Asheville (US), Sep 1 (IANS) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said Washington is preparing fresh sanctions against banks helping Iran, warning that entities doing business with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) could be cut off from the American financial system.
Dhaka, Sep 1 (IANS) Bangladesh needs to maintain strong and balanced relations with all countries in the Gulf and beyond, a task that could become increasingly difficult if Dhaka joins the Mecca Agreement involving Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey, a report has warned.
Dhaka, Sep 1 (IANS) India's High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Dinesh Trivedi, met Bangladesh’s Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Abdul Moyeen Khan on Tuesday, with the two sides discussing ways to enhance bilateral cooperation and strengthen local government framework between the two countries.
Bishkek, Sep 1 (IANS) India led and supported several initiatives found place in the Bishkek Declaration signed by the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) following the 26th Meeting of the Council of Heads which took place in the Kyrgyz capital on Tuesday.
Koror (Palau), Sept 1 (IANS) Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs, Pabitra Margherita, on Tuesday met Ricky F Cantero, Secretary of Foreign Affairs of Micronesia, on the sidelines of the 55th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders’ Meeting in Koror, Palau.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Noted journalist and former Minister of State for External Affairs, M J Akbar, on Tuesday said that the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Bishkek has sent a "very powerful message" as it took place against the background of the recent Mecca Pact signed between Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan.
Naypyidaw, Sep 1 (IANS) A cross-party Parliament delegation from Myanmar comprising of 30 MPs from six national and nine ethnic parties is visiting India from September 1 to 8 for a capacity-building module by the Parliamentary Research and Training Institute for Democracies (PRIDE), the training and research wing of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the Indian Embassy in Myanmar said Tuesday.
Cairo, Sep 1 (IANS) The Indian Embassy in Egypt on Tuesday said that the aerial display by the Sarang Helicopter Display Team will be a major highlight of the El Alamein Air Show, highlighting India’s growing defence capabilities and the depth of India-Egypt defence cooperation.
Bishkek, Sep 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed confidence that the meetings held on the sidelines of the 26th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Kyrgyzstan's Bishkek will lead to substantive benefits for India.
New Delhi, Sep 1 (IANS) Vice President C P Radhakrishnan on Tuesday visited the Norwegian Embassy in New Delhi to offer his condolences on the death of Norway's King Harald V.
