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Tehran: Iran and India can play a “constructive and useful” role in ensuring security in the region, especially in Afghanistan, and Tehran welcomes New Delhi’s role in the war-torn country, newly-elected President Ebrahim Raisi told External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar here on Friday. Raisi’s comments came during his meeting with ...

TEHRANTop Iranian conservative and former judiciary chief Ebrahim Raeisi was sworn in as the country's new president on Thursday in presence of high-ranking foreign dignitaries.Raeisi, who claimed a landslide win in the June presidential vote, which was marked by lowest voter turnout in Iran's history, was administered oath of ...

LONDON: America has deserted its responsibility to protect rights and freedoms in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, the former US commander in the country, has told The Times. With the Taliban rapidly sweeping up territories that were until recently defended by US-led coalition troops, Petraeus warned that a “medieval Islamist ...

Islamabad: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Saturday (July 31) met prominent Afghan politicians and jihadists to discuss the ongoing volatile situation in the country. The discussion took place at a critical juncture as the Afghan government was being accused of not having an internal consensus to deal with the ...

New Delhi: India will take over the Presidency of the UN Security Council on August 1 and is set to host signature events in three major areas of maritime security, peacekeeping, and counterterrorism during the month. "It is a singular honour for us to be presiding over the Security ...

ANKARAThe vice president of European Parliament and its 15 members on Friday sent a letter to the EU Commission president and the bloc’s foreign policy chief regarding the “worning humanitarian and human rights situation in Kashmir.”Fabio Massimo Castaldo shared the letter on Twitter, saying “EU can’t back down.”“As a ...

India is expected to provide key support to Abdulla Shahid to deliver his “Presidency of Hope.” (Image: @abdulla_shahid)By Dr Gulbin SultanaForeign Minister of Maldives Abdulla Shahid won the Presidency of the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on 7 June 2021. This is for the first ...

Seven Opposition parties have written to President Ram Nath Kovind seeking his intervention to direct the government to discuss farmers’ issues and Pegasus phone-tapping in Parliament on Tuesday. According to reports, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), ...

Democracy has capacity to reconcile differences, bring out best of citizens' potential: President On Tuesday, President Ram Nath Kovind stated that democracy has the ability to reconcile all divisions and bring forth the best in citizens, adding that Kashmir is “joyfully” realizing this vision. “Democracy, I firmly believe, has ...

President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday said that climate change is the most critical challenge before humanity and global warming is making its impact everywhere. Addressing the 19th convocation of the Kashmir University here, he also hoped that the centres for glaciology and Himalayan biodiversity ...