Washington: The US is engaging with India over the issue of Ukraine and this will continue at the Quad summit when President Joe Biden meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Japan next month, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki has indicated. “We have had a number of engagements, as you know, with leaders in India […]
Thimphu: The India-Bhutan relationship is based on a genuine concern for each other’s welfare and interests, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said here on Friday, asserting that New Delhi’s development cooperation paradigm with the Himalayan nation is unique, prompted by moral principles and emotional bonds. Jaishankar, who is here on an official visit at the […]
LONDON: Tens of thousands of troops from Nato and other north Atlantic nations will take part in a series of military exercises across Europe in the coming weeks as western countries seek to deter Russian aggression. The exercises, backed by aircraft, tanks, artillery and armored assault vehicles, will take place in Finland, Poland, North Macedonia […]
Washington: India offers huge opportunities for the US in bilateral defence trade but its offset requirements pose an enormous challenge in doing business with the country, a former top Pentagon official has told top American lawmakers. Ellen Lord, who previously served as the Under Secretary of Defence for Acquisition and Sustainment (A&S), told members of […]
BEIJING: China on Wednesday asked Pakistan to scale-up security for its nationals working in the country and demanded a thorough investigation and punishment to the perpetrators behind the suicide attack at the Karachi University which killed three Chinese teachers and injured another. The blood of the Chinese cannot be shed in vain, and those behind […]
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin told the visiting UN chief Tuesday that he still had hope for negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine. “Despite the fact that the military operation is ongoing, we still hope that we will be able to reach agreements on the diplomatic track,” Putin told UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who […]
TORETSK (Ukraine): The U.S. pressed its allies Tuesday to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with weapons as Russian forces rained fire on eastern and southern Ukraine amid growing new fears the war could spill over the country’s borders. For the second day in a row, explosions rocked the separatist region of Trans-Dniester […]
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has begun discussions with China about refinancing its debt, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday, as Colombo struggles with its worst financial crisis in decades. China has suggested to Colombo that it would prefer to refinance the debt, said Nalaka Godahewa, Sri Lanka’s media minister. “Now since the IMF is willing engage […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been issued a passport to return to his home country from the UK where he was seeking treatment, a media report said on Monday. The 72-year-old three-time premier, against whom several corruption cases were launched by the government of former prime minister Imran Khan, had left for […]
New York: Former President Donald Trump said Monday that he has no intention of rejoining Twitter even if his account is reinstated following Elon Musk’s agreement to buy the social media giant for roughly 44 billion. Trump told Fox News that he will instead focus on his own platform, Truth Social, which has been mired […]