November 17, 2025 | U.N. report
November 17, 2025
India, New Zealand push forward FTA talks at bilateral meeting in Mumbai
Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday held a bilateral meeting with New Zealand’s Minister for Trade Todd McClay in Mumbai to advance negotiations on the proposed India–Ne...
November 17, 2025
India, Russia hold interagency maritime consultations in New Delhi
India and Russia held high-level interagency consultations on maritime cooperation in New Delhi on Monday. The meeting was jointly chaired by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal and Nikolai Patrushev, Aide to the President of the...
November 17, 2025
Amit Shah chairs 32nd Northern Zonal Council meeting in Faridabad
Union Home Minister Amit Shah chaired the 32nd meeting of the Northern Zonal Council (NZC) in Faridabad, Haryana, on Monday. At the outset, the meeting observed a two-minute silence to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the recent car bomb blast in D...
November 17, 2025
Verdict against me biased, politically motivated: Sheikh Hasina
Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reacted to the verdict against her, calling it the decision of a “rigged tribunal” established and run by an unelected government with no d...
November 17, 2025
Bangladesh’s ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for students crackdown
A Bangladesh war crimes court sentenced ousted Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to death on Monday, concluding a months-long trial that found her guilty of ordering a deadly crackdown on a student-led uprising last year. The ruling is the most dramatic legal acti...
November 17, 2025
PM Modi expresses grief over Saudi bus accident involving Indian pilgrims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the tragic bus accident in Saudi Arabia involving several Indian Umrah pilgrims near Medinah. According to the Indian mission in Jeddah, a passenger bus carrying Indian pilgrims collided with a diese...
November 17, 2025
PM Modi expresses grief over Saudi bus accident involving Indian pilgrims
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over the tragic bus accident in Saudi Arabia involving several Indian Umrah pilgrims near Medinah. According to the Indian mission in Jeddah, a ...
November 17, 2025
Saudi crown prince visits US with defence, AI and nuclear on the agenda
A visit by Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler to the White House for talks on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump aims to deepen decades-old cooperation on oil and security while broadening ties in commerce, technology and potentially even nuclear energy. It ...
November 16, 2025
India to showcase defence capabilities at Dubai Air Show 2025
India will present a wide range of its defence and aerospace capabilities at the Dubai Air Show 2025. Minister of State for Defence Sanjay Seth will lead the Indian delegation at the event, which will take place on November 17–18 in the United Arab Emirates....
November 16, 2025
IAF participates in ‘Garuda 25’ bilateral exercise with French Air and Space Force
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is participating in the 8th edition of the bilateral air exercise Garuda 25 with the French Air and Space Force (FASF), being held from November 16 to 27, 2025, at Mont-de-M...
November 13, 2025
France marks 10th anniversary of deadly Paris attacks
France marks the 10th anniversary on Thursday of attacks in Paris in which Islamic State gunmen and suicide bombers killed 130 people in a rampage through cafes, restaurants and the Bataclan concert hall, and many survivors are still traumatized. The attacks ...
November 11, 2025
France’s Sarkozy back home after court frees him pending appeal
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was freed from jail and went home on Monday, after a Paris court ruled he could be released while he appeals against his conviction for conspiring to raise funds from Libya. Sarkozy was sent to prison on October 21 afte...
November 17, 2025
Saudi crown prince visits US with defence, AI and nuclear on the agenda
A visit by Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler to the White House for talks on Tuesday with U.S. President Donald Trump aims to deepen decades-old cooperation on oil and security while broadening ties in co...
November 17, 2025
Trump says US may open talks with Venezuela’s Maduro
President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the United States may open talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who faces escalating pressure from Washington amid a massive U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean. It was one of the first signs of a possi...
November 16, 2025
Trump snubs South Africa, boycotts G20 summit: Principled outrage or payback for feud with Ramaphosa?
In a move that's sent shockwaves through global diplomacy, U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a full American boycott of the G-20 Summit at Johannesburg in South Africa on 22nd and 23rd November. No U.S. official will attend. Not even Vice-President J.D. ...
November 16, 2025
Trump snubs South Africa, boycotts G20 summit: Principled outrage or payback for feud with Ramaphosa?
In a move that's sent shockwaves through global diplomacy, U.S. President Donald Trump has ordered a full American boycott of the G-20 Summit at Johannesburg in South Africa on 22nd and 23rd November....
November 11, 2025
Ethiopia to host COP32 climate summit in 2027
Ethiopia said on Tuesday it would host the United Nations' COP32 climate summit in 2027, fending off a rival bid from Nigeria to land an influential role that will allow it to shape the agenda and outcomes of the event. The more immediate choice of host for n...
November 6, 2025
Can Africa ride critical minerals wave to economic boom?
As global powers scramble for critical minerals, African countries are pushing for new investment to process more of their own raw materials and meet their people's demands for economic growth and jobs, analysts say. To capitalise on the burgeoning demand, th...
