Russia recognises two rebel regions of Ukraine as independent countries
Ratcheting up the tensions over Ukraine by several notches, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday night signed a decree recognising
Read moreRatcheting up the tensions over Ukraine by several notches, Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday night signed a decree recognising
Read moreWar clouds hovered over Ukraine on Sunday with both Russia and the US deepening their mind games over a possible
Read moreIn a decision that has evoked mixed reaction, Japan’s Princess Mako has chosen to give up her royal status so
Read moreAmerican troops are unlikely to withdraw from Afghanistan by May 1 as envisaged in the “peace deal” signed by the
Read moreOver 100 people were killed and another 4,000 seriously injured as a gigantic, nuclear-like explosion rocked Lebanon capital Beirut on
Read moreEven as the border tension stand-off between India and China is yet to abate, India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh visited
Read moreDays after China blocked access to Indian newspapers and television channels to deny its citizens of credible news from across
Read moreDays after two Indian diplomats faced harassment in Pakistan, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday summoned the Charge
Read moreExcerpts from India’s foreign minister S Jaishankar’s opening remarks at the RIC trilateral foreign ministers’ video conference on June 23,
Read moreIndia is going through a peculiar situation. Days after President Ramnath Kovind signed off on the amended law that offers
Read moreWhen Finnish transport minister Sanna Mirella Marin takes over as Prime Minister of the Nordic country later this week, she
Read moreMONICA BOSE RAGHAVAN There are not many countries in the world where more than half the ministers and over 40%
Read moreMinisterial declaration, Stockholm, 11 June 2019 We, the participating states – Argentina, Canada, Finland, Ethiopia, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,
Read moreIn a fresh initiative to ratchet up international opinion towards a nuclear weapons-free world, Sweden plans to host an international
Read moreClouds of war are hovering over West Asia with the US and Iran hardening their stance. While tensions between the
Read moreItaly was supposed to host the G20 summit only in 2022 but it would now host the group of 20
Read moreDonald Trump’s New Year gamble seems to be paying off. A day after the US President accused Pakistan of “lies and deceit” and “fooling America” in its commitment to fighting terrorism, events unfolded on Tuesday exactly as the net assessment forecast. A baffled Pakistan first tried to shrug off Trump’s devastating tweet as a non-issue, then questioned the US questioning and finally panicked being forced to knock at the doors of China. And China, exactly as expected, jumped to the rescue of its beleaguered neighbour saying the latter has done enough to wipe out terrorism from its soil and neighbourhood!
Read moreIn perhaps the first show of his diplomatic side, Trump called the Mexican President as a “friend” and termed the meeting a “great honour”
Read moreCiting unnamed sources, Indian media has reported that New Delhi has told its diplomats in Islamabad that their wards can
Read moreMr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Distinguished Members of the U.S. Congress Ladies and Gentlemen. I am deeply honoured by the
Read moreBy EMILY SCHAUER BROWN Till a few weeks ago, nobody would have taken Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump seriously. His
Read moreIndian actor Anupam Kher has said he’s been denied visa to attend the Karachi Literature Festival (KLF), which begins February 5.
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Read moreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address at the Parliament of Afghanistan Eight centuries ago, a famous son of Balkh Province,
Read moreThe recent terrorist attacks in Punjab and Jammu & Kashmir (J&K), India’s northern states bordering Pakistan, have once again exposed
Read moreBy EMILY SCHAUER Indian finance minister Arun Jaitley recently made a trip to the US in an effort to
Read moreBy EMILY SCHAUER Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has successfully lobbied the United Nations to adopt an International Day of
Read moreBy George Friedman The murders of cartoonists who made fun of Islam and of Jews shopping for their Sabbath meals
Read moreFour suspected terrorists from Pakistan, who were supposedly sailing in a fishing boat in the direction of Gujarat in India,
Read moreOn the first day of the New Year, India and Pakistan exchanged the list of their nuclear installations under a
Read moreJapanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe got a shot in the arm with his ruling coalition winning a new two-thirds majority
Read moreAfter two weeks of intense talks during the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Lima, Peru, delegates
Read moreDuring his sixth visit to India on 11 December 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin received an assurance from India that
Read moreThe threat of use, or misuse, of nuclear weapons is real and the consequences of such an event will be
Read moreThe interrogation methods used by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on detainees were ineffective, much harsher than previously revealed
Read moreUS President Barack Obama picked the man who described the US as “the single most important provider of security in
Read moreYes, says Goldman Sachs. And as early as 2016, by which time India’s economy is estimated to grow faster than
Read moreOPINION By EMILY SCHAUER Last week it was announced that Chuck Hagel submitted his resignation to President Obama. In the
Read moreText of speech delivered by US Trade Representative Michael Froman at the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry,
Read moreBy EMILY SCHAUER On Thursday, US President Barack Obama announced his plan to act unilaterally on the hot-button immigration issue
Read moreUS President Barack Obama on Friday set the ball rolling for creating history by accepting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
Read moreSeeking a third term, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Thursday announced presidential elections ahead of schedule. The decision to
Read moreEbola and climate change were among the non-economic topics mentioned in a joint statement by the Group of Twenty (G20)
Read moreIn a major victory for India, the US on Thursday agreed to support the former’s demand to be allowed to
Read moreIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have an unusually-long 10-day foreign trip starting November 11, 2014. “Starting 11th November I
Read moreOne of the first foreign policy announcements made by Stefan Lofven upon taking over as Prime Minister of Sweden early
Read moreSingapore is the most business-friendly economy in the world, according to the latest annual study by the World Bank, “Doing
Read moreIn a subtle message to China, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that India would supply naval vessels
Read moreHaving won the tightly-contested the Presidential election, albeit by a narrow margin, Dilma Rousseff has her task cut out. In
Read moreSquarely blaming the US for disrupting the world order by seeking to impose its will on other nations, Russian President
Read moreIn a notable victory, India has been re-elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) for the term 2015-17,
Read moreBy Reva Bhalla International diplomats will gather on January 22 in the Swiss town of Montreux to hammer out a
Read moreSeptember 28, 2013 Your Excellency, President of the General Assembly, Excellencies, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me first of all
Read moreSeptember 27, 2013 Washington DC The Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh and the President of the United States
Read moreSeeking to enable relief and reconstruction activities in opposition-controlled areas of Syria, the US has eased economic sanctions on the
Read moreKeeping in line with its policy on such incidents, Israel has chosen to “neither confirm nor deny” its role in
Read moreIn a major relief to peaceniks, the three-week face-off between India and China has ended. By Sunday evening, the Chinese
Read moreWith the standoff between India and China over Chinese troops’ alleged incursion into Indian territory entering the third week, two
Read moreSingapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) has rejected the application for tenure renewal by journalism professor Cherian George, reports Strait Times.
