The Hague, Jan 11 (IANS) UN member-states are reposing greater confidence and faith in the functioning of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) than ever before, Judge Dalveer Bhandari has said He was speaking at…
Tokyo, Jan 11 (IANS) Japan lodged a formal protest with China on Thursday after detecting a Chinese frigate and an unidentified foreign submarine in waters close to the disputed Senkaku Islands in the East China…
London, Jan 11 (IANS) Britain’s government on Thursday turned down a request by Ecuador to grant diplomatic status to the founder of the pro-transparency group WikiLeaks, a Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokesperson in London said….
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Prime Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive here on Monday on a six-day trip to India that will also take him to Gujarat and Mumbai, the Israeli Embassy announced…
New Delhi, Jan 11t (IANS) Israel Prime Minister Prime Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive here on Monday on a six-day trip to India that will also take him to Gujarat and Mumbai, the Israeli Embassy announced…
By Gaurav Shama Beijing, Jan 11 (IANS) India’s Ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale met scholars of China’s influential think tanks and held a “candid” discussion on Sino-India ties. Bambawale on Wednesday participated in a roundtable…
Dharamsala, Jan 11 (IANS) Tibetan “Prime Minister-in-exile” Lobsang Sangay on Thursday cautioned New Delhi against China’s deceptive policies, warning that what happened to Tibet could happen to India as well. “The Doklam stand-off and the…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Jan 11 (IANS) China on Thursday slammed Vietnam for inviting India for exploration in the South China Sea, saying Beijing is opposed to any arrangement which infringes upon its rights. Vietnam’s…
San Francisco, Jan 11 (IANS) A month after the IOC banned Russia from the 2018 Winter Olympics over doping concerns, hackers have released a set of emails related to the games set for February in…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that he saw “a lot of good energy” from the inter-Korean talks that happened for the first time ever on Tuesday after a gap of…
Seoul, Jan 11 (IANS) North Korea asked the South on Thursday to abandon its military manoeuvers with the US, saying that these exercises are fuelling tension on the Korean Peninsula and increasing the risk of…
Beijing, Jan 11 (IANS) Beijing on Thursday expressed concerns over restrictions on Chinese investment placed by the US citing national security concerns. Washington has rejected a merger by China’s Ant Financial with US money transfer…
By Arul Louis New York, Jan 11 (IANS) In an emerging strategic transformation, India is now considering itself as maritime power and building up its navy to meet that challenge after having thought of itself…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) The US administration has renamed the street the Russian embassy sits on after a murdered Russian opposition politician prompting criticism from Moscow with one its leaders labelling it a “dirty trick”….
Moscow, Jan 11 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif reaffirmed their commitment to a multilateral deal on Iran’s nuclear programme here on Wednesday. They expressed willingness to continue…
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that Washington could “conceivably” re-enter into the global Paris climate agreement, from which he announced the withdrawal last year. At a news conference with…
Ankara, Jan 11 (IANS) The Turkish Foreign Ministry on Wednesday summoned Philip Kosnett, the US embassy charge d’affaires, over the current situation in Syria, a source in the ministry said. The ministry On Tuesday also…
Rome, Jan 11 (IANS/AKI) Stabilising conflict-wracked Libya is a priority for the Italian government, its Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano said on Wednesday – one year to the day after Italy reopened its embassy in Tripoli….
Rome, Jan 10 (IANS/AKI) Italy and Iran will on Thursday sign a credit agreement worth five billion euros that will help Italian companies invest in Iran, a media report said. Under the framework accord, Italian…
Seoul, Jan 10 (IANS) South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump see a possibility for talks between South Korea and North Korea leading to talks between Washington and Pyongyang, multiple local media…