INDIA, AUSTRALIA HOLD 2+2 DIALOGUE, JAISHANKAR WELCOMES PA...
September 11 ,2021
India and Australia began the high-level 2+2 foreign and defence ministerial dialogue in New Delhi on Saturday. External affairs minist...
US CONGRESS WEIGHS SANCTIONS ON MYANMAR’S OIL AND GAS
September 11 ,2021
The powerful chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is set to unveil a bill to levy new U.S. sanctions on oil and gas, some of...
ARMY CHIEF TO FLY TO USA FOR OFFICIAL VISIT EARLY TOMORROW
September 11 ,2021
Chief of Army Staff of Bangladesh General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed is scheduled to fly for the United States for an official visit upon the...
U.S. CLIMATE ENVOY JOHN KERRY WILL TRAVEL TO INDIA ON SUND...
September 11 ,2021
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to India from Sept. 12-14 “to discuss efforts to raise global...
JUNTA TROOPS KILLED IN CIVILIAN ATTACKS ACROSS MYANMAR
September 11 ,2021
More than 20 junta troops, including a high-ranking officer, were reportedly killed on Thursday and Friday during ambushes by People&rs...
MYANMAR MILITARY TELLS MUSLIMS NOT TO CONTACT ARAKAN ARMY
September 11 ,2021
Myanmar’s military has warned Muslim village leaders in Kyauktaw Township, Rakhine State, not to complain to the ethnic Rakhine a...
NEPAL, INDIA SIGN AGREEMENT TO DEVELOP 400KV BUTWAL-GORAKH...
September 11 ,2021
The Nepal Electricity Authority and Power Grid Corporation of India have signed an agreement to develop the 400KV Butwal-Gorakhpur Cros...
Malaysia ex-premier Najib set for economic adviser role as...
September 11 ,2021
Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob (left) offered former premier Najib Razak an advisory role with ministerial status durin...
China promises to raise imports from ASEAN ahead of new ra...
September 11 ,2021
Chinese Vice President Wang Qishan said on Friday that Beijing will "treat ASEAN as a priority." © AP
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Not yet a failed state, Malaysia is decaying rapidly
September 11 ,2021
City skyline in Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's system of heavy state intervention coupled with its adherence to the Malay privilege ha...
From Myanmar to Afghanistan: Can China forge a new Asian o...
September 11 ,2021
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, right, meets Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar of the Taliban in Tianjin, China, in July. (Reuters)
Mor...
Political uncertainty clouds China Inc.'s Afghanistan ambi...
September 11 ,2021
An Afghan laborer at a chalk factory on the outskirts of Mazar-i-Sharif: Mining, along with infrastructure, is one area where fo...
As Afghanistan’s neighbours jostle for influence over Tali...
September 11 ,2021
Taliban members and airport staff are seen outside Kabul’s airport. While the new regime in Afghanistan seeks diplomatic recogn...
BRICS summit: Putin blasts US over Afghanistan 'crisis'
September 11 ,2021
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Amid setbacks, Prime Minister Suga had successes too
September 11 ,2021
While the media has been keen to report Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s shortcomings, it is important to note his record consis...
US issues clarification on MCC ahead of its officials’ vis...
September 11 ,2021
In response to the letter of the Nepal finance minister seeking clarifications on provisions of Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC),...
UN experts express concern over Ashraf Sehrai's death, rig...
September 11 ,2021
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Indian government approves order request for 56 C295 aircr...
September 11 ,2021
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Did Pakistan drop Leonardo as lead on Sea Sultan aircraft...
September 11 ,2021
A visitor disembarks from an Embraer Lineage 1000 aircraft at the Asian Business Aviation Conference and Exhibition held in Shanghai...
‘Akbar in power has chilling effect’: 158 journalists dema...
September 11 ,2021
M.J. Akbar resigned as MoS External Affairs over sexual harassment charges | Getty Images
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Two decades after 9/11, how delusion led to defeat in Afgh...
September 11 ,2021
For three centuries, faraway empires have come to conquer Afghanistan -- the British in the 19th, the Soviets in the 20th and now t...
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