North Korea accuses US of using Quad to justify 'anti-Pyongyang' confrontational policy

Seoul (IANS) North Korea on Wednesday denounced the United States for violating the North's sovereign rights and trying to justify its hostile policy against Pyongyang by hosting the Quad summit with the leaders of India, Japan and Australia. 

Saudi Arabia issues stern warning to Pakistan for sending beggars under Umrah and Hajj visas

Islamabad (IANS) Saudi Arabia has warned Pakistan to take serious and urgent notice of beggars flooding the kingdom under Umrah and Hajj visas, calling on Islamabad's Ministry of Religious Affairs to prevent such people from getting visas and…

Clean economy deal among Indo-Pacific partners to come into force in Oct

Seoul (IANS) Clean economy and anti-corruption deals, two of four pillars under the US-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), will come into force in October, officials here said on Tuesday. 

Of the four pillars of the IPEF, the supply…

Israel prepares for 'next phases' of attack on Lebanon after airstrikes killing 356

Jerusalem/Beirut (IANS) Israel launched its largest airstrikes in Lebanon since the onset of the Israel-Palestine conflict, killing at least 356 people and injuring over 1,246 others, the Lebanese Health Ministry has said.  

The death toll…

EAM Jaishankar meets Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor in New York amid frosty ties

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with Bangladesh Foreign Affairs Advisor Touhid Hossain on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, marking the first high-level engagement…

Japanese PM reiterates India's call for expansion of UN Security Council

New York (IANS) Reiterating India's longstanding stance on expansion of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) in both permanent and non-permanent categories, as well as reform in its working methods, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida…

Anura Dissanayake takes oath as Sri Lanka's 9th President

Colombo (IANS) Anura Dissanayake, leader of the Marxist-leaning Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) party, was sworn in on Monday as the ninth President of Sri Lanka, marking a historic moment as the country's first leftist head of state.  

The…

28 injured in 5.2-magnitude quake in Iran

Tehran (IANS) At least 28 people were injured in a 5.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted Bojnurd County in the Iranian province of North Khorasan.  

According to the Iranian Seismology Centre, the quake occurred on Sunday at 16:13 local time…

Death toll from coal mine blast in Iran rises to 51

Tehran (IANS) The death toll from a blast at a coal mine in the eastern Iranian province of South Khorasan has risen to 51, media reports said. 

The number of those wounded in the explosion has reached 20, Tasnim quoted Mohammad-Ali Akhoundi,…

PM in US: India signs key pacts under Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for prosperity

New Delhi (IANS) India signed key agreements focused on a clean economy, fair economy and the IPEF Overarching arrangement under the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with the leaders…