BLA militants ‘block’ Quetta-Karachi highway, set ablaze several govt buildings in Balochistan

Quetta (IANS) A major attack by the Fateh Squad of the proscribed militant outfit – the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) in Balochistan’s Mongochar area of Kalat district, has resulted in vandalism of several government buildings, and blocking of the…

Pakistan ISPR’s web of lies exposed; used Chinese drones, fabricated chats, invented stories to blame India

New Delhi (IANS) Days after Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) along with its Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar shifted blamed on India for the terror incidents of its soil, it has emerged that the rouge nation and its state machinery…

Pakistan UN envoy says 'kinetic action' by India imminent, laments lack of international impact on New Delhi

United Nations (IANS) Pakistan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, has called for intensifying international intervention in the tense situation between his country and India, saying that there was "imminent…

Prez Lourenco-PM Modi's talks will chart new avenues of growth between India-Angola: S Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday exuded confidence that talks between Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chart new avenues of growth for India-Angola and…

B'desh: Radical Islamist group organises rally demanding women's reform body dissolution

Dhaka (IANS) In a growing emergence of Islamic extremism in Bangladesh, thousands of leaders and activists of the radical Islamist group of the country, Hefazat-e-Islam, on Saturday organised a rally in Dhaka demanding the dissolution of the Women's…

Iran Foreign Minister Araghchi to visit India on May 7-8, hold talks with EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) Days after he conveyed his intention to mediate between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is expected to arrive in New Delhi next week for discussions on trade and economic…

US is not giving up on settling the conflict in Ukraine, says Rubio

Washington (IANS) Marco Rubio, US Secretary of State and acting National Security Advisor, said that the US does not give up on the matter of settling the conflict in Ukraine but acknowledges that there are plenty of more important problems across…

4 UAE-based companies with India trade links sanctioned by US for trading Iran petroleum products

New York (IANS) In a crackdown on Iranian exports, the US has sanctioned four United Arab Emirates-based companies that have trade links with Indian companies for allegedly trading in Iranian petroleum products.  

"So long as Iran attempts…

'Perpetrators, planners must be brought to justice', EAM Jaishankar discusses Pahalgam attack with US Secy

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister of India S. Jaishankar said on Thursday that he discussed the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack with the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and said the perpetrators and planners have to be brought to justice. 

Yet to discuss peace plan on Moscow-Kiev conflict with US: Russian diplomat

Moscow (IANS) Russia and the United States have yet to discuss the nuances of a peace plan, said Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya, as both nations continue their dialogue on finding a peaceful solution to the…