The growing rift between Iran and the United States took me back to my days at the United Nations(UN) in New York last year. I ...
01:42 PM, May 17, 2012
It has been more than two months since the Maldivian island experienced political turmoil but the scars of the crisis still seem to run deep. ...
08:43 AM, May 11, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has been convicted for contempt of court after he refused to write to the Swiss government asking them to reopen graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. But the sentence appeared to be symbolic more than anything else. Gilani made history by becoming the first prime minister in Pakistani history to be found guilty of contempt of court. The seven-judge bench was...
07:29 PM, Apr 26, 2012
President Waheed is still facing daily protests from Nasheed's MDP party members in Parliament, and on the streets, Nasheed's followers are out on at least five of the eleven islands in Maldives. ...
04:12 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Maldives President Waheed Hassan said in the last 2-3 years more business is coming to Maldives from India, but there are some agreements which did not go according to the plan. ...
04:03 PM, Apr 23, 2012
Kabul: The Afghan Foreign Ministry on Monday blamed Pakistan after a series of daily Taliban attacks in Kabul's diplomatic area killed 9 civilians and 14 police officers. Nearly 32 militants were killed in the attack. An 18-hour gunbattle in the heart of Kabul's high security diplomatic zone ended on Monday morning and the militants demonstrated once again their ability to infiltrate into the heavily guarded diplomatic area with arms and...
09:44 PM, Apr 16, 2012
New Delhi: India and Pakistan will take another step forward in enhancing trade ties. The two countries will formally open the Attari check post on Friday for trade. The Attari route has hardly been used for trade since 1947. But as the relationship between India and Pakistan improves the Attari check post is expecting big business. The number of trucks crossing the border daily could go up from the present...
06:24 AM, Apr 13, 2012
New Delhi: Goshtaba and dosas, some bilateral talks and an emotional visit to the Ajmer sharif, that basically sums up Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari's visit to India. While Pakistan's head of state claimed it was purely a private visit, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh did raise the issue of Hafiz Saeed and the 26/11 trial. Singh and Zardari seemed to strike all the right notes as they met for a...
07:51 PM, Apr 08, 2012
New Delhi: This is the second time Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is coming to India on a personal visit. He was last here in 2005 to offer prayers at the Ajmer Dargah with wife Benazir Bhutto. But this time there's an element of politics too. He's expected to have an hour long chat with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. According to Pakistan foreign office, Zardari will also invite Manmohan Singh...
09:38 PM, Apr 07, 2012
New Delhi: The Pakistan has beefed up security at the residence of Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed in Lahore after the US announced a 10 million dollar bounty for the man accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Besides nine policemen from Punjab Police deployed at Saeed's two-storey home at E Block of Jouhar Town, the JuD posted more armed volunteers to ensure foolproof security. JuD leaders said they...
07:30 AM, Apr 04, 2012
New Delhi: The United States on Tuesday announced a bounty of 10 million dollars on Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) founder and Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed. However, there is more to the development than one can see. Saeed is wanted in India for his involvement in the 26/11 carnage. Soon after the US announced the reward, External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said, "India welcomes this new initiative of the US. This...
05:11 PM, Apr 03, 2012
New Delhi: India is all set to play host to world leaders that include Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, South African President Jacob Zuma and Chinese Premier Hu Jintao, at the fourth BRICS summit on Thursday. Trade and political issues are expected to be the primary talking points at the summit. It was an idea initiated by Russia in 2006, BRICS now accounts to $ 230 billion...
06:21 AM, Mar 29, 2012
In an interview with CNN-IBN, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Steffan de Mistura defended the alleged action of Italian marines. ...
05:20 PM, Mar 12, 2012
New Delhi: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to attend a counter-terrorism conference in Pakistan on Thursday. This came three days after the blasts in Delhi and Bangkok. Investigations now seem to suggest that there are numerous similarities in both attacks. The question is whether it is all a part of a larger coordinated attack as Israel claims. Two of the three men held for allegedly plotting triple attacks in...
08:15 AM, Feb 16, 2012
New Delhi: India has military deployment plans in place for exigencies in the neighbourhood. Provided the Maldivian government requested such assistance, India could have intervened. As violence swept through Maldives and President Mohammed Nasheed resigned, Indian Navy sources confirmed that they were on standby, primed for movement if required. In fact, sources in the Prime Minister's Office told CNN-IBN that they were worried about Islamic radicalism and that a military...
11:29 PM, Feb 09, 2012
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