Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu will embark on a week-long three-nation tour of Africa from October 31 that will see him visiting Botswana, Zimbabwe and Malawi, it was announced on Friday.


Vice President to go on three-nation Africa tour


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A lower court in Meghalaya on Friday acquitted former Bangladesh Minister Salahuddin Ahmed who was arrested three years ago for trespassing into India.


Meghalaya Court acquits former Bangladesh minister of trespassing


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Qatar and Kuwait, two of India's key energy security partners in West Asia, from October 28 to 31, it was announced on Friday.


Sushma Swaraj to visit Qatar, Kuwait


The two Koreas agreed on Friday to withdraw 11 border guard posts each by November as part of a bilateral military agreement, the South Korean Defence Ministry said.


Koreas to close 22 border guard posts


China and Japan, arch rivals in Asia, on Friday warmed up to each other as both countries stuck over 500 deals and pledged to improve their ties as the US cranks up pressure on them for trade concessions.


China, Japan come closer under shadow of Trump


Okinawa in Japan on Friday approved a bill to  hold a referendum on the country's controversial plan to relocate a US military base within the island.


Japan to hold referendum on US base relocation


Kerala-based 4Tunes Factory has been given a special recogntion award by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for enabling women and girls to develop skills.


India's 4Tune Factory gets UN award for women in business


The Pentagon on Thursday ordered 800 more troops sent to the southern US border for security tasks, an option that President Donald Trump broached last week when he threatened to close the border using the military.


Pentagon to deploy 800 more troops on southern border


India and Bangladesh on Thursday signed three agreements, including one to use Chattogram and Mongla Ports in Bangladesh for goods movement, for enhancing inland and coastal waterways connectivity between the two countries.


India, Bangladesh sign agreements to boost waterways connectivity


Rome, Oct 25 (IANS/AKI) Italy is ready to "relaunch with energy and determination" its strategic role in Africa's development, going beyond the traditional donor-beneficiary model and forging new partnerships based on shared responsibilities and rewards, Premier Giuseppe Conte said Thursday.


Italy set to re-launch strategic role in Africa


Rome, Oct 25 (IANS/AKI) Italy's Premier Giuseppe Conte on Thursday said the populist government supports European Union Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker's proposal for "An Alliance between Europe and Africa" base on a shared commitment to development and creation of decent jobs.


Italy backs Juncker's plan for Europe-Africa alliance


Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Beijing on Thursday on a three-day official trip, the first state visit to China by a Japanese leader in seven years.


Abe arrives in Beijing


The installation of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile systems in Turkey will begin in October 2019, Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar has said.


Installation of Russian S-400 systems to begin October 2019: Turkey


CIA Director Gina Haspel will on Thursday brief President Donald Trump on the investigation into the death of Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi.


CIA Director to brief Trump on Khashoggi


With his vision of music transcending nations and religions, sarod virtuoso Amjad Ali Khan lifted the General Assembly chamber from a venue of confrontations to an arena of peace and non-violence as he performed at the UN Day Concert.


Amjad Ali Khan's concert on 'peace, non-violence' tribute to Gandhi: Guterres


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved an agreement for mutual cooperation between the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and the Certified Professional Accountants Afghanistan.


Cabinet nod for pact between CA bodies of India, Afghanistan


The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved a bilateral investment agreement between India and Taiwan that is expected top help project India as a preferred foreign direct investment destination to the East Asia.


Cabinet okays India-Taiwan investment pact


Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been named as the recipient of 2018 Seoul Peace Prize, a biennial award instituted to crystallise the wishes of the Korean people for peace on the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the world.


Modi awarded 2018 Seoul Peace Prize


The President of Russia met on Tuesday with the United States' national security advisor on the second day of the latter's visit to Moscow and told him that his government was puzzled by the US' moves such as withdrawing from a Cold War-era nuclear arms control pact, which he said were hard to describe as friendly.


I am puzzled by US' unprovoked moves: Putin


The US Treasury announced on Tuesday that it has imposed sanctions on eight individuals, including two associated with Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps -- Qods Force (IRGC-QF), in an effort to hit Afghanistan's Taliban militants.


US slaps sanctions on Taliban, Iranian supporters


In the face of fresh sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran over its nuclear programme, India, Iran and Afghanistan discussed the full operationalisation of the Chabahar port that the three countries are jointly developing at the first trilateral meeting of the Coordination Council of the Chabahar Agreement held in the Iranian capital on Tuesday.

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