Beijing, May 4 (IANS) China and Russia are scheduled to hold a first-ever joint computer-aided command staff missile defence exercise in May. The main purpose of the exercise is to deal with accidental and provocative…
French President Francois Hollande. (File Photo: IANS) Paris, May 3 (IANS) A day after Greenpeace leaked TTIP negotiation documents, which the environmental group claimed was really about a huge transfer of power from people to…
Rome, May 3 (IANS/AKI) One of two Italian marines facing trial for the killing of two Indian fishermen will return home “in a few weeks”, Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said on Tuesday. Salvatore Girone…
Paris, May 3 (IANS) French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday said he was “at this stage” opposed to the free trade accord between the European Union and the US — the Transatlantic Trade and Investment…
Moscow, May 3 (IANS) Cessation of hostilities in the Syrian city of Aleppo will be announced in the coming hours, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday after talks with UN envoy to Syria,…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, May 3 (IANS) The eight-member Saarc grouping has for the first time started exploring possible areas of cooperation to ensure the rights of their migrant workers who go to the Gulf…
Washington/New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Religious freedom has been on a “negative trajectory” in India where faith-based minority groups were being subjected to growing violent threats, according to a US Congress-mandated watchdog report. The annual…
Tehran, May 3 (IANS) Iran on Tuesday invited foreign investors to get engaged in developing projects in the country’s petrochemical sector, a local information network reported. Development of downstream industries in Lorestan province, in western…
Moscow, May 3 (IANS) Cessation of hostilities in the Syrian city of Aleppo will be announced in the coming hours, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday after talks with UN envoy to Syria,…
Paris, May 3 (IANS) Washington wants the all-encompassing TTIP trade deal with Europe to go through, but is unwilling to budge on many points, jeopardising the entire talks, Frances trade minister has said a day…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday opposed a military option to resolve the dragging Afghan conflict, saying such a policy had not brought results for 14 long years. The comments by Pakistan’s top Adviser…
WASHINGTON D.C., April 5, 2016 (Xinhua) — U.S. President Barack Obama speaks about the economy and corporate tax inversions in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington D.C., capital of the…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj during the inauguration of International Roma Conference at New Delhi on Feb. 12, 2016. The conference was organised by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), in collaboration with…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) A top Pakistani foreign affairs advisor on Tuesday expressed deep concern over India’s growing military power, media reported. Adviser to prime minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz said that if India’s…
Islamabad, May 3 (IANS) Pakistan will acquire F-16 fighter jets from elsewhere if the US does not arrange funding for the sale, Sartaj Aziz, the prime minister’s adviser on foreign affairs, cautioned the US as…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India on Tuesday asserted that it has “jurisdiction” over the case relating to Italian Marine Salvatore Girone and that the government will continue to fight the case in an “unwavering”…
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India has re-negotiated favourably its LNG agreement with Qatar to bring down the cost of importing natural gas to less than $5 per unit from $12. This was effected by…
Washington, May 3 (IANS) US President Barack Obama does not believe that his country owes Japan a formal apology for the 1945 nuclear bombing of Hiroshima city, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “No, he…
By Arul Louis United Nations, May 3 (IANS) An “overwhelming majority” of UN members want more permanent members added to the Security Council to make its decision-making “more participative and democratic”, according to India and…
By Vikas Datta New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) Could America have stopped going down its ruinous road in Vietnam if Jawaharlal Nehru had responded to president John F. Kennedy’s plea for advice in 1961? Or…