Kuwait called on the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to preserve international security and stability after the US launched an airstrike against Syria, an official at the Foreign Ministry of Kuwait has said.


Kuwait calls for maintaining stability after US strike on Syria


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US Vice President Mike Pence has said he was "very hopeful" that a deal could be reached "within the next several weeks" in the renegotiation of the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Mexico, Canada and the US.


US Vice President expects NAFTA deal within weeks


In the wake of a raging US-China trade war, India on Sunday offered to export soybean and other agriculture products to Beijing, which has slapped retaliatory tariffs on American products.


India offers soybean exports to China amid trade war with US


Saudi Arabia on Saturday extended support to the coordinated missile strikes by the US, Britain and France on military targets in Syria.


Saudi Arabia supports US-led airstrikes on Syria


Paris, April 14 (IANS/WAM) The UAE has chaired a session held on the sidelines of the 204th edition of the Unesco Executive Council to strengthen cooperation and scale up joint operations between the international organisation's national committees in areas of mutual interest.


UAE chairs Unesco national committees' meeting


India on Saturday, while describing an alleged chemical attack in Syria as "deplorable", called for restraint after the US, Britain and France launched coordinated missile attacks on the West Asian nation.


Syria missile strike: India calls for restraint


France's participation in the US-led military operation in Syria sparked fierce debate at home on Saturday.


Macron's decision to hit Syria sparks debate in France


The US, Britain and France launched coordinated strikes against Syria's research, storage and military targets to "punish" the Bashar al-Assad regime for an apparent chemical attack in Douma that killed over 70 people. The military action was denounced by Damascus and its ally Moscow as a "failure" and "an act of aggression".


US, allies strike Syria, draw condemnation from Assad, Putin (Roundup)


China on Saturday criticized the joint attack carried out by the US, the UK and France in Syria and said it violated the UN Charter, complicating further the conflict's solution.


Joint strikes on Syria violate UN charter: China


The Mizoram government and the Maharashtra Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) have signed an agreement to boost investment and develop tourism in the northeastern state, an official said here on Saturday.


Mizoram-Maharashtra sign deal to boost investment, tourism


Over 170 countries, comprising India, on Friday reached a historic agreement in London to reduce shipping carbon dioxide emissions by "at least" 50 per cent on 2008 levels by 2050 with an emphasis on scaling up action to 100 per cent by the mid-century.


Over 170 countries agree to reduce shipping emissions by 2050


With the Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirming Britain's assessment of a nerve agent used in an attack on a former Soviet spy and his daughter last month, British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said on Friday that his country's stand has been vindicated.


OPCW report on attack on ex-Russian spy vindicates us, says British envoy


Russia has "indisputable" data that the alleged chemical attack in the Syrian town of Douma was staged by "foreign agents", Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday.


Russia calls Syrian 'chemical attack' staged


India on Friday said it had notified the protocol amending the Double Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) with Kazakhstan which provides internationally accepted standards for effective exchange of information on tax matters.


Amendments to tax treaty with Kazakhstan notified


Russia has warned the US that launching airstrikes in response to a suspected chemical attack in Syria could spark a war between the two countries and accused Washington of putting international peace at risk.


Russia warns of war over Syria strikes


India's National Security Adviser Ajit Doval on Friday met China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi ahead of important visits by two Indian ministers in April and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in June.


Doval meets Yang Jiechi ahead of Indian ministers' visit


US President Donald Trump has directed his top trade and economic advisers to take a fresh look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement he withdrew from in his first week in office, according to Republican senators.


Trump reconsidering stance on TPP trade deal


Members of the UN Security Council will visit Bangladesh and Myanmar on a fact-finding mission later this month to study the Rohingya crisis, according to Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.


UNSC members to visit Bangladesh, Myanmar


The British government has signaled that it was ready to back US military action against Syria, saying it was "highly likely" the Assad regime used chemical weapons on its own people and that such action could not go unchallenged.


UK backs US military action on Syria


British Cabinet ministers have agreed "on the need to take action" in Syria to "deter the further use of chemical weapons", Downing Street has said.


British cabinet agrees 'need for action' in Syria


The US-India Aviation Summit is being hosted next month in Mumbai as a technical, policy and commercial forum by the Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation and the US Trade and Development Agency.

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