New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) India on Thursday welcomed the release of Indian crew member Anilkumar Raveendran, an Army veteran from Kayamkulam in Kerala who had been held captive by Houthi rebels in conflict-ravaged Yemen.
Puri, Dec 4 (IANS) Internationally acclaimed artist Manas Kumar Sahoo has created a special sand animation artwork to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin on his visit to India. The artwork was crafted on the Golden Beach in Puri, Odisha, on Thursday.
Quetta, Dec 4 (IANS) At least three civilians were forcibly disappeared by Pakistani forces in Balochistan, amid a growing wave of enforced disappearance across the province, a leading human rights organisation said on Thursday.
Ottawa, Dec 4 (IANS) Indian High Commissioner to Canada, Dinesh K. Patnaik, visited the Legislative Assembly of the Canadian Province of British Columbia in a step to boost the bilateral partnership.
Islamabad, Dec 4 (IANS) An advocacy group, Women in Law Initiative (WIL) Pakistan, has strongly condemned what it described as the "unlawful and unjust" manner in which the trial under the country's Prevention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA) is being conducted against Pakistani lawyers Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha.
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) President Donald Trump cast China as a central factor in his administration's economic and national security strategy, arguing that tariffs, tightened technology rules, and new domestic manufacturing incentives had put the United States "in the hottest country anywhere in the world."
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin "would like to end the war" in Ukraine, citing what he described as a "very good meeting" between Putin and two close Trump allies, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, in Moscow.
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) The prestigious US Institute of Peace, a federal think-tank constituted by the US Congress, has been renamed as the 'Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace' -- a move the White House says will stand as a powerful marker of President Donald Trump's approach to global stability.
Washington, Dec 4 (IANS) A panel of leading American strategic experts has cautioned that the United States and India are navigating one of the most fragile phases in their relationship in nearly a quarter century, with political mistrust, stalled trade talks and geopolitical pressures testing what has long been seen in Washington as a critical partnership in the Indo-Pacific.
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin will begin his visit to India on Thursday with an informal meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence. Former diplomats have described the visit as extremely important, calling it one of the most significant diplomatic engagements India has seen in recent years.