Read moreThe love-hate relations between India and Pakistan suffered another blow with the death of Indian citizen Sarabjit Singh in Pakistan.
Read moreAs many as 40 per cent of US college graduates are either unemployed or unemployable as they need further training
Read moreMore than 20 people have lost their lives in the latest spate of bomb attacks in Iraq on Monday. About
Read moreA powerful explosion ripped through an office building in Prague, the Czech capital, at 9.56 am local time. Initial reports
Read moreIs Indian economy slowly coming out of the woods? The country’s February exports figures seem to indicate so. The latest
Read moreAmid a slowing economy and dismal foreign investor confidence in the country, India has sought to present a subdued annual
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Read moreRussian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India comes at a most inopportune time. New Delhi is witnessing an unprecedented massive
Read moreAfter about three years in opposition, Japan’s conservative Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) won the national parliamentary elections on Sunday, paving
Read moreThree weeks after issuing it, Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi today revoked the controversial decree that gave him sweeping emergency powers.
Read moreThe row between the Maldives and an Indian company, GMR Group, over the Ibrahim Nasir International Airport in the tiny
Read moreFrom the looks of it, Palestine has the world on its side. On Friday, it won 139 votes in its
Read moreIn one of the bloodiest terror attacks, 36 people have been killed in Pakistan on Wednesday night as Taliban terrorists
Read moreAfter eight bloody days that saw 900 missiles being launched into Israel by Hamas militants, 1,500 bombings by Israel in
Read moreIndia today executed Mohammed Ajmal Mohammed Amir Kasab, the lone survivor of the 10-member Lashkar-e-Tayyiba terrorist squad that killed more
Read moreBy Aung San Suu Kyi, Chairperson, National League for Democracy, Myanmar (Excerpts from Suu Kyi’s Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Lecture in
Read moreUS President Barack Obama’s comment that India should open up more sectors to foreign investment has Indian political leaders up
Read moreHistorical linkages between India and Ethiopia data back at least 2,000 years of recorded history, according to India’s ministry of
Read moreIt was a spiritual event keenly watched for any political undertones. However, the 4-day Global Buddhist Congregation concluded in New
Read moreBY GEORGE FRIEDMAN Everyone is wondering about the next disaster to befall Europe. Italy is one focus; Spain is also
Read moreBy A.M. Godbole The notion of mutually assured destruction (MAD) helps prevent a direct full-blown military confrontation amongst nuclear weapons
Read moreAfter 10 years of central-right rule, Denmark has swiftly swung to the left. In the process, it has got a
Read moreBy Monika Skupa The land of Dracula, football craze and the Roma nomads… more than this, foreigners don’t know much
Read moreWith the fall of the 42-year autocratic regime under Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, all eyes are now on Syria, where
Read moreThe six-month-old liberation struggle in Libya entered a crucial phase with the rebels taking control of capital Tripoli. This more
Read moreBy Sachu Jacob The current famine in Somalia was a disaster waiting to happen. Human suffering has been part of
Read moreBritish Prime Minister David Cameron is facing his first political test. Since Saturday, London has been witnessing the worst kind
Read moreClose on the heels of the US debt ceiling deal, credit agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the US government’s
Read moreRanjan Mathai is India’s new foreign secretary. The appointment is for two years, which can be renewed if the government
Read moreThe new Pakistani foreign minister’s maiden visit to India began with a lot of hope. “I bring the good wishes
Read moreAgence Maghreb Arabe Press, the state news agency of Morocco, has reported that a military airplane belonging to Morocco’s Royal
Read morePakistan’s new foreign minister is only 34 years old. But that’s the least surprising factor of the new minister, Hina
Read moreBy Sachu Jacob Mumbai is India’s commercial and entertainment hub. It is also one of the most densely populated cities
Read moreHillary Rodham Clinton, US Secretary of State, arrived in New Delhi on 18 July to attend the second round of
Read moreFor the second time, Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan requested the French government to postpone the ceremony of the second-highest
Read moreIn a suspected terror attack, Mumbai, the financial capital of India, was rattled during the evening rush as three bombs
Read moreBy Matthew Gertken and Jennifer Richmond Beijing has become noticeably more anxious than usual in recent months, launching one of
Read moreBy Rev. Prof. Renta Nishihara When the great earthquake took place on 11 March, I was at the university. My
Read moreDoes India want to trade with Iran or not? It seems Indian companies do, but the government doesn’t. Or that
Read moreTo say that Russian President Dmitry Medvedev’s two-day trip to India (21-22 December 2010) was highly successful would be an understatement.
Read moreBBC lists Kashmir as an independent country, undoes it, quietly Is Kashmir part of India, part of Pakistan, or is
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