New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) Hailing the cooperation between India and the European Union, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that the partnership between two sides is for global good. He announced that India and European Union will expand trilateral projects from the Indo-Pacific to the Caribbean. While addressing a joint press meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa following their talks in New Delhi on Tuesday, PM Modi sa…
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Washington, Jan 19 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticised recent US military action in Venezuelan territory, warning that unilateral use of force erodes international law and threatens global stability.In an opinion essay in The New York Times, Lula said the US bombings in Venezuela and the capture of its president on January 3 marked “yet another regrettable chapter in the continuous erosion of international law and the multilateral order established after World War I…
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Indian passports jumped five places in global mobility rankings in 2026, offering visa‑free, visa‑on‑arrival or eTA access to 55 destinations, a report said on Wednesday.The Henley Passport Index placed India at 80th spot sharing this rank with Algeria and Niger. Singapore, which topped the list, has visa-free access to 192 countries. Japan (188 destinations) and South Korea followed closely, highlighting the connection of travel freedom with the economic strength …
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) US Vice President JD Vance said he is “very involved” in the administration’s ongoing work on Venezuela and chairs regular meetings of White House principals, rejecting claims that he or Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard were excluded from planning for what he called “the Venezuela operation.”Asked to confirm reports that senior officials were kept out due to concerns about military involvement, Vance told reporters, “I’ve heard a couple of th…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) United States operation to capture Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is a decisive demonstration of a new Washington posture that prioritises the Western Hemisphere, even at the potential expense of long‑standing focus on China in the Indo‑Pacific, according to a report. “The military has followed through by pulling most of the 12-plus ships in the Caribbean from previously planned European and Pacific deployments. This includes the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, which…
Washington, Dec 30 (IANS) The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a dock facility along the coast of Venezuela, marking the first known land strike by the Trump administration inside the oil-rich South American country, according to local media reports.The strike targeted a remote dock that US officials believed was being used by a Venezuelan gang to store drugs and transfer them onto boats for shipment, CNN reported Monday night (local time), citing anonymous sources familiar w…
Havana, Dec 21 (IANS) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla said that the US government’s designation of the legitimate government of Venezuela as a “foreign terrorist organization” is a politically motivated act.”It is a new arbitrary, fraudulent, unilateral and politically motivated act. It shows, once again, the lack of credibility of these decisions and the manipulation of terrorism as a political weapon, which also weaken international efforts against that scourge,” Rodriguez said…