Washington, Sep 8 (IANS) A Russian fighter jet came within 10 feet of a US Navy surveillance plane on Wednesday during its routine operations in international airspace over the Black Sea, the Pentagon said. “We…
Pyongyang, Sep 8 (IANS) The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday rejected a press statement issued by the UN Security Council condemning its latest ballistic missile launches. “This is an intolerable act of…
Vientiane, Sep 8 (IANS) The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China issued a statement here on Wednesday, calling for full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the…
Moscow, Sep 8 (IANS) Russia criticised for the first time the Turkish military operation in Syria, joined by militias opposing the Syrian regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement…
Washington/Vientiane, Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Barack Obama will hold a bilateral meeting on Thursday in Vientiane, Laos, in perhaps one of their last such meetings before Obama demits office…
Ankara, Sep 7 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday suggested Turkey and the US are ready to drive the Islamic State from its Syrian stronghold of al-Raqqa. Erdogan said his US counterpart Barack…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Terror organisations like the Islamic State (IS) and the Al Qaeda could rise only because governments of different countries funded them at one point of time or the other in…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Congress on Wednesday dubbed the government’s policy on Pakistan as “confused” and said it was speaking in different voices over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to Islamabad. “In…
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Shinzo Abe of Japan on Wednesday reviewed progress in the India-Japan Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement and the high-speed rail project. Officials said Modi…
Ankara, Sep 7 (IANS) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has confirmed that his country was ready to cooperate with the US to liberate the city of al-Raqqa, the main stronghold of the Islamic State (IS)…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Pakistan High Commissioner’s office here on Wednesday “rejected” the Indian External Affairs Ministry’s complaint of “discourtesy” shown to the Indian envoy in Islamabad. A press official in the Pakistan…
Vientiane (Laos), Sep 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in his first bilateral meeting here on the sidelines of the 14th India-Asean Summit and the 11th East…
Vientiane, Sep 7 (IANS) US President Barack Obama on a visit to Laos, a first for any sitting US President, said he believed the “US has a moral obligation to help the country heal”. Obama…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) In an escalation of the diplomatic row, India on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit over the “discourtesy” shown to New Delhi’s top diplomat in Islamabad, Gautam Bambawale. Secretary…
Manila, Sep 7 (IANS) The Philippines on Wednesday denied the existence of any crisis with the US, after Washington cancelled a bilateral meeting following Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s insults to his US counterpart Barack Obama….
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) Several projects worth $17 billion under the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) are in pipeline and advance stage of approval, the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) reported on Wednesday. Out of…
London, Sep 7 (IANS) Construction of a UK-funded wall near Calais’ Jungle migrant camp in France will begin soon, a minister said on Wednesday. Dubbed the “Great Wall of Calais” by the media, the four…
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) The Indian government on Wednesday summoned Pakistan’s High Commissioner Abdul Basit to express concern over the “discourtesy” shown to India’s envoy in Pakistan, Gautam Bambawale. The Secretary (West) in the…
Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) Pakistan has urged the UN to conduct an inquiry into the killings that took place in Jammu and Kashmir over the past two months and demanded a free and fair plebiscite…
Moscow, Sep 7 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry may meet shortly over the Syria crisis, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. “A meeting on Syria between Minister…