China urges UNSC to reconsider sanctions on North Korea

Beijing (IANS) China on Friday urged the UN Security Council to reconsider the sanctions imposed on North Korea in order to move forward in the negotiations for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula after a second summit between US President…

Canada urges India, Pakistan to engage in dialogue

Ottawa (IANS) Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland has urged India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint to avoid any further military escalation over rising tensions between the two countries.

In a statement…

Trump, Kim begin talks for second day of US-N Korea summit

Hanoi (IANS) US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have begun talks on the second day of their summit here to clinch a deal for denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday.

The second summit between the two…

Imran again offers dialogue with India, warns against 'miscalculation'

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday offered talks to India and urged that "better sense should prevail" as tensions spiked between the two nuclear-armed neighbours following an aerial engagement between…

Pakistan to raise 'Indian LoC violation' at international forums

Islamabad (IANS) Pakistan on Tuesday decided to raise the issue of "India's violation of the Line of Control" (LoC) at international forums after the IAF struck the Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) biggest training camp in Balakot in Pakistan.

Imran asks armed forces, citizens to 'prepare for all eventualities'

Islamabad (IANS) Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday directed Pakistan's armed forces and citizens to "remain prepared for all eventualities" after the Indian Air Force (IAF) jets hit the Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) biggest training…

CJ advises Britain to return Diego Garcia to Mauritius

New York (IANS) Mauritius has won a case against Britain at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) involving decolonization of the strategically important island of Diego Garcia, which is home to a US military base. Britain must give Mauritius…

Ex-national security officials to issue declaration on Trump's national emergency

Washington (IANS) A bipartisan group of 58 former national security officials will issue a declaration on Monday saying that "there is no factual basis" for President Donald Trump's proclamation of a national emergency to build a wall…

US, N. Korea may agree to end Korean War at Vietnam summit

Seoul (IANS) The US and North Korea might agree on how to declare an end to the Korean War at the upcoming meeting of their leaders this week in Vietnam, an official from Seoul's presidential office said on Monday.

"I…

India-Pakistan ties: EU's Mogherini speaks to Pakistan Foreign Minister

Brussels (IANS) Federica Mogherini, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, spoke to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, stressing on the "urgency to de-escalate" the ongoing tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad…