US-N.Korea to hold preliminary n-talks in Stockholm

Seoul (IANS) US and North Korean officials were slated to meet on Friday in the Swedish capital of Stockholm, the eve of their formal working-level nuclear talks, after Pyongyang ratcheted up tensions with a test-firing of a new submarine-launched…

Pak Army chief meets biz honchos, sets off speculation

Islamabad (IANS) In a move that has set off speculation of a soft coup, the Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Bajwa called industry leaders for a meeting in Rawalpindi, the Army headquarters, to tackle the sliding economy, and according to reports, more…

Deep-rooted Turkey-Pakistan nuclear links behind Erdogan's anti-India stance?

New Delhi (IANS) Is there a highly secretive N-connection to the burgeoning relations between Pakistan and Turkey, besides of religion, that is making Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan so sharp in his comments against India?

Erdogan has…

Venezuela announces agreements with N. Korean regime

Caracas (IANS) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced that a delegation led by his right-hand man reached important agreements with North Korea and Vietnam after the team's trip to the two socialist republics last week.

Maduro…

Iran welcomes dialogue with Saudi Arabia

Tehran (IANS) Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has welcomed Saudi Arabia's proposal for holding talks to resolve mutual issues, Tasnim news agency reported.

"We welcome (Saudi Crown Prince) Mohammed bin Salman being quoted as…

UNSC President rules out action on Kashmir

United Nations (IANS) Security Council President Jerry Matthews Matjila rules out any action on Kashmir from the divided body, even issuing a joint statement.

Matjila said on Tuesday, "In the Council, I don't see that in the near future…

Gandhi's philosophy at core of our work: UN Secretary-General

New Delhi (IANS) Secretary-General of UN Antonio Guterres on Wednesday remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary and said that the leader pioneered successive non-violent movements that changed history, and his philosophy…

Corruption cases opened against Netanyahu

Jerusalem (IANS) Israeli Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit opened on Wednesday a series of pre-indictment hearings to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, ahead of possible criminal indictments over corruption cases, according to Department…

No force can halt China's advance: Xi

Beijing (IANS) In his address marking 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China (PRC), Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday said that no force could halt the advance of the country and its people.

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Pak's new envoy to the UN is a woman-basher

Islamabad (IANS) Known for his sharp rhetoric against India, senior Pakistani diplomat Munir Akram, who at age 74 has been appointed as Islamabads new envoy to the UN, has an unsavoury past -- of a woman-beater.

In January 2003, when Akram…