India contributes US$ 2 million to UNRWA for the welfare of Palestinian Refugees
India had increased its annual financial contribution to UNRWA from US $1.25 million in 2016 to US$ 5 million in 2018 and 2019,
Defence & Diplomacy
SCO Ministers of Foreign Affairs convene video conference in the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic
While India’s External Affairs Minister Jaishankar highlighted the overwhelming threat posed by terrorism, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi urged that the pandemic not be politicized
Multilateralism at a crossroads
By H. E. Emmanuel Lenain At a time when the world finds itself in the
India, China Troops Clash in Sikkim, Soldiers Injured on Both Sides
It was the first case of troops from both sides exchanging blows after a similar incident had taken place in Pangong Lake in Ladakh in August 2017.
US to remove Patriot missile batteries from Saudi Arabia: Report
Removing missiles, other measures mark end of recent military buildup to counter Iran, officials say
US Special Envoy Khalilzad back in region for Afghan peace
It is the second trip that Zalmay Khalilzad has made since April 12 to breathe momentum to the peace accord that he helped hammer out between the US and the Taliban.
How Russia Can Maintain Equilibrium in the Post-Pandemic Bipolar World
To avoid becoming part of a Sino-centric power bloc and maintain international equilibrium, which is critically important to Russia’s status and self-image, Moscow must reduce its dependence on China by fostering its relations with other large economic and financial players: primarily European countries, India, and Japan.
The UAE and India: lessons to learn
As part of its efforts to diversify the economy beyond oil, the UAE is increasingly looking east – to India, China, Japan, South Korea.
Afghanistan Needs a Humanitarian Ceasefire to Fight COVID-19
Since their creation as an instrument of external strategic influence in 1994, the Taliban have enjoyed safe havens, an operational infrastructure, diplomatic support, as well as medical treatment of their wounded fighters on foreign soil in our neighborhood—from where they continue to prosecute a terror campaign across Afghanistan.
BRICS Foreign Ministers meet via video conferencing
By IAR Desk The Ministers of Foreign Affairs /International Relations of the BRICS group of