New Delhi/Riyadh, April 20 (IANS) India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval paid an official visit to Riyadh on Sunday, engaging in a series of high-level meetings with senior Saudi leadership to strengthen bilateral relations, enhance energy cooperation, and discuss key regional developments.
New York, April 20 (IANS) There was confusion over US Vice President J.D. Vance travelling to Pakistan to lead the US in talks with Iran, after President Donald Trump ruled it out on Sunday citing security concerns, while the White House said he would attend.
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Police in Pakistan have refused to recover a 15-year-old Christian girl, who was kidnapped at gunpoint, forcibly converted to Islam and married to the kidnapper, according to her father, a report said.
Islamabad, April 19 (IANS) Pakistan announced the International Gandhara Conference on Buddhist Heritage from March 27-31, inviting delegations from Buddhist‑majority countries like Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Japan. However, the event aimed to revive tourism by attracting Buddhist pilgrims, secure development grants for heritage preservation and showcase Pakistan as protector of Buddhist heritage was cancelled due to underwhelming international response and credibility issues faced by Pakistan, a report said.
Beijing, April 19 (IANS) Chinese citizens might be losing access to many foreign online sites which provide academic resources, uncensored news and entertainment, as President Xi Jinping himself is promoting the campaign to remove this access to citizens, a report said.
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) "By relying on Pakistan to mediate the most acute national security concerns, US President Donald Trump essentially does the equivalent of hiring a child molester to teach in a kindergarten," Michael Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, wrote in The Sunday Guardian about Islamabad's mediation in the West Asia conflict.
Jakarta, April 19 (IANS) A Chinese undersea monitoring system was found near an island in a strategically important strait between Indonesia's Lombok and Bali last week, media reports said.
Quetta, April 19 (IANS) Officials of the National Highway Authority (NHA) have stated that Pakistan's Balochistan province was given only Pakistani Rupees (PKR) 20 million from the national annual revenue pool of PKR 130 billion despite the province having over 4,000 kilometres of national highways, local media reported.
Cape Town, April 19 (IANS) In recent weeks, India has sent 1,000 metric tonnes of rice to drought-stricken Malawi, 1,000 metric tonnes to Burkina Faso, and 500 metric tonnes plus relief supplies, including tents, hygiene kits, and medicines to Mozambique, but will its sole efforts solve the issue, an article in a South African news outlet asked.
Colombo, April 19 (IANS) Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan met Sri Lanka's Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa on Sunday, with discussions held on further deepening bilateral ties.
