Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on the sidelines of BRICS Summit here. This was the first meeting between the two leaders since Masoud Pezeshkian took over as President of Iran in July this year. India and Iran share longstanding civilisational ties. Iran is situated in India’s extended neighbourhood and the two...
King Charles was accused of “genocide” by an Indigenous senator at Australia’s Parliament House on Monday, moments after he delivered a speech in which he paid his “respects to the traditional owners of the lands”. Charles, on his 16th official visit to Australia and his first major foreign trip since being diagnosed with cancer, had...
As the BRICS Summit begins in Kazan on Tuesday, all eyes are on a possible meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping there. This is the first summit that will be taking place after the first-ever expansion of BRICS in January this year. While the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has...
India and China have arrived on a patrolling arrangement along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Himalayas, and it can lead to disengagement and resolution of tension that began with skirmishes in May 2020, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said today. The breakthrough came ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Russia to...
Israel has carried out more air strikes in Beirut and southern Lebanon, including on branches of a bank that it says is supporting Hezbollah. Explosions were heard in southern Beirut’s Dahieh district, an area controlled by Hezbollah, as well as the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon. It is unclear whether there are any casualties. The...
Kamala Harris was not in attendance at the Al Smith Dinner in New York City on Friday, October 17. Her absence resulted in a broken tradition that calls for each election’s presidential candidates to indulge in self-deprecating humour and roast each other. Her truancy at the traditional charity event came two days after Fox News Channel aired her...
The killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, a mastermind of the attack that ignited the war in the Gaza Strip, marked a major triumph for Israel. But Israeli leaders are also seeking to lock in strategic gains that go beyond military victories – to reshape the regional landscape in Israel’s favour and shield its borders...
The ministry of external affairs, in a late night statement, affirmed its stand after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau testified before a Commission of Inquiry amid a massive diplomatic row. The MEA on Thursday said what it has heard only “confirms” New Delhi’s consistent stand that Canada has “presented us no evidence” in support of...
With just weeks to go until the US presidential election, Kamala Harris is ramping up efforts to court black and Latino voters. Despite holding a clear lead among both groups, some Democrats have warned she needs to do more to energise these voters to turn out for her in November. That’s in part due to...
An armed man was apprehended near Donald Trump’s rally in Coachella Valley on Saturday, leading local authorities to believe they may have thwarted a third assassination attempt against the 45th US president and 2024 Republican canditate. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco revealed the details of the arrest, identifying the suspect as 49-year-old Vem Miller, who was stopped at...