Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) China, which has for long claimed of having a “noninterference” foreign policy and not providing direct military assistance to nations engaged in conflict, reportedly supplied batteries for surface-to-air missiles to Iran in exchange for oil during the recent conflict with Israel, a new report has cited. This comes after Beijing is already facing heat for its alleged involvement in Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine and backing Pakistan in its conflict with India in May f…

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he is going to further raise tariffs on India in the next 24 hours, after announcing 25 per cent tariffs from August 7.In an interview with CNBC, Trump said he will raise tariffs on India, revising the earlier settled rate of 25 per cent.”India has the highest tariffs. We do very little business with India. We settled on 25 per cent, but I think I am going to raise that substantially within the next 24 hours,” the US Preside…

Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s public outreach to Pakistan is straining India-US ties, prompting New Delhi to question the value of its strategic engagement with Washington, a report has cited. “Pakistan’s sponsorship of cross-border terrorism is a direct national security threat to India. Any United States administration that ignores this point is guilty of diplomatic negligence. India does not ask for unconditional alignment, only consistency and respect for its core in…

Islamabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Marking the second anniversary of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party on Tuesday launched a protest movement with workers and activists taking to the streets across the country, demanding the release of their leader. PTI workers claimed that at least 300 PTI activists have been arrested in Lahore in raids conducted overnight. .In a message posted on PTI’s X account, Imran Khan urged his supporters to “come out and hold …

Jakarta, Aug 5 (IANS) Indonesia and Belarus have officially agreed to elevate their bilateral cooperation in several sectors, including food security, agricultural modernization, technology development, and investment. Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Sugiono met with visiting Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov at the ministry’s building in Jakarta on Tuesday, where they discussed various fields, Xinhua News Agency reported.Sugiono mentioned that the meeting marks Ryzhenkov’s first official…

Beijing, Aug 5 (IANS) Two to three typhoons are expected to make landfall in or affect China in August, the office of the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief and the Ministry of Emergency Management said at a briefing on Tuesday.One of the typhoons is expected to affect areas north of the Yangtze River, according to the briefing.In August, all seven major river basins across China fully entered the main flood season of the year, the authorities said, adding that som…

Sanaa, Aug 5 (IANS) Yemen’s Houthi military group said it launched a new missile attack on the Ben Gurion Airport in central Israel on Tuesday, which was reportedly intercepted by Israeli defence systems.The Houthis fired a “hypersonic ballistic missile” targeting the Israeli airport in support of the Palestinian people, the group’s military spokesperson Yahya Sarea said in a statement aired by Houthi-run al-Masirah TV.Sarea said that the Houthi group would continue launching attacks against Isr…

Washington, Aug 4 (IANS) With his actions in the recent weeks, US President Donald Trump is now in the process of tanking the India-US relationship built over 25 years. His actions will affect the bilateral ties after more than 20 years of bipartisan effort to transform the relationship between India and the US, including during his own first term, US-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace detailed in a report on Tuesday. Trump has threatened to substantially raise tariffs on India and…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (IANS) India’s e-Visa facility is presently available to nationals of 172 countries for entry through 32 designated international airports and six major seaports, the Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar, in a written reply, said that E-Visa is presently available under 13 sub-categories, i.e. e-Tourist Visa, e-Business Visa, e-Medical Visa, e-Medical Attendant Visa, e-Conference Visa, e-Ayush Visa, e-Ayush Att…

Hyderabad, Aug 5 (IANS) Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) on Tuesday demanded that the Election Commission of India bring back ballot papers to conduct elections in view of the doubts people have about Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and called for the withdrawal of the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar. A delegation of BRS leaders led by the party’s working president, K. T. Rama Rao, made the demand during a meeting with the Election Commission in New Delhi.The…