Cyrpus: More than 200 soldiers have been given blue berets ahead of deploying to Cyprus for UN peacekeeping duties on Operation Tosca. Regulars and reserves from across mainly 6 Royal Logistic Corps and other units will take over from 6 Rifles next month. The personnel put on

Washington: The United States (US) has demanded revival of economic and political activities in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK). Addressing a press conference US State Department Ned Price said that Washington keeping a close eye on the development of Kashmir and added that there is no change in

New York: The United States has proposed convening a United Nations-sponsored international conference on Afghanistan, a senior U.S. State Department official said. News of the proposal came as the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, wrapped up three days of talks in Kabul on March

Washington: A sweeping police reform package that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday, five days before the trial of a white officer charged with murdering African-American George Floyd. The bill is named after Floyd, who died last May

Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for the start of peace talks in Yemen in order to put an end to the protracted Saudi-led war and siege on the country. In a phone conversation, Zarif and Guterres

In data that does not bode well for the country, the 2021 Freedom in the World index released by Freedom House no longer ranks India as a 'free' country. Laying the blame on the BJP-led government, the report says that the country is being propelled

Yangoon: Myanmar pro-democracy activists have vowed to hold more protests on Thursday. The country marked the most-violent day of unrest since last month's military coup with 38 deaths. The UN Security Council is due to discuss the situation on Friday in a closed meeting, say diplomats. Marking the

Washington: The US State Department emphasised that Washington’s “productive and constructive relationships” with either India or Pakistan should not “detract from the relationship” it has with the other. “Look, I think the point we would want to make is that United States has important relationships with