New Delhi | 4 hours ago
Indian parliamentarians for a global parliament at UN
New Delhi, May 17 - In order to improve the democratic character of global governance, Indian parliamentarians have lent their support to a global campaign for the creation of an elected global parliamentary assembly at the United Nations.Speaking Wednesday at the presentation of an Indian edition of a new book titled 'A Global Parliament', Science and Technology Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh said th ... read more

New Delhi | 23 hours ago
UAE foreign minister to visit India
New Delhi, May 16 - United Arab Emirates - Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan will be on a two-day official visit to India from Thursday when he is likely to discuss the entire gamut of bilateral relations with his counterpart S.M. Krishna, including energy security.During his stay here, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan is also scheduled to meet India's top politica ... read more

Abu Dhabi | 2 days ago
Abu Dhabi to host third Indo-Arab meet
Abu Dhabi, May 14 - The third Indo-Arab Partnership conference will be held in Abu Dhabi May 22-23.The conference under the banner of the development of relations through trade and Investment will be held in collaboration with the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.The event will be hosted by the UAE ministry of foreign affairs, the Arab League and India's ministry of external affairs. --I ... read more

Colombo | 2 days ago
UAE, Maldives hold bilateral talks
Colombo, May 14 - The United Arab Emirates - and Maldives have discussed bilateral relations in various fields and ways to enhance them.The talks were held here between Mahmoud Mohammed Al-Mahmoud, UAE ambassador to Sri Lanka and non-resident ambassador to Maldives and Dunya Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, minister of state for foreign affairs of the Indian Ocean atoll.--IANS/WAMsd ... read more

New Delhi | 6 days ago
Maldivian President Waheed to make first ever visit to India
New Delhi, May 10 - Mohamed Waheed, the new president of Maldives, will be in India on a five-day first ever official visit beginning Friday when he will discuss with the Indian leadership his atoll nation's future, including possible early elections.After unexpected turn of events in February this year propelled him to the leadership of his country, Waheed will be in India on the invitation of P ... read more

Ramallah | 8 days ago
'Press Israel to meet Palestinian prisoners' demands'
Ramallah, May 8 - The Palestinian National Authority - and the Islamic Hamas movement Tuesday called on the European Union - to press Israel to meet the demands of the hunger striking prisoners.Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al Maliki welcomed the call by the EU's missions in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Israel to provide medical care for the hunger strikers and improve the conditions of i ... read more

New Delhi | 9 days ago
Apex court hints Pakistani virologist may get relief
New Delhi, May 7 - The government Monday resisted convicted Pakistani Mohammad Khalil Chisty's plea seeking permission to travel to his country but the Supreme Court indicated that it may grant conditional relief to the virologist who was earlier granted bail in a 20-year-old murder case in India.An apex court bench of Justice P. Sathasivam and Justice J. Chelameswar asked Additional Solicitor Gen ... read more

New Delhi | 10 days ago
Reviving the Parsee Punch with new pickings
New Delhi, May 7 - Humour has been the golden lining of India's realpolitik for as long as one can remember. The early kings hired jesters; Mughal emperor Akbar had Birbal and, in the 19th century, quick-witted Indian writers picked up from the British bible of humour, Punch, to laugh like the white 'babus'.By the end of the 19th century, at least 70 Indian-style Punch-like papers and magazines ha ... read more

Washington | 16 days ago
Ignoring Pakistan, US defends drone strikes
Washington, May 1 - As the United States resumed drone strikes inside Pakistan ignoring Islamabad's warnings, President Barack Obama's top counterterrorism adviser defended the use of armed unmanned aircraft to target suspected terrorists overseas.The strikes conducted in full accordance with the law are used when the option of capture is not feasible, deputy national security adviser said during ... read more

Beijing | 18 days ago
China launches tourist train to North Korea
Beijing, April 29 - China has launched a tourist train connecting the country's northeastern Tumen county and the picturesque Chilbo mountain in neighbouring North Korea.The train, carrying 65 Chinese tourists chugged into North Korea Saturday on its first trip. The tourists will spend the next three days in that country, said Zhao Renjie, deputy director of Tumen Municipal Bureau of Foreign Affai ... read more