Kyrgyzstan confers its highest award on President Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping, along with other leaders of the group including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is in the Kyrgyz capital to attend the two-day Summit beginning Thursday.
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Rouhani says Japan wants to keep buying Iranian oil
On a visit to Japan last month, U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Abe’s help in dealing with Iran, highlighting what he called the “very good relationship” between Tokyo and Tehran. As a U.S. ally that also has good diplomatic relations with Iran, Japan could be in a unique position to mediate between the Islamic Republic and the United States.
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It’s that time for raised hopes
Even without SAARC, India and Pakistan will have to engage with each other within the very framework of the SCO. So why not that bilateral meeting between South Asia’s midnight’s children to start afresh.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to visit Iran soon
Tokyo: Japan is arranging for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to visit Iran in the near future, Japan’s government spokesman said on Thursday, although details of the trip are being worked out.
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Amidst air pollution crisis, humble bicycle back again in China
Cars have replaced bicycles as the primary means of transport in many Chinese cities but, with air pollution a major problem for the country, the bike is making a comeback, thanks to digital technology, and some 21st Century thinking.
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Crafting an Indian response to Pakistan
It should not be impossible to think of creating another trade and communication-related entity to come up on the pattern of BIMSTEC with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran as its permanent members, and with an almost identical agenda as of the Bay of Bengal Initiative.
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Saudi Arabia hosts back-to-back summits amidst rising tensions with Iran, Iraq offers mediation
The summits are widely seen as a signal to Iran about the weight and clout that Saudi Arabia enjoys in the region and in the Muslim world.
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Uzbekistan allows return of its citizens from Middle East conflict zones
Uzbek citizens stranded in different conflict zones in the Middle East safely repatriated home, to be extended all facilities for rehabilitation and integration in society
Narendra Modi-led BJP returns to power in India with massive electoral win
With BJP winning 303 seats and NDA picking up 350 of total 542 seats, it is the first back-to-back majority for a single party since 1984
Libya about to descend into civil war, warns UN official
UNSMIL Chief war that unless fighting around the capital Tripoli stops, Libya risks ‘descending into a civil war which could lead to the permanent division of the country’.
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