India congratulates China on FATF post, hopes Beijing will be balanced
New Delhi, Feb 25: India today congratulated China for becoming the vice chair of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global body mandated to combat terror financing, and hoped Beijing would “uphold and support” the objective of the watchdog in a balanced and objective way. In its plenary meeting in Paris on Friday, the […]
Bangladesh HC defers judgement on Zia’s bail petition
Dhaka, Feb 25 :Bangladesh’s High Court today deferred the judgement on imprisoned ex-prime minister and main opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia’s bail petition, saying it would decide after receiving necessary papers from the lower court which has sentenced her. The 72-year-old three-time former prime minister was given a five-year jail term by Dhaka’s Special Court […]
Jaitapur n-plant: Framework agreement likely during Macron visit
New Delhi, Feb 25:India and France are likely to sign a framework agreement for expediting the Jaitapur nuclear power plant project during French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit next month, sources from the Indian side have said. The six-reactor project with a capacity of 1650-MW each will be the largest nuclear power park in the country. […]
N Korea slams latest US sanctions as ‘act of war’
Seoul, Feb 25 (AFP) North Korea tody slammed the latest US measures against it as an “act of war”, after US President Donald Trump announced the “heaviest sanctions ever” on the nuclear-armed regime. The measures, which Washington says are aimed at forcing Pyongyang to roll back its banned nuclear and weapons programmes, target more than […]
At least 23 killed in multiple attacks in Afghanistan
Kabul, Feb 24 (AFP) At least 23 people were killed and more than a dozen wounded in multiple suicide bombings and attacks in Afghanistan today, officials said, the latest in a series of assaults in the war-torn country. In the biggest attack, Taliban militants stormed an army base in the western province of Farah overnight, […]
Death toll in Syria enclave tops 500 after UN delays truce vote
Douma (Syria), Feb 24 (AFP) New air strikes on the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta today took the civilian death toll from seven days of devastating bombardment to more than 500 after the United Nations again delayed a vote on a ceasefire. More than 120 children have been among the dead in the bombing […]
Trump blames India, China for his decision to withdraw from Paris climate deal
Washington, Feb 24: President Donald Trump has again blamed India and China for his decision last year to withdraw from the historic Paris climate accord, saying the agreement was unfair as it would have made the US pay for nations which benefited the most from the deal. Trump in June last year announced his […]
FS Gokhle discusses bilateral ties with Chinese foreign minister
Beijing, Feb 24: Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale visited Beijing yesterday and held talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and discussed a range of issues amidst continuing tensions in bilateral ties. The visit of Gokhale, who was also the former Indian envoy to China, was announced today by the Indian Embassy here through a tweet. […]
US imposes “heaviest-ever” sanctions on North Korea
Washington, Feb 23 : US President Donald Trump today imposed the “heaviest-ever” sanctions on North Korea’s shipping companies in a bid to prevent the reclusive nation from acquiring nuclear weapons and developing intercontinental ballistic missiles. Trump in his remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference said he hoped “something positive” will come out of the […]
Lanka army chief says attache recalled from UK for own safety
Colombo, Feb 24 : Sri Lanka’s Army Chief Lt Gen Mahesh Senanayake today said the country’s defence attache in the UK was recalled for his own safety after he was filmed making “throat cutting gestures” to Tamil protesters outside the Sri Lankan High Commission in London earlier this month. British politicians had demanded action against […]
