Malaysian High Commissioner to India Dato Hidayat Abdul Hamid on Monday said that Malaysia is keen to start direct tourist flights to Kashmir.


Malaysia keen to operate direct flights to Kashmir Valley


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The Indian and US special forces on Monday started a 12-day joint military drill at Mahajan Field Firing Ranges here.


Indian, US special forces start joint exercise


India on Monday said it is ready for more joint projects with China in Afghanistan, a strife-torn country whose diplomats are being trained by both Beijing and New Delhi.


India for more joint projects with China in Afghanistan


The 10th Indo-Russian joint military exercises started in Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh on Monday.


Indo-Russian military exercise starts


Making an indirect reference to the ongoing US-China trade war that poses a "big challenge" to the multilateral trade system, India on Monday reiterated its call to reform the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to ensure its relevance in the changed global scenario.


India renews call for WTO reform


A series of posters by 48 graphic designers and artists from India and Mexico illustrate the poetry of 1990 Literature Nobel laureate and former diplomat Octavio Paz in an exhibition here till November 25.


Nobel laureate Octavio Paz's verses 're-imagined'


Controversy has broken out at China's Golden Horse Awards after a winner expressed hope for Taiwan's independence one day causing a row over the island states political status.


Political row at Chinese Oscars


France's President Emmanuel Macron has called for closer ties between Paris and Germany, saying Europe "has the obligation not to let the world slip into chaos".


Europe must prevent political chaos: Macron


Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison faced criticism following his "smutty" remarks about actress Pamela Anderson, after she asked him to help Wikileaks founder Julian Assange.


Australia PM slammed for 'smutty' comment


British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Jeremy Hunt will visit Iran on Monday for talks on key issues of mutual interest, official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.


British Foreign Secretary to visit Iran


The return to the 1956 Joint Declaration in the Russia-Japan peace treaty talks in no way implies an automatic transfer of Russian territories to Japan, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday.


Russia says it does not plan to transfer disputed islands to Japan


Chinese President Xi Jinping met his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in here on Saturday, calling for deepening the strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries and strengthening communication on the Korean peninsula issue.


Xi, Moon meet on bilateral ties, Korean peninsula situation


Trade disputes and the competition for geopolitical influence in the Pacific between China and the US took centre stage at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Papua New Guinea on Saturday, where 21 member nations were gathered with the aim of drawing up a common trade area by 2020.


US, China spar over trade, political influence at APEC summit


The Spanish police arrested 11 people and seized 650 kg cocaine in an operation against an international drug trafficking network, authorities said on Saturday.


Spanish police seize 650 kg cocaine, arrest 11


The US, Japan and Australia will boost infrastructure investment in the developing nations of the Indo-Pacific to counter China's growing influence in the region, the countries announced in a joint statement on Saturday.


US, Japan, Australia to invest more to develop Indo-Pacific


India and China on Friday said that youth of the two countries will play a pivotal role in deepening future bilateral relations and enhancing people-to-people ties.


India, China put trust on youth to boost bilateral ties


UK Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday appealed to her Cabinet to stick together as she battled to cling onto her job, a day after a wave of resignations thrust her terms for a departure from the EU into jeopardy.


May fights for survival, urges unity amid Brexit turbulence


China on Friday said it supports the proposed second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un next year.


China backs second Trump-Kim summit


Australian Trade Minister Simon Birmingham on Friday announced that his country was taking legal action against India at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over its sugar subsidy scheme which he said has the global market in a spin and risks pushing many Australian growers beyond the financial point of no return.


Australia goes to WTO over India's sugar subsidy


The US-led coalition in Syria has resumed intensive air strikes in the terrorist-held localities in the regions east of the Euphrates, Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Thursday, quoting local Syrian residents.


US coalition uses phosphorus bombs in Syria: Russia


In a bid to boost jobs creation and achieve food security along with providing homes and low cost healthcare, Kenya is keen on Indian investments in the four strategic areas of manufacturing, agriculture, housing, healthcare sector, an envoy said here on Thursday.

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