Cairo, Feb 1 (IANS) A senior Iranian security official said that a structure for talks with the United States is being set up.”The formation of a structure for negotiations is progressing,” Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani wrote on social media platform X, without elaborating.Larijani’s remarks followed his meeting on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, which focused on economic cooperation and significant regional and international issues, X…
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New Delhi, Jan 31 (IANS) Urging the need to strengthen international cooperation to combat the “global scourge” of terrorism, External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar on Saturday said that zero-tolerance for terrorism must be an uncompromising universal norm. In his opening remarks at the 2nd India Arab Foreign Ministers meeting in the capital, EAM Jaishankar asserted that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations remains a common threat in both the regions.”Cross-border terrorism is par…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Pakistan has emerged as one of the world’s poorest performers in gender representation at the workplace, with women occupying less than 8 per cent of senior and middle management positions, according to a report citing International Labour Organisation data. The figure places Pakistan alongside Afghanistan and Yemen at the bottom of global rankings, despite women holding nearly 30 per cent of management roles worldwide, according to report by Dawn.The report highlights…
Washington, Jan 14 (IANS) The United States carried out more air and drone strikes abroad in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term than during former President Joe Biden’s entire four-year term, said a survey published. From January 20, 2025, to January 5, 2026, the United States conducted 573 air and drone strikes, and 658 when operations with coalition partners are included, compared with 494 strikes and 694 coalition operations during Biden’s four-year term, according to data…
Los Angeles, Jan 6 (IANS) A video of John Krasinski as the titular character from Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan delivering a stirring speech about the geopolitical landscape of Venezuela is going viral on social media amid the recent US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Social media users are calling the moment “prophetic”, reports people.com.In the video from the show’s second season, which aired in 2019, Krasinski’s character poses a question to a group of CIA personnel, reports people…
Washington, Jan 5 (IANS) A set of data tables shared by US President Donald Trump on Truth Social ranking immigrant welfare recipient rates by country of origin has drawn attention in Washington, with India absent from the two-page list — a gap that underscores the distinct economic profile of Indian immigrants within the broader US immigration landscape.The figures are presented across two tables and together form a single dataset. They show the share of immigrant households in the United Sta…
Aden, Jan 3 (IANS) Saudi-backed Yemeni government forces on Saturday retook Seiyun, the second-largest city in Yemen’s southeastern oil-rich province of Hadramout, about a month after it was seized by the Southern Transitional Council (STC), according to a government military source and local residents. The local government official, speaking to Xinhua news agency on condition of anonymity, said government troops entered the city and secured full control following the withdrawal of STC forces fr…
Aden, Jan 3 (IANS) Chief of Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC) Aidarous Al-Zubaidi announced here on Friday the launch of a two-year transitional period during which the council will administer the southern parts of the country, to be followed by a referendum on the independence of the south.In a televised speech delivered via the STC-affiliated AIC channel, Al-Zubaidi said the move was based on what he called a popular mandate and recent security and administrative developments in the …
Riyadh, Dec 31 (IANS) The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said that two vessels entering the southern port of Mukalla were carrying containers loaded with weapons and ammunition.In a post on X, coalition spokesperson Turki Al-Maliki said the vessels entered the port without obtaining entry permits from the Yemeni government or the Coalition Command, in response to a statement by the United Arab Emirates Foreign Ministry claiming that the shipment contained no weapons and was destined for Emirati fo…
Sanna, Dec 29 (IANS) Abdulmalik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Houthi group, warned that any Israeli presence in Somaliland would be treated as a “military target,” describing Israel’s recognition of the breakaway region as a threat to regional security.In a speech broadcast by the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television channel, al-Houthi stated that his forces consider “any Israeli presence in the Somaliland region a military target,” “aggression against Somalia and Yemen, and a threat to the security …