Kathmandu, May 1 (IANS) US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia, Sergio Gor began his political engagements on Friday by meeting Nepal’s Foreign Minister Sishir Khanal and Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle. Gor, who is also the US Ambassador to India, arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday evening and held meetings with Nepal’s government ministers on Friday. He is the highest-ranking US government official to visit Nepal since the new government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah was formed on Ma…
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Kathmandu, April 30 (IANS) US Special Envoy for South and Central Asia Sergio Gor arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday evening, becoming the second senior US official to visit Nepal in the past 10 days.The visit comes in the backdrop of increased diplomatic activity following the formation of the new government led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah on March 27, with a series of high-level engagements involving major global powers.Earlier, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Aff…
Tehran, March 1 (IANS) Massive groups of Iranians flooded into the streets of Tehran and various other cities throughout Iran overnight, rejoicing at the announcement of the death of the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, during a day of coordinated attacks by the US and Israel.Khamenei was killed in an epochal attack by the US and Israel, marking an inflexion point in the 46-year Shia-theocratic rule, as Tehran’s retaliation set off conflagrations in a swath of the Middle East. N…
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) Elon Musk has once again grabbed global attention by taking a business dispute to social media, this time involving Europe’s largest low-cost airline, Ryanair.The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX posted a public poll on X asking users whether he should buy Ryanair, following a heated exchange with the airline’s outspoken chief executive, Michael O’Leary.The poll came after a disagreement over the possible use of Starlink as in-flight Wi-Fi on Ryanair aircraft.Ry…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi on Friday said he expected decisive action from President Donald Trump and the United States to support the Iranian people, arguing that timely and targeted steps by Washington could hasten the collapse of Iran’s ruling establishment and save lives.At a news conference here in Washington, Pahlavi said there was a strong expectation among Iranians that the US President would stand by earlier commitments. “The Iranian people h…
Washington, Jan 16 (IANS) Iran’s exiled crown prince Reza Pahlavi on Friday urged the international community to take urgent action against Iran’s ruling establishment, saying the Islamic Republic was “close to collapse” and that global inaction would only increase the loss of life.“The truth is now undeniable. The so-called Islamic Republic is not the government of Iran. It is a hostile occupying force that hijacked our homeland,” Pahlavi said at a crowded news conference in Washing…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS0 Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk on Sunday announced that his satellite internet service Starlink will provide free broadband access to the people of Venezuela for one month to ensure uninterrupted connectivity amid the ongoing crisis in the country.Musk shared the announcement on the social media platform X, saying the move was made “in support of the people of Venezuela.”The Starlink network, which operates through a constellation of low-Earth orbit satellites, is e…