Havana, March 22 (IANS) US president Barack Obama has vowed to help Cuban entrepreneurs prosper and said that he will continue working to adopt changes that would improve and increase access to internet on the…
Beijing, March 22 (IANS) China said on Monday its continued mutually beneficial cooperation with Cuba does not target any third party, nor will any third party affect the in-depth development of China-Cuba ties. Foreign Ministry…
New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Monday that the world needs a new international agreement on the lines of Bretton Woods that created the current multilateral…
New Delhi: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani at the Parliament in New Delhi, on Feb 26, 2016. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) India has embarked on the path of educational diplomacy in order…
Havana, March 21 (IANS) US President Brack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro appeared together on Monday, kicking off the first official talks between their two governments after decades of Cold War hostility. The discussions,…
Wellington, March 21 (IANS) New Zealand’s net gain in migrants — more arrivals than departures — hit a new record in the year to the end of February, driven by arrivals from Australia, China and…
HAVANA, March 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — Image provided by Cubadebate shows U.S. President Barack Obama (R, front) shaking hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez (L, front) upon his arrival at Jose Marti Airport in…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, March 21 (IANS) Stung by the bitter lessons from Madhesi blockade of India trade points that caused acute fuel shortage, Nepal on Monday signed a transit and transportation treaty with China…
Abu Dhabi, March 21 (IANS/WAM) Director of the UN Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), Simonetta Di Pippo has praised the progress made by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Space Agency since its inception. Di…
BEIJING, March 21, 2016 (Xinhua) — Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (R F) and Nepalese Prime Minister K. P. Oli (L F) walk to a meeting in Beijing, capital of China, March 21, 2016. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei/IANS)…
HAVANA, March 21, 2016 (Xinhua) — United States President Barack Obama (R) and his wife Michelle Obama (L) arrive at Jose Marti Airport in Havana March 20, 2016. Barack Obama arrived in Havana on Sunday…
Tehran, March 20 (IANS) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s upcoming visit to Pakistan would provide an opportunity for private sectors in both countries, said a Iranian business chamber official. Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and…
Islamabad, March 20 (IANS) Pakistan on Sunday released 86 Indian fishermen detained for fishing in its waters, officials said. Officials said that the fishermen were released from the Malir prison in the port city of…
By Anil Giri Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS) Nepal will not sign a petroleum agreement with China during the official visit of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to the northern neighbour, according to key ministers. After…
Islamabad, March 20 (IANS) Pakistan Day will be celebrated at the UN for the first time with a concert planned in the prestigious General Assembly hall in New York city on March 23. Organised by…
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS) Visiting Prince Harry called on Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari here on Sunday. While welcoming the prince, Bhandari highlighted enhancing bilateral cooperation between Britain and Nepal, officials said. “The president shared…
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS) Nepal’s Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday started a week-long official visit to China. This is Oli’s maiden official visit to China since assuming the prime minister’s office in October…
(160220) — CARACAS, Feb. 20, 2016 (Xinhua) — A sanitary employee fumigates against Aedes aegypti mosquito, the vector of zika virus, in Antimano sector of Caracas, capital of Venezuela, on Feb. 19, 2016. A Municipal…
Kathmandu, March 20 (IANS) Nepali Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Sunday started a week-long official visit to China. This is Oli’s first official visit to China since he assumed the prime minister’s office on…
Damascus, March 19 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday hailed the Russian and Iranian role in countering terrorism, according to state news agency SANA. “The supportive stance of friendly countries, mainly Russia and Iran,…