Category: International

Beijing,  The Indian Army on Wednesday handed over a Chinese soldier who was apprehended in eastern Ladakh to China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the Chinese Defence Ministry said. The Chinese soldier was apprehended by the Indian Army in the Demchok sector of eastern Ladakh on Monday after he had “strayed” … Read more

New York, Describing President Donald Trump as India’s “good friend”, a group of Indian-Americans have urged the community members across the country to support and vote for the Republican leader in the November 3 elections. Al Mason, co-chair of the Trump Victory Indian American Finance Committee, on Sunday said the … Read more

Hanoi, Oct 19  Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, in his first summit foray since taking office last month, agreed with his Vietnamese counterpart to step up defense and security cooperation in the face of China’s expanding influence in the region. In talks in Hanoi on Monday, Suga and Vietnamese Prime … Read more

Washington,  The US and Russia on Friday rejected each other’s proposals for potentially salvaging the last remaining legal constraint on their strategic nuclear forces. President Vladimir Putin called for an unconditional extension of the soon-to-expire New START treaty, and the White House called that a non-starter. Adding an edginess to … Read more

Germany’s population has contracted slightly for the first time in nearly a decade because immigration shrank as a result of the coronavirus pandemic official data showed. Some 83.1 million people lived in Germany at the end of June, with the population declining by 40,000, or 0.05%, in the year’s first … Read more

United Nations, Oct 14 (AP) China, Russia and Cuba won seats on the UN’s premiere human rights body Tuesday despite opposition from activist groups over their abysmal human rights records, but another target, Saudi Arabia, lost. Russia and Cuba were running unopposed, but China and Saudi Arabia were in a … Read more

China’s trade growth accelerated in September as the world’s second-largest economy recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. Exports rose 9.9% over a year earlier to 239.8 billion, up from August’s 9.5% growth, customs data showed Tuesday. Imports gained 13.2% to 202.8 billion, up from the previous month’s 2.1% contraction. Exporters have … Read more

Japan vowed Monday to bolster its missile deterrence capability to respond to threats by North Korean weapons that are becoming more diverse and complex, as displayed during Pyongyang’s military parade over the weekend. North Korea, marking the 75th anniversary of its ruling party, paraded a variety of weapons systems, unveiling … Read more

Seoul : South Korea on Sunday urged North Korea to commit to its past disarmament pledges while expressing concerns over the North’s unveiling of a suspected new long-range missile during a military parade. During celebrations marking the 75th birthday of its ruling party in Pyongyang on Saturday, North Korea paraded … Read more

Second US presidential debate officially canceled after Donald Trump balked Agencies Trump’s campaign accused the debate commission, headed by a former chairman of the Republican National Committee, “biased” toward Biden. The debate, originally scheduled as a town hall-style encounter in Miami, was intended to be the second of three presidential … Read more