India and Sri Lanka to sign updated agreement on defence cooperation during PM Modi's visit

New Delhi (IANS) India and Sri Lanka are working on an update of an existing agreement on defence cooperation that is expected to be concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the island nation next week, Foreign Secretary Vikram…

'Mutual sensitivity to each other's interests, concerns', PM Modi's letter to Bangladesh's Yunus

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has written a letter to Muhammad Yunus, chief advisor to Bangladesh's interim government, highlighting the significance of mutual sensitivity while referring to the Bangladesh Liberation War as a ‘shared…

Putin to visit India, 'one of the great powers of our time', soon: Lavrov

Moscow (IANS) Citing that the political dialogue between India and Russia is "developing dynamically" and is facilitated by the fact that Moscow and New Delhi "have close or even coinciding views on the objectively emerging multipolar world order",…

Trump pushes for major election reforms, citing India as model

Washington (IANS) In a bold move aimed at overhauling the US electoral system, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that seeks significant changes to how elections are conducted in the United States. 

The order mandates voters to…

Ukraine, US end talks in Riyadh with focus on Black Sea navigation, energy facilities protection

Riyadh (IANS) The new round of talks between Ukrainian and US delegations concluded in Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, local media Al Arabiya News reported. 

The talks came after a meeting that lasted over 12 hours between Russian and…

China poses 'most comprehensive and robust military threat' to national security: US intel report

Washington (IANS) China presents the most comprehensive and robust military threat to the national security of the United States, a US intelligence report revealed on Tuesday.

The report spotlighted that China poses an active and persistent…

Bangladesh's Yunus visits China days before taking over as BIMSTEC chair

Dhaka (IANS) Muhammad Yunus, the Chief Advisor of the interim government of Bangladesh, left Dhaka on Wednesday for a four-day official visit to China during which he will hold talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on March 28.

Foreign…

Trump’s 25 per cent tariff threat over Venezuela oil imports would hit India

New York (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on exports from countries that buy oil from Venezuela would hit India which already fears reciprocal US taxes next month.  

Trump announced on Truth Social on…

Bangladesh on edge amid coup speculation, Army Chief dismisses rumours

Dhaka (IANS) Speculation is mounting over the possibility of martial law or a state of emergency in Bangladesh, with talks of a military takeover gaining traction. Concerns are growing that the army could move against the Muhammad Yunus-led interim…

US envoy Witkoff says Russian President Vladimir Putin wants peace ahead of talks on Ukraine

Washington (IANS) US special envoy Steve Witkoff has expressed optimism ahead of high-stakes talks in Saudi Arabia over the war in Ukraine and said he believed Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to end the three-year-old conflict. "I feel that…