Minister Pema Khandu’s statement that the Indian state shares a border with Tibet…
🔊 Listen to this By Arun Kumar Washington, April 22 (IANS) The eggs rolled. The kids squealed in delight. The First Lady read “Party Animals”. And the media grudgingly gave passing grade to Donald Trump…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 22 (IANS) Pakistani Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said the country would welcome any effort by the Donald Trump administration to encourage New Delhi and Islamabad to resolve their…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday strongly condemned a terrorist attack on an army base in Afghanistan that killed at least 135 soldiers. “Strongly condemn the…
🔊 Listen to this Doha/Baghdad, April 22 (IANS) Twenty-six hostages, including members of Qatar’s ruling family, were freed after being held for 16 months by unidentified gunmen in Iraq, the media reported. According to a…
🔊 Listen to this New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Fresh after narrowly winning a referendum that gives him more powers in his current post, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is set to launch a new…
🔊 Listen to this Washington, April 22 (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that emerging economies have become increasingly important, accounting for more than 75 per cent of global growth, and that India has been…
🔊 Listen to this By Saeed Naqvi When Turkish strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrives in New Delhi on April 30, he will find in his host, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, something of a kindred spirit….