Pakistan planning to equip Iran with Shaheen missiles: Report

IANS | August 8, 2024 1:28 PM

Jerusalem, Aug 8 (IANS) In what could raise serious concerns in Tel Aviv and faraway Washington, certain reports have claimed that Pakistan plans to supply Tehran with its Shaheen-III medium-range ballistic missiles if Iran's ongoing conflict with Israel escalates.

Has diplomacy any future in resolving the Middle East's conflicts?

Vikas Datta | August 7, 2024 5:40 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) Amid the Middle East's gradual slide into a wider conflict, three incidents are telling - a ceasefire proposal announced by the leader of a superpower is gradually undermined and soon vanishes from discourse, a ceasefire negotiator is assassinated in a provocative gambit, and a hardliner is elevated to replace him. Does diplomacy have a future in resolving conflict in the region?

Russian Naval ships call at Kochi port

IANS | August 7, 2024 2:36 AM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) A group of Russian warships has called at the Indian port of Kochi on the southwestern coast, the Russian Defence Ministry said.