Tense nuclear talks with Iran to resume Thursday in Vienna
Berlin: The European diplomat chairing nuclear talks between Iran and world powers says negotiations in Vienna will resume Thursday. Enrique Mora said Wednesday on Twitter that the parties to the 2015 Vienna accord will meet in the Austrian capital after consulting with their governments in recent days. European diplomats had urged Tehran to come back […]
Biden to warn Putin of economic pain if he invades Ukraine
Washington: President Joe Biden is ready to warn Vladimir Putin during a video call Tuesday that Russia will face economy-jarring sanctions if it invades neighboring Ukraine as the U.S. president seeks a diplomatic solution to deal with the tens of thousands of Russian troops massed near the Ukraine border. Biden aims to make clear that […]
China says US diplomatic boycott violates Olympic spirit
Beijing: China on Tuesday accused the United States of violating the Olympic spirit by announcing an American diplomatic boycott of February’s Beijing Winter Games, amid an increasingly bitter feud over the Biden administration’s decision not to send officials over human rights concerns. The US is attempting to interfere with the Beijing Winter Olympics “out of […]
India says disturbed over sentencing of Aung San Suu Kyi
New Delhi: India on Tuesday said it is “disturbed” by the recent verdicts relating to Myanmar’s ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi and others, saying the rule of law and the democratic process must be upheld. Suu Kyi had been sentenced to a four-year jail term by a court in Myanmar after holding her guilty […]
India, Russia ink four defence pacts; resolve to expand military ties
New Delhi: India and Russia on Monday inked an agreement for joint production of over six lakh AK-203 assault rifles at a manufacturing facility in Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi besides firming up another pact on military cooperation for 10 years. The rifles will be manufactured for the Indian armed forces at a cost of around Rs […]
Myanmar court sentences ousted leader Suu Kyi to 4 years
Bangkok: A special court in Myanmar’s capital sentenced the country’s ousted leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, to four years in prison on Monday after finding her guilty of incitement and violating coronavirus restrictions, a legal official said. The sentencing was the first in a series of cases in which the 76-year-old Nobel laureate is being […]
Body of Sri Lankan national lynched by mob in Pakistan flown to Colombo
Lahore: The body of a Sri Lankan national, who was lynched by a mob in Pakistan’s Punjab province over allegations of blasphemy, was flown to Colombo on Monday, even as authorities arrested more suspects involved in the grisly incident that brought bad name for the country. The wooden coffin has the words: “Human remains of […]
Biden, Putin set video call on Tuesday as Ukraine tensions grow
Moscow: Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin will speak in a video call on Tuesday, the White House and Kremlin said, as tensions between the United States and Russia escalate over a Russian troop buildup on the Ukrainian border that is seen as a sign of a potential invasion. Biden will press US concerns about […]
Jaishankar flags ‘sharpening of tensions’ on territorial issues across Asia amidst China’s rise
Abu Dhabi: The consequences of China’s rise and its growing capabilities are “particularly profound”, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said as he flagged the “sharpening of tensions” on territorial issues across Asia with Beijing’s actions raising a question mark on the agreements of yesteryears. Speaking at the fifth Indian Ocean Conference – IOC 2021 […]
Lynched Sri Lankan’s nearly all bones broken, 99% body burnt: Pak report
Lahore: Nearly all bones of Sri Lankan national Priyantha Kumara Diyawadana were broken and his body was 99 per cent burnt in the horrific lynching incident in Pakistan’s Punjab province, a media report on Sunday said, citing his post-mortem report. Angry supporters of the hardline Islamist party Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) attacked a garment factory on […]
