Maldives Ministers thank India for ‘generous support’ for community transformation

IANS | July 19, 2026 10:29 PM

Male, July 19 (IANS) Iruthisham Adam, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Abdulla Rafiu, Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Fitness of the Maldives, expressed gratitude to the Government of India for its generous support, highlighting its transformative impact on Maldivian communities after a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between India and the Maldives supporting Maldivian communities.

V-P Radhakrishnan, Zanzibar President Mwinyi discuss ways to strengthen cooperation

IANS | July 19, 2026 5:36 PM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan and Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi held a meeting at the Uprashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Sunday, discussing ways to further strengthen cooperation in trade, investment, development partnership, tourism, the blue economy, education, technology and multilateral engagement.

EAM Jaishankar meets Zanzibar President; discusses expanding cooperation in education, AI, digital sectors

IANS | July 19, 2026 12:34 PM

New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Sunday met Dr Hussein Ali Mwinyi, President of Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania, and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, in New Delhi and discussed ways to further expand bilateral cooperation across a range of priority sectors, including higher education, capacity building, healthcare, artificial intelligence, digital technology and water supply.

EU assessment report resembles chargesheet on Pakistan’s human rights abuses

IANS | July 18, 2026 9:18 PM

Tel Aviv, July 18 (IANS) The European Union’s (EU) latest assessment of Pakistan on trade preferences under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences Plus (GSP Plus) granted by the EU resembles a carefully prepared chargesheet rather than a routine monitoring report, highlighting the worsening human rights record in the country.

Pakistan's attempt to rebuild international image tarnished by years of isolation fails yet again

IANS | July 18, 2026 8:39 PM

Ottawa, July 18 (IANS) Pakistan's recent mediation between the US and Iran reflects a strategy shaped by its own vulnerabilities, aimed at avoiding entanglement in a wider conflict. Amid Islamabad’s defence commitments to Saudi Arabia, the country sought to secure its 900-kilometre border with Iran, and rebuild an international image tarnished by years of isolation, a report has stated.