Washington, July 27 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran had requested direct talks with Washington after sustained US military action, expressing confidence that a deal remained possible while warning that military operations could quickly resume if diplomacy failed. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Michigan, Trump defended the US campaign against Iran, saying it had fundamentally altered Tehran’s position.”We’ve pretty much destroyed their military. T…
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Manila, July 22 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov announced on Wednesday that he will be meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on July 23, on the sidelines of the ongoing multilateral Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) events in the Philippines. “The meeting has already been agreed upon,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by the Russian media following his participation in ASEAN meetings on Wednesday.Lavrov mentioned that he met with Rubio briefly at a reception on Tuesday,…
Washington, July 6 (IANS) President Donald Trump said on Monday that Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to visit Washington in late September, using the announcement to underscore his administration’s plans to expand the White House with a new state ballroom capable of hosting larger gatherings for visiting world leaders. Speaking at a Rose Garden luncheon, Trump revealed the planned visit while describing ongoing renovation and expansion projects at the White House, including what he call…
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Pakistan’s slow growth is more than an economic challenge – it is the country’s foremost national security threat, and no amount of military strength, diplomacy, or managed stability can rescue a nation that is sliding deeper into poverty while its population keeps growing, according to an article in the Pakistani media. The security establishment’s greatest adversary is not India, Afghanistan, or terrorism, but Pakistan’s own slow economic decay. This is not about GDP; …
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) Many prominent citizens from both India and Pakistan have reportedly come together to appeal to Prime Ministers Narendra Modi and Shehbaz Sharif to end decades of hostility between the two nations which, despite being the ideal option otherwise, remains an uphill task in this case, with ground realities in Islamabad complicating prospects of meaningful talks. The appeal, signed by intellectuals, activists, and public figures, calls for a new chapter in South Asian relati…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Cracks have started appearing in the edifice that is the hybrid plus regime running Pakistan these days, as per an article in the local media.The hunger for revenues and foreign exchange is rising while the economy remains stuck in a low-growth phase. And now that hunger has reached the halls of politics and tested the coalition upon which the government’s majority in parliament stands, the article in the Dawn said.The run-up to this budget now sees peak stability rub…
Havana, May 23 (IANS) Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has accused the United States of using “empty rhetoric” to label the island country as a “sponsor of terrorism” without evidence, saying Washington is promoting a narrative in the media to justify military aggression. In a post on X on Friday (local time), Diaz-Canel said claims that Cuba represents a threat to the United States “can only exist in the sick minds” of some officials in the current US administration, reports Xinhua news agency…
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Pointing to the turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz, Indian Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday led discussions on how the country can integrate military, diplomatic, economic and technological instruments to expand its “Smart Power” to navigate an increasingly volatile global environment. Speaking at a National Seminar on “Security to Prosperity: Smart Power for Sustained National Growth,” General Dwivedi shed light on forces of trade becoming tools of str…
Seoul, May 14 (IANS) Two Chinese nationals were sentenced to prison Thursday for illegally filming fighter jets at several South Korean and US military facilities and attempting to intercept traffic control communications.The Suwon District Court sentenced an 18-year-old Chinese high school student to an indeterminate prison term of 1 1/2 to two years and a 20-year-old Chinese man to two years in prison, both for general treason. An indeterminate sentence is applied to minors under the juvenile …
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) A year after the four-day military confrontation between India and Pakistan triggered by the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reiterated that India remains unwavering in its resolve to eliminate terrorism and dismantle the “ecosystem” supporting it.According to a report, Prime Minister Modi asserted that India would continue its hardline approach against terror networks and those enabling them, marking one year since the launch of “Operation Sindo…