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New Delhi: French President Emmanuel Macron Thursday dialled Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed ongoing efforts to find a peaceful resolution to the war in Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza. Macron was among the European leaders who accompanied Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during...

New Delhi: China fully opposes the US move of imposing tariffs of up to 50 per cent on India and Washington's threat to increase it, Chinese envoy Xu Feihong said here Thursday. In his address at an event here, Feihong also said that tariff and...

Kyiv: Russia launched a rare drone and missile attack on western Ukraine overnight, officials said Thursday, striking targets including an American-owned electronics plant and injecting further uncertainty into the US-led efforts to end the three-year-old war. The aerial assault on a part of Ukraine that...

Dhaka: Bangladesh Thursday said it has decided to sign an agreement with Pakistan to allow government officials and diplomats from both sides to visit each other's country without visa for five years. The Pakistan government has already approved it. The development came ahead of Pakistani...

Moscow: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Thursday met Russian President Vladimir Putin and is understood to have discussed various aspects of India-Russia ties. The meeting came hours after Jaishankar held wide-ranging talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that largely focused on expanding the trade...

New Delhi: Pakistan stands at a critical juncture. The convergence of poverty, unemployment, demographic pressure and inequality reflects a deeply rooted crisis with far-reaching consequences for a country in which 44.7 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line, according to an article...

Islamabad: Pakistan's Supreme Court Thursday granted bail to incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan in eight cases related to the May 9 violence. Khan's supporters resorted to vandalism and violence May 9, 2023, after he was detained by law enforcement authorities in Islamabad. Several cases...

Moscow: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that he and External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar held detailed discussions regarding upcoming events, including the visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to India later this year, as both sides plan to prepare a "solid package"...

Beijing: ChinaThursday expressed surprise over clarification by India over External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's reported comments related to the One-China policy during his talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi this week. India Tuesday said there is no change in its position on Taiwan, and...

Moscow: Highlighting that the shared goal of India and Russia is to maximise complementarity, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar Thursday expressed confidence that his discussions with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov will be "fruitful, productive" and contribute to making the annual summit between Prime...