President Donald Trump said that the United States and Iran were beginning direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear program. File | Photo Credit: AP President Donald Trump said on Monday (April 7, 2025) that the United States and Iran were beginning direct talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, a surprise announcement after Iranian officials had appeared to … Read more
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is greeted by President Donald Trump as he arrives at the West Wing of the White House in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Donald Trump at the White House on Monday (April 7, 2025), becoming the first foreign leader to personally plead for a … Read more
Jaishankar and Marco Rubio spoke over the telephone, the first such high-level conversation since U.S. President Donald Trump announced what he called “reciprocal tariffs” on dozens of countries, slapping 26% rates on all Indian imports, last week. File | Photo Credit: PTI Amidst turbulence across global markets including in India over the tariffs announced by the … Read more
“Namaskar! Madam President. Apka Lisbon me Swagat hai” is how Lisbon Mayor Carlos Moedas welcomed President Droupadi Murmu in a ceremony to hand over the City Key of Honour, making her an honorary citizen of the City of Seven Hills. The President, who is on a two-day state visit to Portugal, was given a Guard … Read more
An Afghan refugee’s family arrives at a transit station setup to facilitate Afghan refugees’ deportations, outskirt of Chaman, a border town on the Pakistan and Afghanistan border. File. | Photo Credit: AP Thousands of Afghans have crossed the border from Pakistan in recent days, the United Nations and Taliban officials said, as Islamabad ramped up … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House. File. | Photo Credit: AP Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Donald Trump at the White House on Monday (April 7, 2025), becoming the first foreign leader to personally plead for a reprieve from stinging U.S. … Read more
Russian President Vladimir Putin | Photo Credit: AP The Kremlin said on Monday (April 7, 2025) that Russian President Vladimir Putin still supported the idea of a truce in Ukraine, but many unanswered questions remained about how it would work. U.S. President Donald Trump has been pushing for a speedy ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv … Read more
The Adani Ports-backed Colombo West International Terminal at the strategic port in Sri Lanka’s capital | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Limited on Monday (April 6, 2025) announced commencing operations at the Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT) that it is jointly developing with the Sri Lanka Ports Authority and Sri … Read more
Palestinians mourn medics, who came under Israeli fire while on a rescue mission, after their bodies were recovered, according to the Red Crescent, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on March 31, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Palestine Red Crescent Society said on Monday (April 7, 2025) that 15 … Read more
Riaz Hamidullah is the High Commissioner of Bangladesh in New Delhi. Days after the meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Chief Adviser Mohammed Yunus on the sidelines of the BIMSTEC summit in Bangkok, Dhaka has sent its new High Commissioner to India. Riaz Hamidullah, a 1995 batch officer of the Bangladesh Foreign Service, … Read more