Foreign Affairs

Bangkok: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar arrived August 16 in Thailand to attend the 9th India-Thailand Joint Commission Meeting as both nations celebrates 75 years of establishment of diplomatic relations. "Ambassador of India to Thailand...

Beijing: Sounding a grim note, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang August 16 said that China had reached its most difficult stage of economic stabilization and called on leaders of key provinces to coordinate efforts on...

Colombo: A Chinese envoy said the Hambantota Port was a symbol of China–Sri Lanka friendship. The Chinese tracking vessel Yuan Wang-5, which arrived at Sri Lanka’s southern port on August 16, is all set...

  In foreign affairs conducting diplomacy is said to be doing the art of the possible. It denotes that through negotiations and mutual consultations even the toughest of problems can be solved. In that context...

Tel Aviv: The upgraded version of the Israeli Iron Dome rocket interceptor has managed to shoot down 95 % of the rockets launched by the Islamic Jihad terror organisation from Gaza since the beginning...

New Delhi: Indo-Maldives defence relations received a major boost with India announcing the supply of a second Landing Craft Assault (LCA) and a replacement ship for earlier provided CGS Huravee to bolster the maritime...

New Delhi: Indo-Maldives relations got a massive boost with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih launching the "Greater Male connectivity projects in the Maldives" and also having pacts in areas...

Tel Aviv: The US Army, in conjunction with the Israeli Ministry of Defence’s Israeli Missile Defence Organisation (IMDO) took a critical step toward fielding the first of two Rafael made Iron Dome Defence System-Army...

Tel Aviv: The US and Israeli navies on August 1 launched a joint exercise in the Red Sea. The Israeli navy and the US Fifth fleet focus on protecting commercial ships from attacks by...

  Sri Lanka needs around $7 billion this year to repay loans taken from foreign countries. In May, it defaulted on its debt repayment.  It had to pay $78 million to service its loans by...

  “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake”, said Napoleon Bonaparte, the great French military leader and statesman. The idea of the Indo-Pacific is in vogue now, with almost every great power,...

Tel Aviv: The Hezbollah in Lebanon has received instructions from Tehran to increase the attacks on US forces in Syria. The recently formed coalition aimed at enhancing the defence against Iran's armed UAV attacks...

  In May, when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made visits to South Pacific island nations and signed plethora of agreements with their leaders, it was felt that Beijing would take these nations into its...