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PM Modi and US President Donald Trump (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s brokered first phase of the Gaza peace plan and expressed hope for “lasting peace.” The agreement comes after two years of ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.PM Modi wrote on X, acknowledging Netanyahu’s…
India and Brazil engaged in talks regarding the expansion of a preferential trade agreement, addressing market accessibility and potential collaboration in pharmaceutical and banking domains, according to an official statement, released on Tuesday, quoted by PTI.The India-Brazil Trade Monitoring Mechanism (TMM) meeting, held locally, facilitated these discussions. The agenda encompassed bilateral trade and investment relationships,…
Iran foreign minister Abbas Araghchi (File photo) Iran announced on Sunday that its cooperation with the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog is no longer relevant after international sanctions were reimposed on the country. Foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said the Cairo Agreement, a deal signed in September with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), cannot continue under…
38-point charter signed (Image/X@DrTariqFazal) After days of violence and unrest in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the protestors and Pakistan government on Saturday reached an agreement to end demonstrations through a 38-point charter proposed by the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC).The protests, which began on September 29 following the breakdown of talks between officials and…
South Korea and the United States have reached a preliminary agreement on security, as both countries continue to negotiate trade and tariff issues, according to Yonhap news agency.In an interview published on Thursday, South Korean foreign minister Cho Hyun said that the US is currently reviewing a currency swap deal, a key demand from Seoul…
US President Donald Trump is set to sign the TikTok deal on Thursday, a White House source confirmed, as reported by Reuters.Last week, the US president held a lengthy phone call with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during which they discussed TikTok, among other things, that he described as “productive.”“I just completed a very productive…
NEW DELHI: Russian president Vladimir Putin on Monday said that Moscow will adhere to the nuclear warhead agreement with US for one more year as it sets to expire in February next year.Putin, in a televised meeting, said that the termination of the 2010 New START would have negative consequences for global stability.“Russia is prepared…
A proposed US-China agreement on TikTok would give Americans a majority on a board overseeing the app’s US operations, the White House said Saturday. “Americans will control six of the seven seats for a planned board,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News, according to the Associated Press.Leavitt added, “We are 100 per…
A parliamentary panel has recommended that India should consider renegotiating or even exiting the Information Technology Agreement (ITA) under the World Trade Organization (WTO), pointing to the US’s unilateral exit from WTO obligations and use of tariffs to protect its domestic industry as a possible template, sources told PTI. The Standing Committee on Communications and…
