Yemen appoints Finance Minister as new PM

Aden (Yemen) (IANS) Yemen's Presidential Leadership Council (PLC) appointed Finance Minister Salem Saleh Bin Braik as the country's new Prime Minister, following the resignation of Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak.

The decision, reported by state-run…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

'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. 

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…

Bangladesh HC grants bail to prominent Hindu leader Chinmoy Krishna Das

Dhaka (IANS) Chinmoy Krishna Das, a prominent Hindu leader and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jot, has been granted bail by the High Court on Wednesday in an alleged sedition case.

The bench of Justice Atoar Rahman…

PM Modi will not visit Russia for May 9 Victory Day celebrations, confirms Kremlin

Moscow (IANS) Russia on Wednesday confirmed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not be attending the Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9. 

“The leader of India will not come... India will be represented, but not at the highest level,"…