Moscow, July 27 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday stated that the contours of a new world order are being formed in a struggle and intense competition. Addressing a meeting with deputies of the concluding 8th State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation at the St George’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, Putin highlighted that the past five years, which were the period of their tenure, were difficult and “extremely challenging” for the country. “The p…
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Seoul, July 27 (IANS) The foreign ministry said Monday it is closely monitoring military cooperation between North Korea and Russia following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s claim that Moscow is preparing to receive another 30,000 North Korean troops for its war against Ukraine.In a recent post on X, Zelenskyy said Russia is preparing to bring in an additional 30,000 North Korean troops, with preparations under way since June in Russia’s Voronezh region to receive them.The Ukrainian pre…
Washington, July 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump said Saudi Arabia will have to join the Abraham Accords before the United States moves ahead with a civilian nuclear agreement with the kingdom, publicly linking the long-discussed deal to Riyadh’s formal normalisation of relations with Israel.Speaking after announcing a milestone in the administration’s civilian nuclear programme, Trump said the proposed agreement with Saudi Arabia would move forward only if the kingdom became part of the reg…
Manila, July 23 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministerial meetings in Manila on Thursday and expressed Moscow’s readiness to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and its commitment to the agreement reached in Anchorage, local media reported. During the meeting, Lavrov briefed Rubio about the current situation along the combat line and emphasised the importance o…
New York, July 23 (IANS) While New York faces several burning issues, Mayor Zohran Mamdani raked up his campaign promise to arrest Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if he visits the city, only to backtrack and admit he could not do that. He issued a vituperative video message with fake bravado calling Netanyahu a “war criminal” but confessing he did not have the authority to carry out the threat that he had used to rile up his base of Muslims and the leftist Democratic Socialists base d…
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,…
Moscow, July 19 (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday thanked the North Korean authorities for their decision to send soldiers from the Korean People’s Army to participate in the ‘liberation of the Kursk region,’ local media reported.During a meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Choi Son-hui, President Putin expressed gratitude for Russia’s support for the Joint Military Operation, Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency reported.”I would like to once again express my grati…
Moscow, July 18 (IANS) Iran’s new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei’s first international contact could be a telephone conversation or meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, local media reported on Saturday.”Russia is a country close to us, and His Excellency [Vladimir] Putin is a close friend of the Islamic Republic. And perhaps the first call and first meeting will be with President Putin,” an Iranian source told Russia’s state-owned Tass news agency.”But at the moment, due to the mil…
New York, July 18 (IANS) Favourable views of the US in India have slid since last year amid President Donald Trump’s actions and rhetoric against the country, according to an international survey. The survey by the US-based Pew Research Centre this year showed that 45 per cent of Indians had a favourable view of the US, down from 54 per cent last year.Among Indians, 31 per cent had a negative view of the US, the report published this week said.Not surprisingly, only 18 per cent of Indians approv…
New Delhi, July 14 (IANS) Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski, Poland’s Secretary of State and Deputy Foreign Minister, on Tuesday hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as an “extremely competent and accomplished” global leader who has changed India phenomenally with his leadership. “He’s a major global leader; there’s no question about that. I mean, he’s extremely competent, extremely accomplished. India has changed phenomenally under his leadership. I have had the honour of meeting him and talking to …