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New York : Iranian Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi on Saturday (local time) said that Tehran had witnessed the first reaction from the US President on its proposal but was waiting for mediators to convey the "definitive opinions"…

Kathmandu : At least 10 people have gone missing after an avalanche struck the base camp of Himlung Himal in western Nepal, bordering Tibet, expedition organisers confirmed on Sunday. Expedition organiser Mingma Gyalje Sherpa confirmed…

New York : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Saturday (local time) held separate meetings with his Canadian, Mexican and Venezuelan counterparts on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In a post on X,…

New York : Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Ambassador Sibi George, met Carl Skau, Acting Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New…

New Delhi : Indian Navy ships INS Sahyadri and INS Kulish participated in the Sea Phase of the 23rd ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Maritime Security Joint Cooperative Activity along with maritime forces from participating countries.…

New Delhi : A five-member delegation of Sri Lanka’s ruling Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), led by its General Secretary Tilvin Silva, will visit India from September 27 to October 1 at the invitation of the Bharatiya Janata Party, as per…

Geneva : Hafeezan Wadhio, an executive committee member of the World Sindhi Congress (WSC), during her intervention at the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), called for greater engagement by UN human rights…

New Delhi : The 9th India International Water Week 2026 featured a roundtable with Ambassadors of African countries in New Delhi, with India underlining its readiness to work with African nations to accelerate implementation of Sustainable…

Kathmandu : One month has passed since the devastating Nepal floods, which have left over five thousand missing and at least 1451 deaths confirmed to date. At the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Kathmandu, the wall where the…

New York : India called for greater voice and representation for developing countries and stressed the need for urgent UN Security Council reform as Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri delivered India’s national statement at the 50th Annual…

Washington DC : US President Donald Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 37 per cent, the lowest of any president heading into midterm elections in Wall Street Journal polls dating to 1990, even as Trump has been predicting success for…

New York : Qatar Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani on Friday (local time) said that the situation in the Strait of Hormuz is "very difficult and challenging", while calling for an…

New York : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday (local time) said that the emergence of groupings such as BRICS does not represent an alternative to the United Nations, stressing that BRICS remains supportive of the UN and its…

New York : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday (local time) highlighted the opportunities and security risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) in the maritime domain and also welcomed the launch of India-Gulf…

New York : Exercising India's right of reply to Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's speech at the UN General Assembly, First Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN, Petal Gahlot, on Friday (local time) warned that…

Washington, DC : US President Donald Trump on Friday (local time) said Chinese President Xi Jinping had concluded his visit to Washington, describing their meeting as one focused on “friendship, strength, and success” between the two…

New York : Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, while addressing the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday (local time), again referred to the four-day military confrontation in May 2025 that followed India’s Operation…

Washington DC : Tibetans, Uyghurs and other diaspora communities held protests in Washington DC opposing Chinese President Xi Jinping's three-day visit to the US capital and calling for greater attention to human rights concerns in Tibet,…

New York : External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday (local time) continued his intensive diplomatic outreach on the sidelines of the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA81) in New York, holding a series of meetings with his…

Islamabad : Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s son Kasim Khan on Friday warned supporters against marching towards Adiala jail during the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's (PTI) planned September 27 protest, alleging that the mobilisation…