Finally, the peace in Georgia may be possible. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili after meeting French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that he has agreed to a modified version of a peace plan with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. He said that the agreement is a political ...

Georgia's president has said his country had been effectively cut in half after Russia’s seizure of several towns and a military base in western Georgia. Fighting has been reported lately around Tskhinvali, the capital of the separatist province of South Ossetia. Russian warplanes launched ...

In midst of continued fighting between Russia and Georgia, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, and Finland Foreign Minister Alexander Stubb, head of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) recently met with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to restore peace in ...

When both India, and US are hopeful for nod from NSG, there is a group of member states inside NSG which is totally against proliferation of nukes, and which accordingly may oppose any waiver given to India. Evidently, there would be a need of consensus for any waiver to India which implies that ...

Bangladesh will soon ink bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) pacts with its important neighbors – India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. This decision was taken during a meeting of experts held at the Commerce Ministry on Monday, August 4, which was headed by the Commerce and Education Adviser ...

Talking with a private news channel India Atomic Energy Program (IAEP) Director Dr Anil Kakodkar has said that there would not be any compromise in dealing with NSG. At the same time he expected goodwill from US in NSG-India dialogue on the issue. Talking about India specific safeguards ...

South Africa has assured its full support to India on issues it deems important during the impending meetings of the IAEA Board of Governors and Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). South African President Thabo Mbeki voiced his support to Anand Sharma, Minister of State for External Affairs, when the ...

Radovan Karadzic, the Serb leader of Bosnia charged for the crime of genocide has been handed over to the UN war crime tribunal. The charge of genocide on Serb leader is based on the evidence of the events of Bosnia’s 1992-1995 war where under 44 month’s siege of Sarajevo and the ...

The efforts of more than thirty trade and commerce ministers on the issue of coming into conclusion for any viable agreement, eventually, reached onto a complete failure in WTO summit at Geneva. But, it seems, the meeting was doomed since beginning as issues were contentious and no member state ...

Concluding a two-day meeting at the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), UNO officials have warned that global economic shocks may push 16mn people into poverty in America. And, it would be hard to achieve Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in the region.
 
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As was expected, Pakistan has circulated a letter which says that Indo-US nuke deal would trigger arms race in sub-continent. On the other hand India’s reaction was mild and one official in External Affairs said that Pakistani response was in a way predictable, but also a little ...

Although India’s foreign minister Pranab Mukharjee ruled out the time line of nuclear deal, he showed positive indication towards NSG’s positive response on India’s nuke deal with US. The minister said that it is difficult to give the exact time frame, but hoped that India will ...

Union Commerce Minster Kamal Nath taking tough stand on the multilateral meeting at WTO conference said that India will get out of the talks if it does not get what it wants. Despite his tough stand he added that he is hopeful that the meeting in WTO will lead to progress and ...

G8 Group of nations have agreed upon the decision to curb carbon emissions by at least 50% by the year 2050. The consensus of opinion has come as great policy change in the mindset of world leaders who were not able to come to one point solution of the problem of global warming and carbon ...

According to ‘The Times’ newspaper, US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen has said that if Pakistan is not able to stop cross-border terrorism in Afghanistan, US forces might bomb frontier areas targeting terrorist camps. The strong reaction came after nine American soldiers ...

Indo-US nuclear deal which is already in doldrums has not yet been approved by IAEA. IAEA, the world body responsible for regulation of nuke deals world over has decided to meet on 1st August to discuss the issue and give its approval for the same. India has already said that it needs Indo-US civil ...

Barak Obama, the US presidential candidate for Democratic Party has reiterated that in case of him becoming US President he would first withdraw US army from Iraq. He has been quoted saying that single-minded and open-ended focus on Iraq is not a sound strategy for keeping America safe, further he ...

The Foreign Minister of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier who is presently visiting China urged it on Friday, June 12, 2008, to convene further deliberations with the representatives of the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, Dalai Lama. The German foreign Minister and his Chinese counterpart, Yang ...

On a visit to Indonesia on Friday, June 13, 2008, the Prime Minister of Australia Mr Kevin Rudd met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The two of them discussed the environment, apart from also taking up the issue of further enhancement of security cooperation that has helped better ties with ...

 
China and Taiwan have agreed upon for regular flights from each other’s lands. This landmark deal is a great breakthrough for both the nations as they have strain relationship since 1949. These regular flights would be weekend charter; nevertheless a big step towards bringing ...

The Prime Ministers of Australia and Japan, Kevin Rudd and Yasuo Fukuda respectively have failed to reach an agreement over the issue of Japan’s whaling in the Antarctic Ocean. Mr Kevin Rudd is presently in Japan, where it was decided by both parties that the whaling issue should not hamper ...

The spiritual leader of the Tibetans Dalai Lama, who is currently on a five nation tour, reached Australia on Wednesday, June 11 to seek support for the Tibetan cause, despite protests from Beijing. But he will not be able to meet the Australian Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, officials have said. This ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has urged Colombian rebels FARC to end up arms struggle and free hostages. Also he appealed for ending up of decades old arms struggle against Colombia's government. He said that the guerrilla war is history. The statement is uncharacteristic of Chavez and has ...

The United States' first lady, Laura Bush on Sunday, June 08, 2008 visited Afghanistan to highlight her countries steadfast commitment to Afghanistan and to President Hamid Karzai. Mrs. Bush flew by helicopter deep into central Afghanistan for the one-day visit. Her visit assumes importance as ...

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will soon reopen its embassy in the capital of Iraq, Baghdad that was shut down after one of its diplomats was kidnapped and thereafter freed almost two years back. This declaration was made on Thursday 6 June by the Foreign Minister of UAE, ...

Intending to invigorate the bilateral relationship of Russia with Europe, President Dmitry Medvedev reached Germany on Thursday, June 6. The Russian President, Mr Medvedev stressed upon developing close ties with Germany and also asked for a core and equal participation in a new European security ...

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of Australia, emphasizing the need of rejuvenating Australia relationship with India, has outlined a vision for new regional institution in the Asia Pacific region based on the European Union model. Prime Minister Rudd made his point while speaking at the Asia Society ...

The Australian Government led by the newly elected Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has joined hands with India to go for a practical military cooperation. Speaking on the sidelines of the seventh Asia Security Summit organized at Singapore, the Australian Defence Minister Joel Fitzgibbon stated that ...

Leaders from Africa and Japan took an oath on Friday, May 30, to increase food production capacity immediately, setting the problem of escalating prices atop the agenda list of the G8 nations. At the conclusion of a three-day summit, Japan also announced that it has garnered support for its most ...

The President of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday 24 May applauded the close alliance forged recently with China as a means to attaining global stability. He further added that Russia looked forward to strengthening its strategic ties with China. These remarks were made by the Russian leader at a ...