China has installed an unmanned automatic weather observation station near its border with India in Tibet to support its Army in the event of a live fire conflict with New Delhi.


China builds unmanned weather station near border with India


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South and North Korea on Tuesday fully restored their military communication line, Seoul's Defence Ministry said.


Two Koreas fully restore western military communication line


Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Monday that the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) would suffer if its members do not adhere to their commitment regarding the oil output.


Iran warns OPEC against raising oil output


A Russian woman was arrested in Washington on charges of being an unregistered foreign agent for the Kremlin, the US Justice Department announced Monday.


US arrests Russian woman accused of being Kremlin agent


The US seeks insecurity and is against restoration of peace in the Middle East, Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri said on Monday.


Iran's army chief says US seeks insecurity in region


The Indian government on Monday invited Omani companies to invest in India and benefit from Make in India programme aimed to encourage manufacturing, an official statement said.


India invites investments from Omani companies


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut India's growth projections for this fiscal year to 7.3 per cent and for the next to 7.5 per cent on Monday, although the country will still retain its top spot in the global growth league.


IMF cuts India's growth projection, but it still retains world's top spot


India and Iran on Monday discussed strengthening economic cooperation and enhancing connectivity during a delegation-level meeting between Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale and Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araghchi here.


India, Iran discuss boosting economic cooperation, connectivity


China and the European Union (EU) on Monday agreed to defend the multilateral trading system and rejected unilateral measures imposed by the US.


China, EU agree to defend multilateral trade


Reiterating their commitment to strengthen the bilateral relation on the basis of friendship, trust and understanding, India and Bangladesh on Sunday signed agreement to liberalize the visa regime between the two countries.


Liberal visa regime agreement signed between India, Bangladesh


In an important boost to the Indian healthcare industry, India and Bahrain on Sunday agreed to make pharmaceuticals a key area of cooperation following the second High Joint Commission meeting led by External Affairs Minister Susham Swaraj and Bahraini Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohamed Al Khalifa in Manama.


India, Bahrain make pharma a key area of cooperation


India has become the Vice-Chair, or regional head, of the Asia Pacific region of the World Customs Organisation (WCO) for a period of two years up to June 2020, the government announced on Sunday.


India made Vice-Chair Asia Pacific of World Customs Organisation


Bahrain Foreign Minister Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa on Sunday lauded the role of the Indian expatriate community's role in his country's development.


Bahrain praises Indian community's role in its development


The US and North Korea held general-level talks for the first time in more than nine years on Sunday to discuss the details of an agreement to repatriate the remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.


N.Korea, US discuss return of American soldiers' remains


US and North Korean officials will meet on Sunday at the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom for talks about repatriating the remains of American troops killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.


N.Korea, US to discuss return of soldiers' remains


The first "concrete ceremony" marking the beginning of main construction of the second unit of Rooppur Nuclear Power Project (RNPP) in Bangladesh took place on Saturday at Rooppur, Russian state-run atomic energy corporation Rosatom said in a statement.


Rosatom starts work on unit 2 of Bangladesh n-project


The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces will start a three-day visit to Pakistan on Sunday.


Iran's Army Chief to visit Pakistan


A bereaved Indian family in Kerala, grappling with the untimely demise of their relative in the UAE capital, has received someone else's body in a shocking mix up.


Indian family receives wrong body after mix-up in UAE


The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution on Friday to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan.


UN Security Council imposes arms embargo on South Sudan


Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday that India would go head with the proposed  purchase of five Russian-made S-400 Triumf advanced air defense systems despite US sanctions against Moscow red-flagging the deal for which an agreement is almost ready.


S-400 missile deal with Russia 'almost' ready despite US sanctions


The first 2+2 India-US strategic dialogue, deferred at the last minute  last month, will now take place in the first week of September, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Friday, dismissing speculations that the American decision to put off the talks on July 6  signalled a lower priority to the ties between the two countries.

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