Asia

Washington, Jul 16 (UNI/SPUTNIK) White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and Chief Adviser to the President of Turkey Ibrahim Kalin discussed a range of regional issues in a phone call on Friday, National Security Council…

Washington, Jul 17 (UNI/Sputnik) The Biden administration plans to evacuate 2,500 Afghan interpreters and their families to a base in the United States before the US withdrawal from Afghanistan is complete at the end of August, NBC News…

Tashkent, Jul 16(UNI) Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, while speaking at an international summit in Uzbekistan on Friday came down heavily on Pakistan for what he called support to the Taliban. He urged Pakistan to use its influence and…

Washington, Jul 15 (UNI/Sputnik) The United States will continue to solicit strong support for the Afghan peace process both regionally and internationally, Homeland Security Adviser Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall said Thursday. The White…

Dhaka, Jul 15 (UNI) Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen and Indian Foreign Minister S Jayashankar met on the sidelines of the connective conference in Tashkend, the capital of Uzbekistan. The meeting was described by…

KABUL: The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan, saying they seized a strategic border crossing with Pakistan on Wednesday - the latest in a series of key border post to come under their control in recent weeks. The…

Tashkent (Uzbekistan), July 14, Uzbekistan is hosting the Central-South Asia Conference 2021 in Tashkent titled the International Conference on Central and South Asia Regional Connectivity, Challenges and Opportunities. External Affairs…

New Delhi, July 14 (UNI) Saying that the future of Afghanistan cannot be its past, India on Wednesday called upon fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation nations to act against the seizure of power by violence and force, and ensure that…

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is likely to meet his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Dushanbe in Tajikistan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign ministers’ meeting. The two leaders last met on…

Kathmandu, July 13(UNI) Sher Bahadur Deuba was sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Nepal on Tuesday. Deuba was administered the oath of office by President Bidya Devi Bhandari administered at a ceremony at the latter's official…

Kathmandu, Jul 12 (UNI) The Supreme Court of Nepal on Monday ordered the House of Representatives to be reinstated and directed President Bidya Devi Bhandari to appoint opposition Nepali Congress party leader Sher Bahadur Deuba as new…

New Delhi/Dushanbe, Jul 12 (UNI) Foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) began arriving in the Tajik capital Dushanbe for meetings that would focus on the situation in Afghanistan in the wake of the US pullout and…

Agartala, Jul 12 (UNI) Continuing the export efforts of Tripura government, the horticulture department has dispatched a consignment of 1000 kilograms of Kew variety pineapples and 1,800 kilograms of organic turmeric to Kolkata by Sealdah…

New Delhi July 12 (UNI) _Indian Council for Cultural Relations(ICCR) and University of Delhi have started a new phase in their shared cultural collaboration by establishing a 'Bangabandhu Chair', a direct outcome of PM Modi's Bangladesh…

Nepal Investment Board has said it has signed a pact with India's state-owned SJVN Ltd to develop the 679-megawatt (MW) Lower Arun Hydro Electric Project in eastern Nepal. In a statement on Sunday, the National Investment Board of the…

New Delhi, July 9 (UNI) India and Russia on Friday agreed to hold 2+2 talks involving foreign and defence ministers later this year, adding a new dimension to their steady and multi-dimensional relationship. External Affairs Minister S…

Moscow, Jul 9 (UNI/SPUTNIK) Afghanistan is calling on China, India and Russia to help the country's defense and security forces fight terrorism, rather than interfere in internal affairs, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani's National Security…