Julie Bishop, Deputy Opposition Leader, has said that Australia’s ban on uranium sales to India is making no sense when the nation is striving to develop its economy.
Bishop said that Canada's decision to carry on uranium sales to India indicates a huge loss of opportunity for Australia.
A ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday that the country will not send its enriched uranium abroad for further processing as it has rejected the globally agreed compromise deal.
 Speaking to a news agency, Mottaki said that Iran would, however, think about swapping ...

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has mentioned that he would not be meeting the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama during the latter’s visit to New Zealand in December.
 
"The reason simply is I've decided that I wouldn't get a lot out of that particular meeting," he told ...

India and Canada have entered into an agreement for enhancing energy security. Yet another deal has been inked between the two nations to kick off negotiations between the two with respect to free trade area, but nuclear deal has not been signed as there are still data which needs to be sorted out. ...

Even as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resolved to deepen bilateral ties, the Canadian media says a nuclear deal could be risky because of terrorist threats to India's sites. They cite the recent alert at India's nuclear facilities as a warning to ...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper would arrive in Amritsar on Wednesday for paying a visit to the holiest of Sikh shrines, Golden temple.
 
Harper will reach Amritsar in a special flight at Amritsar's Rajasansi airport and drive straight to the shrine around noon. The Deputy Chief ...

Taiwan has inked a financial service accord with China for strengthening the cross-strait financial investments in future.
 
"Our two sides signed the financial memorandum of understanding at the same time on Monday," said Sean Chen, chairman of the Financial Supervisory ...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who arrived in Mumbai on Sunday, has urged for a stronger economic ties with India. He has mentioned that the bilateral nuclear deal would soon be signed by both the nations.
 
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off his three-day India ...

The three-day security talks between the home ministers of India and Nepal, slated to kick off on Tuesday in New Delhi, have been put off for an indefinite period due to the increasing turmoil in Nepal.
 
Nepal's Home Minister Bhim Rawal, accompanied by Home Secretary Govinda Prasad Kusum ...

US President Barack Obama, while citing that the US would not restrict China’s growth, has hailed the China as a "strong and prosperous and successful member of the community of nations".
 
These remarks came from Obama while addressing the Chinese youth at Shanghai Science ...

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, while stressing that US is not interested in staying in Afghanistan, has mentioned that US was in the region for defeating Al Qaeda.
 
"We're not interested in staying in Afghanistan; we're not interested in any long-term presence there," said ...

Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh Khaleda Zia has mentioned that India should take the "major responsibility" for settling the unresolved issues with Bangladesh. This comment came from Zia, amidst the ongoing preparations for the meeting of the two nations, slated for ...

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have mentioned that both the nations have agreed on a common stand for the Copenhagen climate change summit, which would provide the opportunity for the creation of a World Environmental Organisation.
 
The ...

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper's three-day visit to India from Sunday will be dominated by talks over a nuclear deal and new trade pacts in a bid warm a relationship that turned frosty when Ottawa cut off atomic trade after New Delhi's 1974 nuclear test.
 
Accompanied by Foreign ...

The foreign secretaries of Bangladesh and India will be meeting in Dhaka on Saturday to prepare for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's three-day visit to New Delhi next month.
 
Indian Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao, who arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit, had a round of talks with her ...

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, who is slated to call on Indian officials on Monday, would be discussing on stalled tri-nation gas pipeline project. But more priority would be given to the measure to be adopted jointly for preventing the inflow of Pakistan-based terrorists. ...

According to Canadian daily, The Globe and Mail, Canada should be signing a nuclear accord with India for the survival of its nuclear industry. This view, which has been written in the opinion piece ‘Why Harper needs a nuclear deal with India’' of the daily, has been published with just ...

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina would be arriving in New Delhi on Dec 19 to hold bilateral talks including India receiving transportation facilities to reach its north eastern region
 
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni disclosed the date and details of the visit on Friday, with a ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have decided to adopt steps which will help both the nations strengthen their relationship.
 
UAE Ambassador to Australia Saeed Mohammed Al Shamsi held meeting with Glen Simpson, who is the Chairman of the Council for Australian-Arab Relations ...

Kevin Rudd, while adhering to its stand that it would not sell uranium to the nations who are non-signatories of NPT, mentioned that he is well aware of the fact that India expected to include Australian uranium as a part of its “ambitious civil nuclear energy ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Michael Rudd, who is in India on a three-day itinerary, has mentioned that he cannot provide "iron-clad guarantee" that Indian students would not be subjected to attacks in his nation in future, saying that he would be dishonest or irresponsible of he does ...

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram would be discussing issues related to cross border terrorism and enhancement of bilateral security with Nepal's Home Minister Bhim Rawal, who is slated to arrive in New Delhi on Nov 17 on a three-day itinerary. Rawal will be calling on other top Indian security ...

Australia has decided to scale up its collaboration with India in science and research by pledging over $70 million in areas straddling energy, agriculture and environment.
 
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has announced that his government would invest $50 million for the ...

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd amidst India’s apprehensions about its students being attacked in Australia has mentioned that Australia is always prepared for welcoming Indian students as guests.
 
"Indian students are welcome guests in Australia. They are important for the ...

Australian Premier Kevin Michael Rudd, who arrived in New Delhi yesterday, will be calling on Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today. The discussions between the two are expected to focus on a range of issues which are important for both the nations as well as the world.
 
Rudd, who is ...

Iranian Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi has demanded Russia to supply Iran with S-300 surface-to-air missile systems, which it had agreed to do.
 
"We have a contract with Russia to buy S-300 missiles. I don't think it is right for Russia to be seen in the world as a country which does ...

Senior German diplomat Thomas Matussek, who had been the Press Counsellor of the nation’s embassy in India earlier, has been appointed as Germany’s Ambassador to India.
 
He had been leading the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York.  He took over Bernd ...

US, while citing that India and China are two vital powers of the Asia Pacific region, has said that it considers both the nations as partners for tackling the regional as well as global issues.
 
“As you look at the Asia Pacific region, two significant powers in the region, with China ...

Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor will be holding discussions with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the attacks faced by Indian students in Australia.
 
"Our government has been anxious not to dramatise this problem. We have 90,000 Indian students in ...

India and Japan will be setting up defence cooperation, which includes the implementation of joint exercises. They also have disclosed that they want to ensure bilateral cooperation in future also for ASEAN Regional Forum, peacekeeping and disaster relief.
 
These were disclosed in a joint ...