Trump administration moves to counter President's flub on Kashmir

Washington (IANS) Moving swiftly to counter the diplomatic embarrassment caused by President Donald Trump's flub on Kashmir and assuage an upset New Delhi, the US administration clarified that Kashmir is very much a bilateral issue between India…

China 'can deploy military in HK to contain protests'

Beijing (IANS) China on Wednesday said it can deploy military to Hong Kong at the request of the city's government to maintain law and order after weeks of pro-democracy protests.

Chinese Defence Ministry's spokesman Wu Qian said that…

Mueller says he didn't exonerate Trump in Russia probe

Washington (IANS) Former special counsel Robert Mueller told a congressional panel on Wednesday that his report on the Russia probe did not exonerate US President Donald Trump of obstructing justice as the latter has repeatedly claimed.

Mueller…

Kashmir 'bilateral issue', Washington 'stands ready to assist': US after Trump's offer

Washington (IANS) Hours after US President Donald Trump offered to mediate in the Kashmir issue, saying he had been requested to do so by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a claim India has rejected, the US Acting Assistant Secretary Alice Wells…

NASA prepares to send 'first woman and next man' on Moon

Washington (IANS) As the world marked the 50th anniversary of the first Moon landing, the US space agency said it has doubled down on its next giant leap with the Artemis programme that would take "the first woman and the next man"…

No top US official in airport to greet Imran Khan

Washington/Islamabad (IANS) Was Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan given a diplomatic snub when he arrived in Washington on his maiden US trip to reboot bilateral ties that have seen a downslide?

With his country in financial doldrums, Khan…

Abe wins upper house polls but falls short of majority for reform

Tokyo (IANS) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's political coalition has won the partial legislative election to the upper house of Parliament, though it failed to secure the number of seats needed to push forward the constitutional reform it…

Britain urges Iran to release seized tanker

London (IANS) British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has urged Iran to reverse its "illegal" seizure of a British-flagged tanker in the Gulf.

Hunt said on Saturday it "raises very serious questions" about the security of…

Iran tanker seizure: Radio exchanges reveal Iran-UK confrontation

Tehran/London (IANS) A recording has emerged of radio exchanges between a Royal Navy frigate and Iranian armed forces vessels, moments before a British-flagged oil tanker was seized in the Gulf.

In the recording, what is thought to be an Iranian…

Britain reacts to seizure of tankers by Iran

London (IANS) Britain's ambassador in Iran is in contact with government authorities in Tehran following the seizure in the Gulf of two vessels, one of them British, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

The Foreign Office…