EAM Jaishankar, South Korean counterpart discuss strengthening ties

IANS | August 16, 2025 3:53 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday met with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in New Delhi, appreciating the strengthening convergences and increasing collaboration between India and South Korea as both countries marked 10 years of their Special Strategic Partnership.

Yunus, Bangladesh's top military brass greets people on Janmashtami as ISKCON priest languishes in jail

IANS | August 16, 2025 2:17 PM

Dhaka, Aug 16 (IANS) In a symbolic gesture to assuage the Hindu community, which has been target of harassment and attacks particularly since the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus came to power in Bangladesh last year, the country's three service chiefs will be taking part in the 'Janmashtami Shovajatra' in Dhaka on Saturday to mark the Krishna Janmashtami festival.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit India on Monday

IANS | August 16, 2025 1:54 PM

Beijing, Aug 16 (IANS) Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Wang Yi is set to visit India on August 18 (Monday) for the 24th Round of Talks Between the Special Representatives of China and India on the Boundary Question, Beijing confirmed on Saturday.

Will meet Trump on Aug 18: Ukraine Prez Zelensky reaffirms will to work to achieve peace

IANS | August 16, 2025 1:48 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday reaffirmed that Ukraine remains committed to working with maximum effort to achieve peace. He also announced that he will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington, DC, on Monday (August 18) to discuss in detail the prospects of ending the war and the ongoing violence.

Putin stepped on US soil first time in ten years, perhaps it's sign of kind of reset in US-Russia ties: Burakovsky (IANS Interview)

IANS | August 16, 2025 12:18 PM

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IANS) US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin said they had made progress in nearly three hours of talks aimed at moving closer to finding an end to the Ukraine war, though no immediate ceasefire was announced. Trump described the discussions as “very productive,” but admitted that no final agreement was reached during the summit held in Anchorage, Alaska.