Islamabad, Sep 29 (IANS) The Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan has strongly condemned attack on an Ahmadi man in country's Punjab province, terming it as a "cowardly assault" and highlighting that it was motivated by his faith and part of a broader pattern of violence and hostility against Ahmadis, a report has detailed.
Washington, Sep 29 (IANS) The United States on Tuesday began enforcing import bans on specified Canadian alcohol, dairy and other products, widening a trade confrontation between the neighbouring countries as businesses face overlapping tariffs and restrictions.
Pretoria, Sep 29 (IANS) The renewed momentum between India and South Africa in defence and military cooperation has been a significant outcome of the recent 18th BRICS Summit hosted under India's chairship in New Delhi, a report has detailed.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India conveyed its concerns to a visiting US Congressional delegation over the Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act (SRIA), including the impact it could have on bilateral relations and on the international energy market, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India on Tuesday rejected the "unwarranted references" to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir made by Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his address at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) recently, asserting that no external party has any locus standi on the issue.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India is in talks with China over the use of the Asian neighbour's airspace in the Xinjiang region by Indian commercial airlines to reduce the longer time and higher costs involved for flights to western countries due to the continued closure of Pakistani airspace, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Tuesday.
Beijing, Sep 29 (IANS) The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has failed to change the spirit of defiance that many people in China have, despite the party trying to restrict the ability of citizens to grasp the extent of 'lying flat' and public protests, a report has detailed.
New Delhi, Sep 29 (IANS) India hosted the 11th meeting of the BIMSTEC Joint Working Group on Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (JWG-CTTC) in New Delhi on September 28 and 29 with delegations from all member states in attendance, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Tuesday.
Colombo, Sep 29 (IANS) The Assistant High Commissioner of India, V S Saranya, joined Sri Lanka's Plantation and Community Infrastructure Minister K V Samantha Viddyarathna and Deputy Minister Pradeep Sundaralingam to lay the foundation stone for 51 houses in Alagolla Estate in the Badulla district, the High Commission of India in Colombo said on Tuesday.
Moscow, Sep 29 (IANS) Ambassador of India to Russia, Vinay Kumar, on Tuesday called on country's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Mikhail Galuzin in Moscow, as they held talks on current issues on the bilateral and international agenda along with an "in-depth" discussion on the situation surrounding Ukraine.
