Sudan: 31 killed in airstrike on mosque

Khartoum (IANS) At least 31 people were killed in an airstrike targeting a mosque in Wad Madani, the capital city of Gezira State in Sudan, a local non-governmental group announced. 

On Sunday, "warplanes bombarded after the evening prayer…

Israel unlikely to take major action against Iran: Senior commander

Tehran (IANS) A senior Iranian commander said that Israel would not take a "major and significant" military action against Iran, according to local media. 

Mohammad-Ali Jafari, Commander of the Baghiyatallah Cultural and Social Headquarters,…

More than 30 countries willing to join BRICS as process for forming multipolar world underway: Putin

Kazan (Russia) (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said that more than 30 countries have expressed a desire to join the BRICS alliance, an intergovernmental organisation comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa which…

Mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity key to future of India-China ties, PM Modi tells Xi Jinping

Kazan (Russia) (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday conveyed it to the Chinese President Xi Jinping that India-China ties have to be based on three mutuals - mutual trust, mutual respect and mutual sensitivity - if they have to return…

South Korea considering sending personnel to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops

 Seoul (IANS) South Korea is considering sending a team of personnel to Ukraine to monitor North Korean troops being deployed to support Russia, a government source said Tuesday.

Last week, Seoul's spy agency said that North Korea sent…

China confirms LAC patrolling agreement as PM Modi, Xi Jinping reach Russia for BRICS Summit

 Beijing (IANS) China on Tuesday confirmed the agreement that has been reached between New Delhi and Beijing on the patrolling arrangements along the Line of Actual Control in the India-China border areas. "Over the past few weeks, China and India…

PM Modi and Spanish PM Pedro Sanchez to inaugurate C-295 aircraft plant in Vadodara

Ahmedabad (IANS) Accompanied by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the final assembly line of Tata Advanced Systems' aircraft manufacturing plant in Vadodara on October 28. 

The plant, a collaboration…

India-China breakthrough: LAC patrol pact enables disengagement ahead of PM Modi's BRICS engagement

Delhi (IANS) In a major breakthrough ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to Russia for the BRICS summit, India and China have established arrangements for patrolling along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas, which could lead…

Russia has never done anything to impact India's interests negatively: EAM Jaishankar

New Delhi (IANS) A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's departure to Kazan for the 16th BRICS Summit, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar hailed the longstanding and time-tested India-Russia relationship which has advanced to…

EAM Jaishankar slams Canadian 'double standards'

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Monday slammed the "double standards" adopted by the Justin Trudeau-led government in Canada on the way it treats Indian envoys, and its expectations from New Delhi on Canadian diplomats'…