Foreign Affairs

  Washington: Taliban prisoners released by the Afghanistan government as part of a deal brokered by the United States aimed at ending almost 20 years of war are returning to the battlefield as commanders and...

NEW DELHI: India, along with Brazil, Germany and Japan, should be inducted into the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as permanent members for multilateralism to progress, says Pradeep Mehta, Secretary General of CUTS International,...

New Delhi: In the wake of the aggressive action by China along the Sino-Indian border and South China Sea, India, Australia and Indonesia are set to hold two virtual meetings of their foreign and...

Washington: As the war of words continues between Beijing and Washington, in the latest swipe over nuclear weapons, a senior US Department of Defense (DoD) official said, “I don’t believe China when they say...

Washington: In a grim warning, the Pentagon in a new assessment has said that the Chinese military has already pushed ahead of the United States in areas like shipbuilding, missile defence, ballistic and cruise...

Tel Aviv. Since the announcement on a normalization agreement between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, Iran is making big efforts to get ready for a confrontation with Israel from Syrian soil. Immediately after...

New Delhi: Apparently due to budgetary constraints and aggressive intent of China, India’s immediate and extended neighbours in the East—Bangladesh, Thailand and Malaysia—have decided to go slow on seeking China’s support for their ships...

Tel Aviv. The normalization of relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel takes shape. On August 31 EL AL, the Israeli airline, performed a first commercial flight operation from Ben Gurion airport...

New Delhi: Amid Sino-Indian tension along the Ladakh-China border, China is enhancing its military capabilities at the Lhasa Gonggar airport renovating the surface-to-air missile (SAM) facilities and setting up hardened shelters for fighter jets...

New Delhi: China is developing two air defence positions that will cover the 2017 Doklam stand-off area and also Naku La in Sikkim, new satellite imagery has suggested. A prominent Twitter handle that posts satellite...

New Delhi: With China and Pakistan expected to participate in a multilateral war game in Russia next month, India is unlikely to send a tri-services military contingent to take part in it, government sources...

New Delhi: Fresh clashes were reported between India and China troops in Pangong Tso, Eastern Ladakh with the Indian Army in a statement saying that Chinese troops violated the previous consensus arrived at during...

Tel Aviv. Intelligence organizations in the West are closely following the shipments of aluminum powder from Venezuela to Iran. Aluminum powder is produced from bauxite and is a central ingredient in solid-fuel propellants used...