India’s Lines of Credit Dilemma
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on his third visit to Nepal at the end of the week from May 11-12, closely on the heels of the visit of Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma...
Category: Asia
N. Korea open to US talks ‘any time’ despite Trump axing summit
North Korea said Friday it is willing to talk to the United States “at any time” after President Donald Trump abruptly canceled a summit, a decision that once more casts a pall of uncertainty...
North Korea “completely” dismantles its nuclear test site as a goodwill gesture
North Korea said it had “completely” dismantled its nuclear test site Thursday in a carefully choreographed move portrayed by the isolated regime as a goodwill gesture ahead of a potential summit with US President...
China’s deep support, investment in Pak create challenges for India: expert
China’s deep support and investment in Pakistan create challenges for India and increasingly the “Pakistan issue is part of the China issue” in the broader range of topics in the India-US agenda, a top...
Corruption cases result of high treason case instituted against Musharraf: Sharif
Pakistan’s embattled former premier Nawaz Sharif said today that the three corruption cases filed against him were a result of the high treason case he instituted against former military ruler Pervez Musharraf. Sharif, 68,...
MH370 search to end next week: Malaysian minister
The search for flight MH370 will end next week, Malaysia’s transport minister said Wednesday, more than four years after the plane disappeared and triggered one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. The Malaysia Airlines...
No agreement with Pak on resolving Indus Waters Treaty dispute: World Bank
The World Bank has said it could not reach an agreement with Pakistan to address its concerns regarding the Indus Waters Treaty with India after two-days of talks here, days after India inaugurated the...
India, Pak entry into SCO increased potential for cooperation: Xi
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said with the entry of India and Pakistan, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) has gained more potential for cooperation and more expectations from the international community. In his address...
Meeting between Abbasi, Shah inconclusive on caretaker Pakistan PM
The second meeting between Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Leader of the Opposition Khursheed Shah to finalize the name of the caretaker premier ended inconclusively today as they failed to agree on...
N. Korea preps nuclear site demolition despite US summit doubts
Invited foreign journalists gathered in North Korea Wednesday to witness the slated destruction of the reclusive regime’s nuclear test site, a high profile gesture on the road to a summit with the US that...
