The Philippines said on Saturday it has suspended a scientific survey in the South China Sea after two of its fisheries vessels faced “harassment” and aggressive behaviour from China’s coast guard and navy. Manila and Beijing have had a series of escalating confrontations in disputed waters of the South China Sea. China claims almost all […]
Read MoreHamas freed four female Israeli soldiers on Saturday in exchange for 200 Palestinian prisoners, but a delay in freeing another hostage prompted Israel to block hundreds of thousands of Gazans from returning to the enclave’s bombed-out north. The four Israelis freed in the second swap of the week-old Gaza truce were led onto a podium […]
Read MoreNorth Korea conducted a strategic cruise missile test on Saturday, state media KCNA reported on Sunday. The country’s leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test, according to the report, which described it as a test-fire of an “important weapon system.” The underwater-to-surface strategic cruise missiles travelled 1,500 kilometres and flew between 7,507 and 7,511 seconds […]
Read MoreThe U.S. may place a “very big bounty” on the top leaders of the Taliban, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Saturday, adding he was hearing that the Taliban held more American hostages than previously reported. “Just hearing the Taliban is holding more American hostages than has been reported,” Rubio said in a post […]
Read MoreWith two high-profile visits in two weeks, the new year seems to augur well for bilateral relations between India and the Maldives. Considering that this time, last year, bilateral ties were at their worst, rendering the visits by Maldivian Foreign Minister Abdulla Khaleel and Defence Minister Ghassan Maumoon even more significant. Minister Khaleel, in an […]
Read MoreUS President Donald Trump has expressed hope for a ‘very good relationship’ with China under his administration. He also stressed on ‘fairness’ in the trade sector. NDTV reported. He expressed this hope while joining a video call at the World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday (January 23) local time. In a virtual […]
Read MoreSince the announcement of the results of the US presidential election on November 6, the country that has been the most jubilant in the rest of the world is undoubtedly India. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also did not delay in greeting the future US president enthusiastically and promising a new partnership. Exactly two and […]
Read MoreTurkey is ready to provide any assistance to resolve the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo between Rwanda and Congo if they agree, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. Erdogan made the remarks at a joint press conference with Rwandan President Paul Kagame in the capital Ankara on Thursday. Erdogan said, “We see this […]
Read MoreThe Taliban government in Afghanistan has rejected the US demand to return abandoned military equipment, a source familiar with the matter said. The person, who did not want to be named, said relations between Kabul and the Trump administration have begun to fray. Samaa TV reported on Wednesday (December 22). The US left a large […]
Read MoreIndian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that India wants to maintain relations with Bangladesh in the interest of the people of both countries and that this relationship is ‘independent’, which does not depend on Dhaka’s relations with other countries. He said this at the weekly media briefing of the Ministry of External Affairs in […]
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