United Nations: India has slammed Pakistan at the United Nations, calling it a “Frankenstein state” that gets shocked when its “own monster bites back”, as it accused Islamabad of “hosting, training and deploying” terrorists. The remarks were made by Anupama Singh, First Secretary at India’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, on Wednesday, after Pakistan…
Jerusalem: Israel’s military said Friday its forces struck targets throughout southern Lebanon overnight as Hezbollah reported intense fighting in the area, threatening the nascent agreement between Iran and the United States to end their war. Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported at least 16 people were killed in Israeli airstrikes, which the Israeli military said were…
Paris: Trade was a major subject of discussion between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, with both leaders directing their negotiators to finalise the proposed trade pact at the earliest, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Thursday. Misri’s comments came a day after Modi and Trump held wide-ranging talks for the first…
Paris: India is emerging as a “trusted partner” to the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, underlining that the country is investing across sectors that will drive growth, innovation and opportunity for generations to come. Addressing the Indian diaspora here, Modi also said that this is a defining period in India’s journey, where…
Beijing: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will attend a meeting of the National Security Advisors of BRICS countries to be held in New Delhi on June 22-23, Beijing announced on Thursday. The BRICS National Security Advisors Meeting is a high-level platform that brings together the National Security Advisors (NSAs) of the 11 BRICS member-states to…
Evian-Les-Bains (France): Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump directed their officials to work towards a balanced, mutually beneficial, and commercially meaningful trade agreement at the earliest. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said this on Thursday, a day after the two leaders held wide-ranging talks for the first time in 16 months…
France: The U.S. and Iran have remotely signed their memorandum of understanding to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, and the agreement is now in effect, two U.S. officials told Axios. President Trump signed the agreement, one official said, and Trump later confirmed it. The signing was supposed to happen in Switzerland on Friday,…
Evian-Les-Bains (France): India will “always be” on the side of peace, placing the values of humanity over everything else, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday after holding talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Modi met Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in the French commune of Evian-Les-Bains. “Met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in…
Evian-Les-Bains (France) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday raised the issue of seafarers’ safety with US President Donald Trump, urging that their protection be given the highest priority during the implementation of Washington’s peace deal with Iran, even as the two leaders focused on taking steps to repair bilateral ties that witnessed severe strain over…
Washington: Two Democratic Senators have urged President Donald Trump against granting any further exemption from US sanctions on the purchase of Russian oil, contending that there is no rationale for such a move, as the war with Iran is now over. In a statement here on Tuesday, Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Elizabeth Warren said the…
