Tehran, March 21 (IANS) Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi has issued a sharp warning to the United Kingdom on Saturday, stating that Tehran will respond if British involvement in the ongoing conflict escalates. In a post on X, Araghchi wrote, “Vast majority of the British People do not want any part in the Israel-U.S. war of choice on Iran. Ignoring his own People, Mr. Starmer is putting British lives in danger by allowing UK bases to be used for aggression against Iran. Iran will…
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Doha, March 19 (IANS) Qatar on Thursday strongly condemned “Iran’s aggression” and demanded immediate cessation of hostilities asserting that increasing hostilities and escalating the war will only lead to further destabilization of the region. Addressing the media jointly with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan in Doha, Qatar’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al-Thani mentioned that Iran’s claim that it is targetting US bases is “unacceptable and unjustif…
Taipei, March 4 (IANS) European and other Western leaders are increasingly seeking engagement with Beijing, reflecting a consequential shift in foreign policy. The once-prominent calls for “decoupling” and “de-risking” from China have given way to the recognition that engagement is unavoidable, a report highlighted. According to a recent report in the ‘Taipei Times’, China appears to have benefited from US President Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ and ‘Make America Great Again’ approach, lea…
New York, March 1 (IANS) Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been killed in an epochal attack by the US and Israel, marking an inflection point in the 46-year Shia-theocratic rule, as Tehran’s retaliation set off conflagrations in a swath of the Middle East.US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday the killing of the 86-year-old cleric, ending his iron-fisted rule over Iran for 36 years.Trump said on Truth Social, “He was unable to avoid our Intelligence and Highly Sophi…
New Delhi, Feb 15 (IANS) The India-UK free trade agreement is likely to come into effect from April this year, paving the way for an increase in Indian exports to the European nation, according to a senior official on Sunday. The agreement was signed between the two countries in July last year and has to be now approved by the UK Parliament for it to come into effect.The process has already started with the debate on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) having begun in the both Houses of the British P…
Washington, Feb 6 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said he will never allow the US military presence at Diego Garcia to be threatened, warning that he retains the right to “militarily secure and reinforce” the base if future arrangements break down or US forces are endangered.“I have had very productive discussions with (British) Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the Island of Diego Garcia,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “It is the site of a major US Military Base, strategical…
London, Feb 3 (IANS) During UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s recent visit to China, discussions with Chinese President Xi Jinping avoided Beijing’s “dangerous, unexplained, secretive and rapid buildup” of nuclear weapons as well as other contentious issues such as human rights abuses, espionage and Taiwan, a report said on Tuesday. Citing the 2025 report of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri), a report in the UK’s leading daily, The Guardian, stated that while …
London, Feb 1 (IANS) A man was arrested after a woman was stabbed to death in northwest London, the Metropolitan Police said on Sunday. The police were called on Saturday afternoon to reports of a stabbing incident. The victim, a 50-year-old woman, was found with stab wounds. Despite the efforts of emergency services, she was pronounced dead at the scene.A 30-year-old man was arrested on Saturday evening on suspicion of murder. It is believed that the suspect and the victim were known to each ot…
London, Jan 30 (IANS) British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his team have been given burner phones and fresh sim cards during their China visit. They are also using temporary email addresses to prevent devices being loaded with spyware or UK government servers being hacked into, a report has stated. “The employment of such tactics may sound dramatic but they are par for the course in an age of digital espionage and information security. Burner phones, for example, are routinely used by No 10 o…
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) India is a focus country in the UK’s new International Education Strategy, which aims to increase the value of Britain’s educational exports to 40 billion pounds a year by 2030.India is one of five focus countries for the UK’s International Education Champion, Professor Sir Steve Smith, according to a statement by the British High Commission in New Delhi. The other four countries are Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and Nigeria.With the new strategy, Britain looks…