Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has described the newly signed Pakistan–Saudi Arabia–Turkey defence pact as a powerful “message of unity and peace” for West Asia, even as the agreement signals a major strategic shift in regional security cooperation. The three nations signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement on 7 August, establishing a collective‑defence framework under […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to travel to Brussels on 17–18 December for the final European Council meeting of the year, where India and the European Union hope to formally sign their long‑negotiated free trade agreement (FTA), according to a report by Politico. While the visit has not yet been officially confirmed, officials on
India and Kuwait have agreed to significantly deepen defence cooperation, holding the inaugural meeting of their Joint Defence Committee (JDC) in New Delhi on Friday — just a day after Kuwait signed a major defence pact with Pakistan. The timing underscores Kuwait’s effort to balance regional partnerships while expanding military ties with India. At the
KATHMANDU: Nepal is reeling from a devastating natural disaster after flash floods swept through areas along the country’s border with the Tibet region, leaving behind widespread destruction and a mounting death toll. The flash floods have killed at least 95 people and left a trail of destruction across the affected region.Homes have been reduced to
NEW DELHI: India dispatched the first tranche of relief materials to Nepal on board an Indian Air Force C-130J aircraft, which took off from Hindon airbase near Delhi for Kathmandu around 8.35 pm on Wednesday. The Indian Air Force sent 10 tonnes of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) supplies along with essential medicines to
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Tehran on Thursday for talks centred on the Strait of Hormuz, as a US naval blockade continues to squeeze Iran’s oil supplies amid a worsening domestic fuel shortage. Al Thani’s visit followed a week of intense
The European Union’s plan for a nearly €2 trillion long-term budget has run into a major roadblock, with Germany and five other big net contributors demanding cuts of several hundred billion euros as member states enter the final stretch of negotiations over the bloc’s spending for 2028-2034. Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Austria, Finland and Sweden
India said on Thursday it has intensified efforts to rescue and assist its nationals affected by the devastating floods in Nepal, with 288 Indians still uncontactable and roughly 200 more stranded across the border in China, seeking evacuation assistance. Addressing the ministry’s weekly briefing, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the 288 uncontactable nationals
China’s Ministry of Water Resources has warned that a newly formed barrier lake near the Nepal-Tibet border poses a “high risk” of breaching within the next three days, raising fears of a second major flood just as Nepal struggles with the aftermath of Wednesday’s disaster. The lake formed where the Chhochen Khola and Purepu Tsangpo
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to meet next week on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, as Tehran and Moscow deepen their strategic partnership through a major $25‑billion nuclear cooperation agreement. Iran’s Ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Mehr News (via CNN) that the
