UN chief urges pressure to bring Yemen’s parties to talks
United Nations, Jun 24 (AP) The UN chief called for more pressure to be applied to Yemen’s warring parties to come together to arrange a cease-fire in the war that has cost more than 10,000 lives and displaced 2 million people in the world’s worst humanitarian disaster. Yemeni people are “suffering terribly” and COVID-19 is […]
At RIC meet, India stresses on need to follow ethos of international relations
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday said leading voices of the world must be exemplars in “every way” and they need to respect international law while recognising the interests of partners, in comments seen as a veiled criticism of China. Jaishankar’s remarks in presence of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at an […]
Russia rules out mediating between India and China
Moscow: Russia on Tuesday ruled out mediating between India and China following the violent clashes in the Galwan Valley, saying the two nations do not need any kind of assistance to resolve their disputes. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks came after a virtual conference of the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China. External […]
US, Russia hold new nuclear arms talks, but without China
Berlin: American and Russian negotiators have concluded a round of nuclear arms control talks in Vienna, aimed at producing a new agreement to replace the New START treaty that expires in February — the last remaining pact constraining the arsenals of the world’s two major nuclear powers. US negotiator Marshall Billingslea told reporters Tuesday that […]
Bolton says State Dept defended India on Iranian oil import but Trump was not ‘sympathetic’
Washington: Former US national security advisor John Bolton has slammed the State Department for defending India’s position on import of oil from Iran, while claiming at the same time that President Donald Trump had “not been sympathetic” to New Delhi’s case. In his tell-all book “The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir” that […]
WHO chief warns world leaders not to ‘politicise’ pandemic
Dubai: World leaders must not politicise the coronavirus pandemic but unite to fight it, the head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday, reminding all that the pandemic is still accelerating and producing record daily increases in infections. The comments by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has faced criticism from US President Donald Trump, comes […]
India’s dissent over China’s BRI poses no threat to SCO: Secretary-General Norov
Beijing: India’s decision not to endorse China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative in the SCO poses no threat to the bloc as its structure is democratic enough to allow a member country to opt-out of projects backed by others, its General-Secretary Vladimir Norov said. Beijing-headquartered Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) is an eight-member economic and security […]
UK knife attack terror suspect was on spy radar
London: A Libyan asylum seeker currently in custody in relation to the knife rampage in a British park that killed three people was known to the MI5 intelligence service, UK media reports said on Monday. Khairi Saadallah, 25, has been arrested under the UK’s Terrorism Act after the deadly incident in a busy park in […]
Iran’s currency reaches lowest value ever against dollar
Tehran: Iran’s currency on Monday dropped to its lowest value ever against the dollar and officials warned Iranian exporters to bring their foreign earnings home from abroad. Money exchange shops briefly traded the Iranian rial 200,000 for a dollar and later in the day, the currency was valued at 198,000 rials against the dollar. The […]
Sino-India border situation ‘very tough’, US talking to India and China to help them out: Trump
Washington: Amidst the “very tough” standoff at the China-India border, US President Donald Trump has said that his administration is talking to both countries to “help them” resolve their ongoing tensions. Trump’s comments came in the backdrop of the violent face-off between the Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh on […]
