Moscow, May 4 (IANS) Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov will meet his Venezuelan counterpart Jorge Arreaza for talks on Sunday. The two diplomats will discuss the situation in Venezuela in light of the…
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Pakistan Ambassador to the US Asad Majeed Khan has said that there will be no negative repercussions of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar’s designation as it only “reinforces” Islamabad’s commitment with…
By Amit Kapoor History has always been an indispensable part of Indian society. People across India daily begin their day with chants that have their origin in the Bronze Age and pepper their conversation with…
Washington, May 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration is extending waivers that allow countries signed up to the Iran nuclear deal to participate in civil nuclear projects with Tehran, the State Department said. The…
By Arul Louis United Nations, May 4 (IANS) As the UN paid tributes to the victims of the Sri Lanka Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, calls were made to take action to prevent use of social…
Washington, May 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin in an hour-long call, covering issues including the “Russian Hoax”. “Had a long and very good conversation with…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India and Australia held the 11th meeting of the Joint Working Group on Counter-Terrorism at Canberra on Thursday where they deliberated upon the terrorist threats worldwide and in their respective…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council (UNSC) is a “watershed moment” in the fight against terror and has “concrete…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Additional “factual” evidence provided to the UN Security Council (UNSC) lately ensured lifting of ‘technical hold by China on sanctioning of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and the decision was…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India and France have begun a joint naval exercise ‘Varuna’ off the Goa Coast which will extend to the maritime area near Djibouti in the Indian Ocean and highlight “unprecedented”…
London, May 3 (IANS) Shamima Begum, a British teenager who ran away in 2015 to become an Islamic State (IS) jihadi bride, will be hanged for “terrorism offences” if she comes to Bangladesh, the country’s…
Geneva, May 3 (IANS) The UN working group on arbitrary detention (WGAD) on Friday called for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to be released from prison and slammed the UK government for breaching his human rights….
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) China, which had been blocking the sanctioning of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), lifted its “technical hold” after “factual” and “sufficient” evidence…
Madrid, May 3 (IANS) The number of Venezuelan nationals seeking asylum in Spain in the first three months of the year has tripled compared to the same period last year, the Ministry of Interior data…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) China, which had been blocking the sanctioning of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), lifted its “technical hold” after “factual” and “sufficient” evidence…
Kabul, May 3 (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on Friday announced the release of 175 Taliban prisoners as a goodwill gesture as a five-day summit on peace ended here with a call for an urgent…
By Prashant Sood New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Blacklisting of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar is an important symbolic victory for India in relation to terrorism emanating from Pakistan, experts have said and noted that…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) The listing of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN Security Council (UNSC) was a “very important political decision” with “concrete consequences”, French Ambassador Alexandre…
Kabul, May 3 (IANS) A five-day summit on peace in Afghanistan ended on Friday with a call for an urgent ceasefire and a schedule for a proposed withdrawal of foreign troops from the war-torn country….
Washington, May 3 (IANS) The US State Department has said Thursday that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov will talk in Finland over issues like Venezuela and Ukraine. In…