'Prachanda discreetly met ex-RAW chief in Delhi', claims KP Oli

Kathmandu (IANS) Chairman of Nepal's CPN-UML, K.P. Oli on Friday said that during his recent visit to India, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" discreetly met former RAW chief Samant Goel.

"Prachanda went to the residence of…

Missile hits residential building in Ukrainian city, 3 dead

Kiev (IANS) At least three people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday after a Russian missile directly struck a residential building in Ukraine's Lviv city, officials confirmed.

Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv regional military…

Prachanda in soup for his 'India makes PM' comment

Kathmandu (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is being criticised for his remarks that “India makes the Prime Minister” in the Himalayan nation.

Addressing a function to launch a book written by Kiran Deep Sandhu on Sardar Pritam…

Russia sees no grounds for extending grain deal: Kremlin

Moscow (IANS) Part of the grain deal on Russian exports has not been fulfilled, which gives no grounds for extending the agreement at the moment, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

Russia has not yet officially declared its stance on the…

Terrorist Pannun is alive, issues threat to Indian diplomats

Chandigarh (IANS) Confirming that he is alive and in New York, India’s designated terrorist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on Thursday issued a fresh threat to Indian diplomats in Canada, the US, Australia and the UK.

Pannun, who founded Sikhs For…

Cambodia sees sharp drop in landmine, ERW casualties

Phnom Penh (IANS) Cambodia recorded 21 landmines and explosive remnant of war (ERW) casualties in the first half (H1) of 2023, down 47.5 per cent from 40 over the same period last year, according to a report on Wednesday.

"Three people were…

Pace of UNSC reform 'very frustrating': Council president

United Nations (IANS) UN Security Council President Barbara Woodward has said that the pace of the Council reform process has been “very frustrating” and that her country backs moving on to text-based negotiations.

Woodward, who is Britain's…

US condemns attack on Indian mission in San Francisco

Washington (IANS) The US said it “strongly condemns” reported vandalism at the Indian consulate in San Francisco.

Details of the incident were apparently reported by a local television channel.

“The US strongly condemns the reported…

Russia deployed 180,000 troops to 2 major battlefronts: Ukraine army

Kiev (IANS) The Ukrainian military claimed that Russia has deployed more than 180,000 troops on two major eastern battlefronts.

In an interview with the local media on Monday, Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the eastern grouping of the…

China restricts exports of key materials used to make computer chips

Hong Kong (IANS) The Chinese government has tightened controls over the exports of two key materials used to make computer chips, ahead of the Beijing trip of US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen.

China’s Commerce Ministry said it would control…