Colombo: Sri Lankan president has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved its request for a $2.9 bn bailout and the country’s presidency said the programme will enable it to access up to $7 bn in overall funding.
Describing terrorism as a major threat to international peace and security, India's foreign minister S Jaishankar called upon all nations to take resolute measures against this menace, including its financing and propaganda. Speaking at the...
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, backed by bipartisan leadership of both the House and Senate, invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address the US Congress during his state visit to the White House on June 22.
Pakistan's foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will attend SCO foreign ministers meet which India is hosting in Goa on May 5.The Indian administration didn't explicitly rule out a meeting between S Jaishankar and Bilawal, but it didn't seem...
The death toll has risen to 100 people after a mosque suicide bombing which targeted policemen in the city of Peshawar in Pakistan.
Tens of thousands of supporters of Bangladesh's largest opposition group have assembled in Dhaka to oppose the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina-led administration and call for fresh elections.
Dhaka: A temple, shops and several houses of the Hindu community have been vandalised in southwestern Bangladesh by some unidentified people over a Facebook post allegedly belittling Islam, in the latest spate of violence targeting the religious...
Recently appointed Indian-American Chief of Staff to Acting Defence Secretary speaks about 9/11, Kashmir, safeguarding regional security in the Indian Ocean through the Quad and the UK-USA special relationship.
Dressed in a black suit, former film producer Harvey Weinstein arrived at a Manhattan court on Monday for the start of his landmark rape trial, met by celebrity accusers including Rosanna Arquette who helped fuel the #MeToo movement in the wake...
Sri Lanka’s new president endorsed amending the constitution to reduce the power of minority political parties, saying the country wasn’t suited to a system that creates unstable governments “constantly under the influence of extremism”.
Weeks after the election of hardliner Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the president of Sri Lanka, the prospects for justice and reconciliation between the different communities on the island lie in tatters.
Kathmandu: Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month - his first foreign trip since assuming the office for the third time in December last year, a media report said.
Kathmandu: The top leaders of Nepal’s five-party ruling coalition on Monday met at PM Sher Bahadur Deuba’s official residence to review the general elections and discuss the formation of a new government.
Rakesh Patel, a 47-year-old commodity trader took a plunge to visit Greenland. Speaking to Asian Voice, he said, “Over a hundred years ago, our grandparents emigrated from India to Africa in search of a better life. In 1972, our parents had...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a grand welcome by the diaspora in Germany, on his three-nation Europe trip.
Colombo: Sri Lankan president has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved its request for a $2.9 bn bailout and the country’s presidency said the programme will enable it to access up to $7 bn in overall funding.
Kathmandu: Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav, a senior leader from the Madhes region, was elected as Nepal’s Vice President, in a further boost to the coalition government headed by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’.
Islamabad: Pakistani police on Sunday registered a terrorism case against Imran Khan and over a dozen PTI leaders for indulging in vandalism, attacking security personnel and creating unrest outside the judicial complex here ahead of a court...
Kathmandu: Nepal’s PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is likely to travel to India on an official visit next month - his first foreign trip since assuming...
The third month in a row the US government weather agencies have highlighted the probability of El Nio conditions developing in late summer this year and it will be a bad indication for the monsoon season in India.
After World Bank President David Malpass declared his intention to step down early, US President Joe Biden announced that Washington is proposing former...
Ahead of a resolution in the UNGA on the Ukraine war anniversary, French diplomatic sources stated that they are in touch with India on the slash and endorsed PM Narendra Modi’s statement that this isn’t the era of war, even as they admitted...
According to a media report, the latest in a series of extremist actions against the Indian community, the Indian consulate in Brisbane, Australia, was...
A man from India who had previously been denied a visa by a Pakistani court entered the nation to finish his arduous journey on foot to Saudi Arabia to perform the Haj.
The Mayor and Councillor Bev Craig announce that Greater Manchester are setting up a Greater Manchester- Pakistan Forum with key partners to strengthen existing connections and formally recognise the relationship.