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September 5, 2025 5:45 PM

Putin says any Western troops in Ukraine would be legitimate targets

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that any Western troops deployed to Ukraine would be legitimate targets for Moscow to attack. Putin was speaking a day after French President Emmanuel Macron said 26 countries had pledged to provide po...

September 4, 2025 6:19 PM

India, Singapore to expand ties in advanced manufacturing, green shipping, civil nuclear energy: PM Modi

India and Singapore have drawn up a detailed roadmap to deepen their strategic partnership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Thursday after holding bilateral talks with his Singapore counterpart Lawrence Wong in New Delhi. Wong, who is on a...

September 4, 2025 11:20 AM

Putin tells Ukraine: End war via talks or I will end it by force

Russian President Vladimir Putin told Kyiv on Wednesday there was a chance to end the war in Ukraine via negotiations "if common sense prevails", an option he said he preferred, but that he was ready to end it by force if that was the only way. ...

September 3, 2025 10:27 AM

‘Peace or War’: China’s Xi hosts massive military parade with Putin and Kim

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held his country's largest-ever military parade on Wednesday, flanked by Russia's Vladimir Putin and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. The lavish event to mark 80 ...

September 2, 2025 1:14 PM

China’s Xi convenes ‘Axis of Upheaval’ in Beijing, sidelining Trump

China's President Xi Jinping convened his Russian and North Korean counterparts together for the first time on Tuesday, a show of solidarity with countries shunned by the West over their role in Europe's worst war in 80 years. Vladimir Putin hailed ...

September 2, 2025 10:17 AM

Belgium to recognise Palestinian state at UN General Assembly

Belgium will recognise a Palestinian state at the U.N. General Assembly, Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot said on Tuesday, adding to international pressure on Israel after similar moves by Australia, Britain, Canada and France. Under mounting global c...

September 1, 2025 3:47 PM

Putin proposes Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members should issue joint bonds

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday proposed that members of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) should sell joint bonds, a step that would mark a major deepening of their economic cooperation. At a summit of the group in Ch...

September 1, 2025 4:42 PM

PM Modi, Jaishankar express concern over Afghanistan quake; India offers aid

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday expressed deep concern over the devastating earthquake in Afghanistan’s Kunar province that has killed more than 600 people, with PM Modi assuring that India stands r...

September 1, 2025 12:08 PM

Afghanistan earthquake kills 622 with more than 1,500 injured

About 622 people were killed and more than 1,500 injured in an earthquake that struck eastern Afghanistan, authorities said on Monday, as helicopters ferried the wounded to safety from rubble being combed in the hunt for survivors. The disaster will...

August 31, 2025 6:36 PM

PM Modi, Xi Jinping reaffirm commitment to stable, cooperative India-China relations at SCO Summit in Tianjin

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday held bilateral talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit in Tianjin, where the two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to advancing India-Chin...

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