Tianjin: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday downplayed US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Russia and its trading partners, asserting that Moscow is well equipped to withstand additional sanctions. Addressing a press conference after the meeting of the Foreign Ministers Council of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) here,…
Beijing: Leaders from more than 20 countries and heads of 10 international organisations will attend the Tianjin Summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) and related events next month, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday. The SCO Tianjin Summit will be held from August 31-September 1, Wang said during a joint press meeting…
Lahore: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar on Tuesday reaffirmed Islamabad’s commitment to deepening its “enduring friendship” with China and advancing shared regional goals during a joint meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Dar was among the foreign ministers and heads of standing bodies of the 10-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) whom Xi met…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump Monday reiterated his claim that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan, which could have turned into a “nuclear war”, through trade. “We’ve been very successful in settling wars. You have India and Pakistan. You have Rwanda and the Congo that was going on for 30 years,” Trump…
Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday conveyed to Chinese Vice President Han Zheng that continued normalisation of India-China ties can produce mutually beneficial outcomes, and an open exchange of views between the two sides is “very important” considering the “complex” global scenario. The external affairs minister held talks with Zheng shortly after landing…
Singapore: India will play an increasingly important role globally as the world “inexorably” transitions into multipolarity, Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said after holding talks with his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on Sunday. Jaishankar, who was in this city-state as part of his two-nation trip, also met President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Deputy Prime Minister Gan…
Lahore: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf has informally kick-started the ‘Free Imran Khan movement’ from Lahore, demanding the release of the incarcerated former prime minister, with police making several arrests to prevent party workers from joining the protest, the party said on Sunday. This informal launch comes less than a month ahead of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)…
Lahore: In yet another attack, insurgents shot and killed nine passengers from Punjab after offloading them from a passenger bus in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Friday, according to authorities. The incident was reported on the national highway in the Zhob area of the province, said Assistant Commissioner Zhob Naveed Alam. The armed insurgents checked…
Washington: President Donald Trump announced Thursday that the United States would apply a 35% tariff to all imports from Canada beginning next month, reviving tensions with a major trade partner that had largely dissipated in recent weeks. “Instead of working with the United States, Canada retaliated with its Tariffs,” Trump wrote in the letter shared…
Dhaka: A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday indicted deposed premier Sheikh Hasina in absentia on charges of crimes against humanity in connection with a deadly crackdown on protesters during the July-August uprising last year. The International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh (ICT-BD) has set August 3 as the date for the trial. The tribunal has…
