Joe Biden to meet Xi Jinping in San Francisco this month; want to move forward with China: WH

Washington: US President Joe Biden would meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC Leadership Summit in San Francisco later this month, the White House has confirmed. “The president is looking forward to it. And that, I think should answer your question,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday…

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India abstained from UN vote on Israel-Hamas conflict in ‘absence of all elements of its approach’

United Nations: India is concerned over the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Gaza but at the same time strongly considers that there can be no equivocation on terror, sources said on Saturday explaining New Delhi’s decision to abstain on a UN General Assembly resolution that called for a humanitarian truce in the Israel-Hamas conflict. The resolution did…

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Terrorism is a ‘malignancy’, knows no borders: India tells UNGA as it abstains on resolution on Israel-Hamas conflict

United Nations: Terrorism is a “malignancy” and knows no borders, nationality or race and the world should not buy into any justification of terror acts, India has told the UN General Assembly as it abstained on a resolution on the Israel-Hamas conflict. India on Friday abstained in the UN General Assembly on a Jordanian-drafted resolution…

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Biden says progress on India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor could be one of the reasons for Hamas’ attack on Israel

Washington: US President Joe Biden has said that he is convinced that one of the reasons why Hamas launched a terrorist attack on Israel was because of the recent announcement during the G-20 Summit in New Delhi on the ambitious India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor that integrates the entire region with a network of railroad. Israel…

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Imran Khan dares Nawaz Sharif for a contest at ‘whatever constituency’ the latter chooses

Lahore: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party chairman Imran Khan has thrown a challenge to Nawaz Sharif, saying he will contest against the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz supremo in “whatever constituency” he chooses in the upcoming polls. Khan’s challenge came as a video posted from his X handle. The former prime minister has been in Adiala Jail at Rawalpindi in…

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Population can’t be collateral damage in Israel-Gaza conflict, says Irish Deputy PM

Dublin: The innocent population of Palestinians cannot be collateral damage as Israel pursues its right to go after Hamas, Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister has warned even as he admitted “different strands of opinion” within the European Union (EU) on the Israeli-Palestinian issue. In an interaction on the sidelines of the Global Ireland Summit in Dublin on…

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India says it will treat Pakistan’s reference to Kashmir at UNSC meeting on Israel-Gaza situation with contempt it deserves

United Nations: India has said it will treat a reference by Pakistan to Kashmir during a Security Council meeting on the Israel-Gaza situation with the contempt it deserves and will not dignify it with a response. The remarks by India’s Deputy Permanent Representative at the UN, Ambassador R Ravindra, came on Tuesday after Pakistan’s UN…

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