Bilateral issues brought to regional, intn’l forums diminish chances for direct dialogue: India
United Nations: The international order is facing multiple challenges to peace and security, India has said, asserting that purely bilateral issues are brought to regional and international forums that diminish the chances for direct and mutual dialogue. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu said at a UN Security Council briefing […]
US will speak out forcefully against China committing ‘genocide’ against Uyghur Muslims: Blinken
Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the US will speak out forcefully against China committing “genocide” against Uyghur Muslims in its Xinjiang province, as several lawmakers voiced concern about the deteriorating human rights situation in the communist nation, ahead of the first face-to-face meeting of top American and Chinese officials next week since […]
Myanmar junta spurns UN appeal, kills more protesters
Mandalay: Spurning an appeal by the United Nations to top using lethal force against peaceful demonstrators, security forces in Myanmar on Thursday fatally shot at least 10 people protesting against last month’s military coup. The military also lodged a new allegation against Aung San Suu Kyi, the elected leader it ousted on February 1. It […]
UK press body chief quits as Meghan racism claims roil media
London: The head of a major British press organisation has resigned over his response to Meghan and Harry’s television interview — the second senior UK media figure to leave amid a heated debate over the royal couple’s allegations of racism and bias. Ian Murray said he was stepping down as executive director of the Society […]
Range of global issues and challenges to be discussed at first Quad Summit: US
Washington: The top leaders of the US, India, Australia and Japan will hold their first summit under the framework of the Quadrilateral coalition on Friday to discuss a range of issues facing the international community, the White House has announced, amidst growing global concerns over China’s increasing assertiveness in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. Announcing the […]
Hope first Quad summit is conducive to regional peace, ‘not the opposite’: China
Beijing: As the US, India, Australia and Japan are set to hold their first Leaders’ Summit of Quad on Friday, a wary China on Wednesday hoped that the four countries will do things that are “conducive” to regional peace and stability instead of the “opposite”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime […]
US provided some info, equipment to India during its border crisis with China: Pentagon Commander
Washington: The US provided some information, cold-weather clothing and some other equipment to India during its recent border crisis with China, which has adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the region, a top Pentagon commander has told American lawmakers. Admiral Philips Davidson, Commander of the US Indo-Pacific […]
On International Women’s Day, laments of retreat on rights
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on International Women’s Day that the COVID-19 pandemic has seen “a rollback in hard-won advances in women’s rights” even as calls for women’s empowerment echoed around the globe, from Myanmar and Afghanistan to Saudi Arabia and the United States. The U.N. chief paid tribute to women leaders whose […]
Death toll from explosions in Equatorial Guinea rises to 98
Dakar (Senegal): The death toll from a series of explosions at a military barracks in Equatorial Guinea rose by dozens to at least 98 killed after more bodies were recovered, the government said Tuesday. The blasts on Sunday in the Mondong Nkuantoma neighbourhood of the coastal city of Bata also wounded at least 615 people, […]
EU lawmakers lift the immunity of 3 Catalan separatists
Brussels: The European Parliament on Tuesday voted to lift the immunity of the former president of Spain’s Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont, and two of his associates, a move that could pave the way for their extradition. In the decision on Puigdemont, 400 legislators voted for the waiver of immunity, 248 were against and 45 abstained. […]