India has stayed neutral on seven Ukraine-related resolutions at the United Nations – including one on which the US also abstained – although New Delhi has criticised Russia's invasion obliquely

All sides to the Ukraine crisis are seeking India's backing and this has led to many senior diplomats converging on New Delhi

Attacks on security forces have increased significantly, especially after the Taliban’s victory in neighbouring Afghanistan

Bangladesh, PM Hasina said, didn’t vote against any country, but it stood for humanity

The punitive move, however, will hurt more common Afghans than those intransigent leaders of the Islamist regime

Among the flurry of high-profile visitors to the country is German Foreign and Security Policy Adviser Jens Plotner on Wednesday and British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Friday. Also, US Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics Daleep Singh will be in India March 30 and 31

Sri Lanka hosted the summit in its national capital Colombo where the umbrella organization of seven Bay of Bengal nations stressed the need to urgently leverage geographical advantage and other resources to address their post-pandemic vulnerabilities

With this development, Khan’s government becomes more vulnerable as the ruling party struggles to pacify a number of his sulking allies

After retaining one of the most strict border measures and health protocols for almost two years, Bhutanese authorities seem to have concluded it is no longer possible to continue with this harsh regime

This came after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week met the leaders of the TNA in Colombo—for the first time since coming to power in 2019—and discussed the issues of Tamils related to the release of political prisoners, land utilization, missing persons, 13th Amendment implementation and diaspora investment at the meeting

Since its return to power last year, the ultra-conservative group has imposed several restrictions—banning senior girls from education, segregation of public spaces like parks and offices, restricting women’s freedom to travel alone, and now banning male employees without beards— in an attempt to return to their hardline Islamist rule of the 1990s

Deuba's visit to New Delhi will come within a week of the visit to Kathmandu by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during which wide-ranging agreements were signed, including for infrastructure, connectivity and energy

The I2-U2 meeting had followed the Abraham Accords, through which Israel normalised relations with the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco

In a mega rally on Sunday, Prime Minister Khan claimed an international conspiracy seeking his removal from office

Significantly at a time, when Sri Lankan leaders are facing heat from the public for the crippling fuel crisis, Jaishankar Monday visited a fuel station run by Indian Oil Corporation in Colombo