Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria, the Kremlin said.


Putin orders Russian troop withdrawal from Syria


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Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday ordered the withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria.


Putin orders withdrawal of Russian troops from Syria


India will connect with Asean countries through cruise tourism and a new cruise port is being built in Mumbai for this, Road Transport and Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Monday.


India to connect with Asean via cruise tourism


The Andaman and Nicobar group of islands will be developed as an economic and a strategic hub, Minister of State for External Affairs General V.K. Singh (retired) said on Monday.


Andaman, Nicobar islands to be developed as strategic hub


South Korea, Japan and the US have begun joint missile detection exercises amid escalating regional tensions over North Korea's nuclear weapons program, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Monday.


S.Korea, Japan, US start joint missile detection exercises


The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is set to accept on Sunday the highly-coveted 2017 Nobel Peace Prize here for its work in bringing attention to the consequences of the use of nuclear arms and for promoting a treaty-based prohibition on nuclear weapons.


ICAN to accept Nobel Peace Prize


Keeping with Indias initiative of connectivity with southeast Asia under its Act East Policy, New Delhi will host an Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS) on December 11-12 on the theme "Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century", the External Affairs Ministry said on Saturday.


India to host southeast Asia connectivity summit


Former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday downplayed the role of the External Affairs ministry in international diplomacy, while crediting Defence Ministry officials as the real "backroom boys", who slog in the background to actually get international deals going.


Parrikar downplays role of MEA in diplomacy


Rabat, Dec 9 (IANS/MAP) The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $265 million loan for a renewable energy project in Morocco.


AfDB approves $265m loan for Morocco energy project


Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Saturday that the country has joined China's Belt and Road Initiative with the launch of operations at the Hambantota Port through a joint venture between the two nations.


Sri Lanka joins China's Belt & Road with operations of Hambantota Port


Abu Dhabi, Dec 9 (IANS/WAM) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) has added the traditional UAE performance art of Al-Azi onto the list of "Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding".


UAE's performing art Al Azi in Unesco cultural heritage list


Pakistan has agreed to allow the rupee to depreciate after holding talks with the International Mone­tary Fund (IMF) on the country's economy.


Pakistan agrees to depreciate rupee after IMF talks


Stating that the focus on strategic issues is shifting from the Pacific Ocean to India and the Indian Ocean, Japanese Ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu has said that his country has placed India at the centre of its Indo-Pacific policy.


India at centre of Japan's Indo-Pacific policy: Envoy


British envoy to the UN Matthew Rycroft said on Friday that his country does not agree with the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and has no plans to move the British embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.


UK, French voice disagreement with US on Jerusalem


Fourteen peacekeepers from Tanzania have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and three are missing in what UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday was "the worst attack on UN peacekeepers in the Organisation's recent history".


14 UN peacekeepers killed in Democratic Republic of Congo, 3 missing


Fourteen peacekeepers from Tanzania have been killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in what United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Friday was "the worst attack on UN peacekeepers in the Organization's recent history".


14 UN peacekeepers killed in Democratic Republic of Congo


India has become a member of the Wassenaar Arrangement, that controls the global trade of conventional weapons and dual-use goods and technologies, the External Affairs Ministry announced on Friday.


India becomes member of key export control regime


South Korea and the US on Friday concluded the Vigilant ACE exercises, the largest joint air drill, meant to serve as a show of strength following North Korea's latest missile launch.


S.Korea, US conclude largest joint air drills


After the Pakistan government decided to allow both the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian national who was sentenced to death on espionage charges, to meet him, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that she has informed his mother about this.


Sushma Swaraj speaks to Kulbhushan Jadhav's mother


Hezbollah's Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah slammed Thursday US President Donald Trump's declaration on Jerusalem as a "new Balfour Declaration", urging Arab states to sever "public and secret" ties with Israel.


Hezbollah slams Trump's decision on Jerusalem


Referring to key initiatives like Digital India, Skill India and Start-up India, Foreign S.Jaishankar on Thursday called for promoting indigenous technologies abroad.

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