In 2017, the Indian company controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani signed an agreement with Bangladesh to provide power from its coal-fired plant in eastern India. Bangladesh’s interim government has accused energy supplier Adani Power of breaching a multi-billion-dollar agreement by withholding tax benefits that a power plant central to the deal received from New Delhi, […]
Read MoreAfter the collapse of their client states, both patrons left behind a trove of military equipment, The fall of the Assad regime in Syria, punctuated by jubilant celebrations as the then rebels bloodlessly took Damascus, has several similarities to what happened to Afghanistan three years ago, says Foreign Policy. In both cases, the disintegration of […]
Read MoreThe trade volume between Kazakhstan and the United States reached $3.3 billion in January-September, a record figure for the last four years. This was stated at the round table held in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce with the participation of heads of U.S. companies and U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Council (USKZBC) members on the results of joint […]
Read MorePakistan’s foreign ministry warns sanctions have ‘dangerous implications’ for the ‘strategic stability of the region’. Pakistan has denounced new US sanctions on the country’s ballistic missile programme as “discriminatory” and said they put the region’s peace and security at risk. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday warned in a statement that the sanctions “have […]
Read MoreBangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus said Thursday he had “agreed to strengthen relations” with Pakistan, a move likely to further test his country’s frosty relations with India. Pakistan and Bangladesh were once one nation but split in a brutal 1971 war, with Bangladesh then drawing closer to Pakistan’s arch-rival India. But Dhaka’s ties with New […]
Read MoreThe newly elected US President Donald Trump seems desperate to boost the US economy. He is planning to do so even before he comes to power. Trump is not willing to give up even a hair for the sake of his own country. Therefore, this incoming president has put ‘friendly country’ India on the ‘red […]
Read MoreWar-torn Syria must not be allowed to become a center of terrorism. At the same time, the fight against the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Islamic State (IS) must continue, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. He made these remarks at a press conference after talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen […]
Read MoreBefore taking oath, US President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose additional tariffs on Indian products. At the same time, he has said that he will apply the same policy to Brazil. According to PTI, Donald Trump spoke to reporters at his residence in Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. There, he said, if any country imposes additional […]
Read MoreIran’s supreme religious leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that those who think that the “resistance axis” led by Tehran has been wiped out due to the collapse of the government in Syria are mistaken. Khamenei made the remarks at a women’s rally in Tehran on Tuesday (December 17), Al Jazeera reported. The report said that […]
Read MoreAt a rare joint news conference for foreign media, Cho and Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok sought to reassure Seoul’s allies and calm market jitters since the martial law attempt that shocked the nation and triggered the biggest political crisis in decades. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul said on Wednesday that President Yoon Suk Yeol’s […]
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