Miscellaneous

Conservative chancellor candidate Armin Laschet won some time in a fight for his political future on Tuesday as lawmakers in his CDU/CSU alliance met to decide what to do after suffering their first national election defeat since 2002.…

Former US President Barack Obama presided on Tuesday over a ceremonial groundbreaking at the future Obama Presidential Center in Chicago, saying he hopes the facility will be a hub of global civic activism. Construction of the $700…

Washington, Sep 27 (UNI/Sputnik) White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates alongside regional US envoys, National Security Council (NSC) spokesperson Emily Horne announced…

Phnom Penh/New Delhi, Sep 27 (UNI) India on Monday completed the supply and installation of 1,500 hand pumps to Cambodia to provide safe drinking water to over 400 villages in two provinces of the Southeast Asian neighbour. The hand…

United Nations, Sep 27 (UNI) Afghanistan's ambassador to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai, who was set to address world leaders at the UN General Assembly on Monday, has withdrawn his name from the list of speakers. UN spokesperson…

Five Palestinian gunmen were killed in shootouts with Israeli security forces during a sweeping West Bank arrest operation cracking down on the Islamic militant group Hamas on Sunday. It was the deadliest violence between Israeli troops…

The deputy leader of Britain’s main opposition party refused Sunday to apologise for calling the governing Conservatives “scum”. Labour Party lawmaker Angela Rayner called members of the government a “bunch of scum homophobic, racist,…

For the first time in Icelandic and European politics, there are now more women lawmakers than men in parliament, according to final election results released on Sunday. Some 33 women were voted into the 63-seat parliament, Icelandic…

United Nations, Sep 25 (UNI/Sputnik) UN Under-Secretary-General of Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamitsu told Sputnik on Saturday that she was hoping that China would remain committed to its no-first-use policy on nuclear weapons. Last week,…

New York, Sep 25 (UNI) In a speech highlighting India’s diversity and democratic traditions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that it is the strength of the Indian democracy that a small boy who used to help his father at a…

United Nations, Sep 25 (UNI/Sputnik) The idea of the United States to hold the so-called Summit for Democracy invokes the spirit of the Cold War and de facto declares a "crusade" against countries with dissenting  views, Russian Foreign…

United Nations, NewsonRadarBureau, Sept.25: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted the United Nations General Assembly to tackle the issues at hand effectively. He highlighted the Covid-19 crises, conflicts on Sea trade and spread of…

Chandigarh, Sep 25 (UNI) A book ‘Tokyo Olympics De Saade Hockey Khidari’, based on a brief biography of bronze medal winning players of the Indian hockey team at the Tokyo Olympics, was released by Punjab Olympic Association President Brahm…

United Nations, Sep 24 (UNI/Sputnik) Afghanistan Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ghulam Isaczai, appointed by toppled President Ashraf Ghani, is set to address the UN General Assembly on Monday, UN spokesperson Stephane…

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian appeared to criticize the Quad in a briefing on Friday. "A closed, exclusive clique targeting other countries runs counter to the trend of the times and the aspirations of regional countries.…

Prime Minister Modi invited US President Biden to visit India, and President Biden noted it with thanks and appreciation, and said will visit at earliest mutual convenience: Foreign Secy. HV Shringla

Washington, Sep 23 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday met US Vice President Kamala Harris in their first in-person bilateral engagement, during which he said that under President Joe Biden and her leadership the India-US…

Washington, Sep 24 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, during which the two sides discussed a range of issues, including the Indo-Pacific, regional…