Foreign Affairs

Sydney: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India had "very difficult" two-and-a-half-years in its ties with China which included the first bloodshed on their border after 40 years, but asserted that he kept communication...

New Delhi: Aimed at boosting defence manufacturing, France wants to be India's "best partner" by sharing  its best technologies and equipment in sync with the growing "trust" between the two sides, French Ambassador Emmanuel...

Canberra: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said October 10 that he had held broad-ranging discussions on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine and its repercussions on the Indo-Pacific region with his Australian counterpart Penny Wong. Addressing...

Auckland: Reiterating that a permanent seat, as well as reforms of the UN Security Council, remains India's main priority, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar September six asserted that India voices the interest and aspirations...

New York: US President Joe Biden spoke of nuclear "Armageddon" in a warning about the escalation in Russia's war in Ukraine during a speech on September 6. Biden warned of the "assault" on American institutions...

New Delhi: Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM) and US Defence companies have focussed on deeper cooperation in joint development and production of military platforms and as part of this, SIDM recently concluded their...

Tel Aviv: The war in Ukraine has brought the military involvement of Russia in Syria to the lower level since the outbreak of the civil war in the country. According to Israeli sources, this...

  Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi had paid 10-day official visits to Solomon Islands, Kiribati, Samoa, Fiji, Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste and a virtual visit to Micronesia from May 26 to...

Tel Aviv: Israeli spy satellites keep an "open eye" on Russian deployment of Russian forces that may be connected to the war in Ukraine. An intelligence report by Israeli company Imagesat International (ISI) that operates...

Beijing: China has apparently put a pause on investments or assistance in Afghanistan as the country is unhappy with the Afghan Taliban due to its non-fulfilment of commitment to safeguarding Beijing's security interests. The communist...

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that any annexation of a state's territory by another state resulting from a "threat or use of force" is a violation of the UN Charter and international...

  Washington: More than two years after the Cyberspace Solarium Commission made recommendations on how the US can bolster its cyber defences, nearly 85 percent have been implemented or are in progress — but others...

Hong Kong: Next month, Chairman Xi Jinping will extend his term in power for another five years, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) conducts its all-important 20th Party Congress. Perhaps only the state funeral...