New York: The global consulting firm McKenzie issued a warning that nearly 60% of the banks in the world have failed to get returns on their investments, and these banks will not be able to take the hit of the recession. Against the background of the indications of recession received from around the world, this […]
Washington/Tokyo: Senior US officials prompted Japan, to make changes necessary to its defence policy and its population aware of rising China threat. Also, Japan’s defence budget had many limitations because of the restrictions the allies had imposed after World War II. Japan had thus adopted a defensive policy over the past decades. Nevertheless, the Chinese […]
Beijing: Dangerous IS terrorists were in the custody of the Syrian Kurds. Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has warned that these 12 prisons have become unsecured, following the Turkish attacks on Syrian Kurds. These terrorists will succeed in releasing themselves and return to their respective homelands. The Russian Defence Minister warned that with this, the […]
Washington/Beijing: “The United States is using various means to interfere in the Chinese internal administration and conspiring to bring about a ‘Colour Revolution’ in Hong Kong and other countries,” The Chinese Defence Minister accused. Speaking at an event that was conducted in the capital Beijing, Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe also issued a stern warning that no […]
Moscow: Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov claimed that Russia could maintain its economic progress on the strength of its gold reserves, despite any slump in the oil prices, on the international level. Russia has a gold reserve of more than 2200 tonnes valued at USD 108 billion. At the same time, Russia has added to […]
Washington: US Secretary for Defence, Mark Esper informed the US military, which was being withdrawn from northern Syria, would be deployed in Iraq for the operation against terrorist group ISIS. President Donald Trump had announced that the US military was being removed from northern Syria given the Turkish action against the Kurds in the region. […]
Istanbul: – Turkish President Erdogan warned ‘If the Kurds do not withdraw from the regions near the Turkish borders, their heads will be crushed. The Kurds have accepted the condition laid down by Turkey for the five-day ceasefire and are making preparations to retreat to 30 kilometres, from the Turkish border. The Kurds are accusing Turkey of […]
Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared that there is a persistent Iranian threat to the security of Israel and Israel is free to carry out attacks, anywhere and anytime, to counter this threat, and it is a fundamental right of Israel. Israel had resented the US military withdrawal from Syria. Therefore, the US […]
Tokyo: Yoshihide Suga, the Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, announced ‘Maintaining peace and stability in the Persian Gulf is important for peace and stability on the international level. For this peace and stability in the Gulf, Japan will despatch its destroyer to the Gulf.’ Suga informed that a Japanese destroyer and a surveillance aircraft would […]
Washington: China preparing to challenge US domination in the Asia-Pacific marine sector, has started a facility for building aircraft carriers. China is building Flat Deck warships, similar to the gigantic aircraft carriers in the US navy. A leading study group in the United States claimed that China has initiated work on building three to four aircraft carriers, […]