NEW DELHI – Former Indian spymaster AS Dulat has said that India and Pakistan should resume talks to resolve matters including the Kashmir dispute. He expressed these views at a literature festival in Jaipur on Sunday. The former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief said there was no need ...

*ISLAMABAD: Minister for Human Rights Dr Shireen Mazari on Saturday not only criticised the Opposition but also the Election Commission for becoming a part of a foreign-sponsored effort to oust PM Imran Khan. * In her speech, the PTI leader said that the opposition was invited to see the contents ...

While their armies face off in the frigid Himalayan heights, there are sudden and furtive signs of a possible thaw in relations between India and China, the two giant Asian neighbors armed with nuclear weapons. In a visit shrouded in secrecy, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi flew to India and met ...

NEW DELHI – Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi has landed in New Delhi a day after he completed his Pakistan visit during which he took part in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) moot. Reports in Indian media said the top Chinese diplomat landed in New Delhi on Thursday in the first ...

*Chinese foreign minister will make a surprise stop for talks in New Delhi on Friday, an Indian official said, though neither side has formally announced what would be the highest level visit since border clashes soured relations two years ago.* Foreign Minister Wang Yi has attended a conference ...

BEIJING – China has declined to attend the regional security dialogue on Afghanistan to be hosted by India later this month. Addressing a regular press briefing, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin said it was inconvenient for China to attend the meeting due to some scheduling ...

The Narendra Modi government on Thursday extended tenures of Samant Kumar Goel, Secretary, Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), and Arvinda Kumar, Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) for a period of one year. The two 1984-batch IPS officers of Punjab and Assam-Meghalaya cadre respectively now retire on ...

United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Afghanistan capital on Sunday on an unannounced visit, according to reports in international media. The Pentagon link chief met with Afghan link Ashraf Ghani, the country's president house said. Earlier this week, the defense secretary ...

ISLAMABAD – Dr Moeed Yusuf, the National Security Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Thursday dismissed speculation in India media that the recent agreement with Delhi for ceasefire at the Line of Control was the result of back-channel talks between the two nuclear countries. “I have ...

ACCORDING to reports, India has prepared a plan to unleash a new set of schemes aimed at sabotaging the US-Taliban agreement and paving the way for the continuation of the war in Afghanistan. The Indians are looking for a continuation of the Afghan conflict that will keep the US and NATO forces ...