MPs Shashi Tharoor, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Supriya Sule (File Images) NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday has picked seven MPs across the parties to lead seven all-party delegations to key partner nations, which comes in the wake of Operation Sindoor, which was launched on May 7 after the April 22 Pahalgam attack. Opposition leaders…
President Trump arrived in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for the first major overseas trip of his second term. Over four days, he also plans to visit the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, from which he is trying to acquire a plane for use as Air Force One. The Middle East has big security challenges, but…
American presidents have been visiting Saudi Arabia for decades, and the trips have often produced memorable moments — some dramatic, others downright odd. As President Trump returns to Saudi Arabia, here is a look back at four moments from past presidential trips to visit leaders of the oil-rich Gulf state. 2022: The Biden Fist Bump…
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Friday said Islamabad is actively engaged in daily diplomatic outreach with key regional partners — including Iran, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, China, and Qatar — in an urgent bid to de-escalate the situation in the region. Speaking on the floor of the National Assembly, Asif addressed the recent spate…
Iran on Friday offered to mediate between India and Pakistan to ease growing hostilities in the aftermath of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians, mostly tourists. On the same day, Saudi foreign minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud spoke separately with his counterparts in New Delhi and Islamabad amid fears of military…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Saudi Arabia on 22 and 23 April will enhance bilateral cooperation on defence, energy and trade among other fields, said Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri at a press briefing in Delhi today. This will be Modi’s third visit to the West Asian kingdom, after his earlier visits in 2016 and…
The Trump administration has revived talks with Saudi officials over a deal that would give Saudi Arabia access to U.S. nuclear technology and potentially allow it to enrich uranium, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Sunday. The deal — which the Biden administration had pursued as part of a broader agreement for Saudi Arabia to…
The United States and Saudi Arabia will sign a preliminary agreement to cooperate over the kingdom’s ambitions to develop a civil nuclear industry, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright told reporters in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Sunday. Wright, who had met with Saudi Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman earlier on Sunday, said Riyadh and…
Russia launched a barrage of drones across Ukraine overnight Sunday that killed at least seven people, according to local Ukrainian officials and emergency services. The attacks, including on the capital, Kyiv, came ahead of ceasefire negotiations in Saudi Arabia in which Ukraine and Russia are expected to hold indirect US-mediated talks on Monday to discuss…
In most countries, working as a housekeeper or nanny is a relatively safe profession. Yet as we traveled across Kenya and Uganda, from crowded and poor urban neighborhoods to far-flung farming villages, we heard many variations on the same horror story: Young, healthy women set off for domestic jobs in Saudi Arabia, only to return…