Singapore: Describing India and China as “drivers of Asia’s growth”, a senior Singaporean minister on Monday said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gains when New Delhi and Beijing engage. “ASEAN is a platform where both giants (India and China) can connect with the wider region,” Minister of State for Trade and Industry Alvin…
Kyiv (Ukraine): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has backed the imposition of tariffs on countries maintaining economic ties with Russia, saying it is the “right idea” in the face of continued aggression by Moscow. During an interview with ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz on Friday (local time), Zelenskyy suggested that such punitive economic…
New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he is ready to impose the “second phase” of sanctions against Russia. “Yeah, I am,” Trump said outside the White House in response to a question if he was prepared to impose additional sanctions on Russia. Trump’s comment came shortly after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent…
Kyiv: Russia fired its biggest-ever aerial barrage at Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least two people and setting the seat of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv ablaze, authorities said. A strike on a nine-story residential building in the west of Kyiv killed at least two people, a mother and her two-month-old son, prosecutors said. 18…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday conveyed to French President Emmanuel Macron New Delhi’s support for a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict even as the two leaders “positively” assessed the India-France strategic ties. Following a phone conversation with Macron, Modi said the strategic partnership between New Delhi and Paris will continue to…
United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not address the General Debate at the annual high-level session of the United Nations General Assembly later this month, according to a revised provisional list of speakers issued here. The 80th session of the UN General Assembly will open on September 9. The high-level General Debate will run…
Washington: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Friday that would let the U.S. designate nations as state sponsors of wrongful detention, using the threat of associated sanctions to deter Americans from being detained abroad or taken hostage. The designation, similar to the state sponsors of terrorism designation that the U.S. already imposes on some…
New York/Washington: Amid current tensions between Washington and Delhi over tariffs and purchase of Russian oil, US President Donald Trump said India and the United States have a “special relationship” and there’s nothing to worry about as the two countries “just have moments on occasion”. “I’ll always be friends with (Narendra) Modi… He’s a great…
Washington: It “looks like we have lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China”, US President Donald Trump said on Friday, as ties between New Delhi and Washington are reeling under possibly the worst phase in over two decades. Trump’s latest post on social media came days after the bonhomie among Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chinese…
Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin warns that any Western forces deployed to Ukraine would be a “legitimate” target for Moscow’s army, a day after Kyiv’s allies said they had committed to a troop presence in the event of a peace deal. Two dozen countries, led by France and Britain, pledged Thursday to join a “reassurance”…
