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India slams Pakistan over `rant' at Commonwealth meet, says it is hosts la
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 15 (ANI): India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for misusing the 20th Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) to pursue its "own bigoted and ill-conceived agenda."
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Nepal re-elected to UN Human Rights Council
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu (Nepal) [India], October 14 (ANI): Nepal has been re-elected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in the elections held at UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday, Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry extends greetings on Indian Foreign Service Day
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 11 (ANI): Russia's foreign ministry extended its greetings to India, on the occasion of Indian Foreign Service (IFS) Day.
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Detained for almost two years, Australian writer formally charged with esp
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Beijing [China], October 10 (ANI): Languishing in jail in China for almost two years, an Australian writer and democracy activist, Yang Hengjun, has been formally charged with espionage by Chinese prosecutors, paving the way for him to face trial.
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US intelligence agencies 'not ready' to compete with China on global stage
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Washington [US], October 2 (ANI): The United States' intelligence agencies are not ready to compete on the global stage for decades to come with China, which is expanding its economic, military and diplomatic might, according to US House Intelligence Committee.
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India, Myanmar hold foreign office consultations, discuss range of issues
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 01 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla held a virtual meeting with Soe Han, Permanent Secretary of Myanmar, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Thursday, during which he assured the neighbouring country that it is an integral element of India's Neighbourhoo
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Switzerland ready to host high-level meetings between Armenia, Azerbaijan
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Bern [Switzerland], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): The Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) said on Monday that Switzerland supported the OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs' efforts aimed at resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict through dialogue and expressed readiness to host high-l
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Officials from Australia, Japan, US, India, focus on sharing best practice
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 25 (ANI): Senior officials from the Ministry of External Affairs of India, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Australia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the US Department of State in a video conference on Friday spoke about the importance of shar
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Nepal foreign ministry denies reports of land encroachment by China, contr
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], September 23 (ANI): Nepal's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied reports of land encroachment by China in Humla district of Nepal contrary to the claims made by locals of the district.
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EU's Borrell confirms US cannot unilaterally trigger restoration of UN san
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], September 20 (ANI/Sputnik): EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in a statement on Sunday rejected the United States' right to unilaterally restore international sanctions on Iran on a basis of an agreement it withdrew from.
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Islamabad High Court issues arrest warrants for former Pakistan PM Nawaz S
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], September 18 (ANI): Pakistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said Pakistan High Commission in London has received the arrest warrants of former premier Nawaz Sharif.
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Abdullah bin Zayed meets Pompeo, US Congressional leaders as he concludes
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 17 (ANI/WAM): Concluding his visit to Washington, for the historic signing of the UAE-Israel Peace Accord, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and senior Members
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