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Canadian FM Anita Anand to visit India, Singapore and China from October 12-17
Ottawa : Canada Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand is set to embark on a diplomatic visit to India, Singapore, and China from October 12 to October 17 to advance bilateral relations and cooperation with these countries as part of Canada's…
PM Modi receives US Ambassador-designate Sergio Gor; hopes tenure will bolster India-US ties
New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi received Sergio Gor, the Ambassador-designate of the United States to India, on Saturday. PM Modi expressed confidence that his tenure would further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global…
Future of India-Afghanistan relations is very bright: Afghan FM Muttaqi
Saharanpur : Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi on Saturday received a warm welcome during his visit to Darul Uloom Deoband in Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking exclusively with news agency, he highlighted the bright future…
Pakistan’s blitzkrieg of airstrikes on Kabul escalates tensions with Afghanistan
Kabul: Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan surged dramatically following multiple explosions in Kabul that residents and observers fear were the result of unprovoked cross-border airstrikes. The Afghan capital was shaken as powerful…
Massive earthquake of magnitude 7.6 hits Philippines’ Mindanao region
Manila: An offshore earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Davao Oriental province in Mindanao region of the Philippines on Friday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology reported. In a report, the…
UN condemns Myanmar airstrike that killed 24 civilians during religious festival
Geneva:The United Nations on Friday strongly condemned a deadly airstrike carried out by Myanmar’s military that killed at least 24 civilians, including children, during a religious festival in Sagaing Region earlier this week.
The attack…
LS Speaker Om Birla meets Australian Senate President on sidelines of CPC in Barbados
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla met with the President of the Australian Senate, Sue Lines on the sidelines of the 68th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) in Barbados and discussed the growing strategic partnership between the two…
US to send about 200 troops to ‘oversee’ Gaza ceasefire deal
Washington: The United States is sending about 200 troops to Israel to "oversee" the Gaza ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, US media reported. The task force will "oversee, observe, make sure there are no violations" of the deal, a…
Rajnath Singh holds delegation-level talks with Australian FM Penny Wong
Canberra : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met with Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Thursday during his visit to the country. The leaders held delegation-level talks. He also paid tributes at the Australian War Memorial and laid a…
‘Confident that relationship will continue to grow deeper, stronger”: Rajnath Singh…
Canberra : Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday during his visit to the country and hailed the fillip towards the bilateral relationship. In a post on X he said, "Excellent meeting with…
UN Chief welcomes announcement to secure ceasefire, hostage release in Gaza
Geneva : UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres welcomed the announcement of an agreement to secure a ceasefire and hostage release in Gaza, based on the proposal put forward by US President Donald Trump. He lauded the diplomatic efforts of…
INS Trikand visits Egypt’s Safaga as part of operational deployment
Safaga : The Indian Navy's stealth frigate, INS Trikand, visited Safaga, Egypt, from October 6-8, as part of her operational deployment. During the port call, India's Ambassador to Egypt, SK Redd, interacted with the ship's crew. Sharing…
Qatar’s PM says agreement reached on Gaza ceasefire
Doha : Qatar's Prime Minister and official Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Majed Al Ansari, on Thursday said that an agreement was reached on all the provisions and implementation mechanisms of the first phase of the Gaza…
Israel, Hamas sign “first phase of peace plan,” says Trump
Washington DC : US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have "signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan". In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said, "This means that ALL of the Hostages will…
British Airways to expand UK-India connectivity during landmark trade mission
London : British Airways has reaffirmed its ambition for network growth in India, as the airline facilitated a major UK Government trade mission led by Prime Minister Keir Starmer to the country, the airline stated in an official…
Moscow hits back at Finland, cites West’s long record of Helsinki Act breaches
Moscow ): Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has dismissed accusations by Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen that Moscow violated the principles of the Helsinki Final Act, calling them a "blatant lie", while accusing…
Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar Yaghi win 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for metal organic…
Stockholm : The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar M Yaghi for their pioneering work in the development of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), Al Jazeera…
“Has anger management problem, should see a doctor…”: Trump on Greta Thunberg
Washington, DC : US President Donald Trump criticised climate activist Greta Thunberg, suggesting she has an "anger management problem" and should see a doctor. He made these comments after Thunberg's detention and deportation by Israel,…
Israel marks two years since brutal October 7 attack
Jerusalem; Two years ago, on October 7, during the closing of the Jewish festival of Sukkot, Hamas militants launched a surprise and deadly assault on Israel, marking the bloodiest day in the nation's history. The attack began when armed…
India reminds world of Pakistan’s ‘genocidal mass rape’ in Bangladesh as it tries to obfuscate…
United Nations; India has reminded the world of Pakistan’s campaign of “genocidal mass rape” of women in Bangladesh during its Independence struggle as Islamabad tried to divert attention from its record through “misdirection and…