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Report: Blinken offers plan to bolster Afghan peace process

10:56 am March 8, 2021

Washington: Secretary of State Antony Blinken is proposing a series of steps to help jumpstart Afghanistan’s stalled peace process between the government and Taliban, according to a letter from Blinken to Afghanistan’s president Ashra Ghani published Sunday by Afghanistan’s TOLONews. The letter calls for bringing the two sides together for a UN-facilitated conference with foreign ministers and envoys from Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, India and the United States “to discuss a unified approach […]

Aerials show huge blaze after oil facility strike in Syria

11:52 pm March 7, 2021

Damascus: A suspected missile strike on an oil-loading facility used by Turkey-backed opposition forces in northern Syria sparked a massive blaze across a large area where oil tankers are normally parked, aerial and satellite images show. Syrian opposition groups and at least one war monitor blamed Russia for the strike Friday night near the towns […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

India to commemorate ‘Chabahar Day’ on Thursday

9:46 pm March 3, 2021

New Delhi: India will commemorate ‘Chabahar Day’ on Thursday on the sidelines of the Maritime India Summit 2021 being held here, the Ministry of External Affairs said Wednesday. The virtual event will see the participation of ministers from Afghanistan, Armenia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and the Uzbekistan. India will commemorate ‘Chabahar Day’ on March 04, 2021 […]

Manish Kaushik enters quarters of Spanish boxing tourney

9:36 pm March 3, 2021

New Delhi: Olympic-bound Indian boxer Manish Kaushik (63kg) advanced to the quarterfinals of the Boxam International Tournament with a facile opening round win in Castellano, Spain. The world championship bronze-medallist defeated Spaniard Ammari Raddouane 5-0 on Tuesday night to make the last eight, where he will be up against Kazakhstan’s Sufiullin Zakir — a two-time […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

Israel, Palestine must avoid unilateral action that could prejudice final status issues: India at UN

10:36 am February 28, 2021

United Nations: Reiterating that only a two-state solution will deliver enduring peace that the people of Israel and Palestine deserve, India has said this should be achieved through direct negotiations between both sides on final status issues and any unilateral action which could prejudice these issues must be avoided. India’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador K Nagaraj Naidu said […]