[ad_1] President Joe Biden (Photo: PTI) 2 min read Last Updated : Apr 13 2024 | 11:52 PM IST President Joe Biden is heading back to the White House to consult with his national security team about events in the Middle East, cutting short a weekend at his private residence in Delaware. … Read more
[ad_1] Fukushima Daiichi plant (File Photo: Bloomberg) The head of the United Nations’ atomic agency is in Japan to examine discharges of treated radioactive wastewater from the ruined Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, and to discuss further cooperation with Japan to promote peaceful use of nuclear energy and non-proliferation. International Atomic Energy Agency … Read more
[ad_1] Israel has failed to comply with an order by the United Nations’ top court to provide urgently needed aid to desperate people in the Gaza Strip, Human Rights Watch said Monday, a month after a landmark ruling in The Hague ordered Israel to moderate its war. In a preliminary response to a … Read more
[ad_1] World Trade Organisation (Photo: Reuters) India will strongly oppose a China-led proposal for an investment facilitation pact besides pressing for finding a permanent solution to public stock holding of grains for food security and protection of the interests of fishermen at the WTO ministerial meeting beginning Tuesday. The Indian delegation is led … Read more
[ad_1] Israel has vowed to expand the offensive to the Gaza Strip’s southernmost city of Rafah, where more than half of the territory’s population of 2.3 million has sought refuge from fighting elsewhere | (Photo: PTI) Israel ordered new evacuations from parts of Gaza City on Tuesday, as a study led by the UN … Read more
[ad_1] Russian President Vladimir Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin has gifted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a Russian-made car for his personal use in a demonstration of their special relationship, North Korea’s state media reported Tuesday. The report didn’t say what kind of vehicle it was or how it was shipped. But … Read more
[ad_1] The Taliban set unacceptable conditions for attending a UN-sponsored meeting about Afghanistan, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday. Taliban demands included the exclusion of Afghan civil society members from the talks in Doha, Qatar, and treatment that amounted to official recognition of the Taliban as the country’s legitimate rulers, Guterres said at … Read more