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Canberra, The Antarctic Treaty System has long been praised as an example of successful international co-operation. But can there be any danger from this?It's very hot in Kochi, southern India, where representatives from at least 60 countries have gathered for two important meetings on the...

KIEV [Ukraine], Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday urged world leaders to attend a global peace summit starting on June 15, stressing that Russia is being run by those who Want it. Want to create an ideal of burning lives and dividing people. He emphasized that no country can stop...

New Delhi: India has recorded a trade deficit, the gap between imports and exports, with nine of its top 10 trading partners, including China, Russia Singapore and Korea, in 2023-24, according to official data.The data also showed that the deficit with China, Russia, Korea and Hong Kong...

Russia attacked the store with a glide bomb on Saturday, wounding at least 40 people, after it said Ukraine had hidden a weapons cache in the store."Human shield tactics are being used in Kharkiv – they (Ukrainians) have set up a military camp and a command post in a shopping center, which was...

Mumbai: Russia has said it is ready for a serious expansion of cooperation in the field of nuclear energy with India, including the construction of high capacity nuclear power units at a new site in India.Department of Atomic Energy Secretary Ajit Kumar Mohanty on Thursday met Alexey...

Colombo: A retired Army Major General has been arrested along with his wife in Sri Lanka in connection with a human trafficking racket to send former military personnel to serve on the war front in Russia and Ukraine, bringing the total number of arrests. The number has become nine.According...

Colombo: A retired Army Major General has been arrested along with his wife in Sri Lanka in connection with a human trafficking racket to send former military personnel to serve on the war front in Russia and Ukraine, bringing the total number of arrests. The number has become nine.According...

Moscow [Russia], Russian state nuclear corporation-Rosatom chief Alexey Likhache said India will get next-generation nuclear fuel this summer, also describing India as a major partner in the nuclear sector, Russia Today (RT) reports. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Ajit Kumar Mohanty was...

Birmingham (UK), Vladimir Putin appears stronger now than at any other time since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukrainian territory in February 2022.On the ground, Russian troops have been aggressively intruding into Ukrainian territory and have captured several villages in the past...

WASHINGTON: Indian-American former presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said she will vote for her former rival and boss Donald Trump in the November election, after pulling out of the Republican presidential primary more than two months ago. Has broken his silence on this matter.However...

Washington, DC [US], US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Washington was concerned about China providing inputs to Russia's defense industrial base and that the Biden administration would work with its allies and partners to deal with this in a "concrete manner." Have taken action...

New Delhi: India has signed mutual recognition agreements (MRAs) with customs authorities of seven countries and is actively negotiating such agreements with other countries, a top official said.The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs and the Federal Customs Service of Russia this...

Benchmark Brent crude prices have now fallen to $82.28 a barrel, down from close to $84 a barrel late last week. US West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) futures were trading at $78.02 on Wednesday, indicating further weakness in prices.Since India imports about 85 percent of its crude oil...

Ryder said the launch occurred on May 16 and the Russian satellite is now in the same orbit as the US government satellite.Asked whether the Russian satellite posed a threat to a US satellite, Ride said: "Well, it is a space defense weapon in the same orbit as a US government satellite."US...

The draft resolution received seven votes in favor, seven countries including the US voted against it, while Switzerland abstained.The measure failed on Monday as it did not get the nine votes needed for passage in the powerful 15-nation council.In the wake of a US resolution against nuclear...

In his daily video address on Monday evening, Zelensky said Ukraine urgently needed more air defense systems and Western fighter planes.“Unfortunately, the free world lacks momentum on these two issues,” he said, adding that, because of its air superiority, Russia is able to destroy Ukrainian...

Instead of calling on Russia to stop its military aggression on Hong Kong and Ukraine, China is supporting its ally as much as possible without imposing Western sanctions. The farewell hug between the autocratic leaders of the respective nations – Chairman Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin...

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the delegation led by the head of the Rason Municipal People's Committee returned home on Saturday. This delegation left for the journey on 12 May.The one-sentence dispatch did not provide much detail, but I believe the delegation discussed the...

Vyacheslav Volodin, a confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Telegram on Saturday that the EU took the step because it lacked arguments to convince its citizens and, therefore, had blocked the alternative approaches it had put forward.Volodin accused the West of double...

In June more than 100 countries were invited to help pave the way toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war. Additionally, Switzerland is hosting a high-level conference on peace in Ukraine, expected to take place in Bergenstock in June 2024, the Federal Foreign Office said in the...