Paris/Canberra – ‘The submarine deal between Australia, Britain and the United States is a wake-up call for the European Union. European countries cannot exclusively rely on others. The members of the Union need to cooperate to overcome the differences and speak with one voice’, Minister of European Affairs of Germany, Michael Roth, warned. France has […]
New Delhi: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron. The two leaders are said to have discussed developments in the Indo-Pacific and Afghanistan. France has lost $40 billion worth of submarine contracts with Australia due to the AUKUS cooperation between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. […]
Paris / Washington / Canberra – France has been struck by Australia’s submarine deal with the United States. On Friday, France decided to recall its ambassadors from the United States and Australia over the issue of the deal. President Emmanuel Macron had to make a critical decision due to the gravity of the decision taken […]
Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping has slammed Australia’s defence cooperation agreement with the United States and the United Kingdom. Interference of the foreign forces in the Indo-Pacific region must be resisted, warned President Jinping. This warning given during the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting seems to be directed towards United States, United Kingdom and […]
Washington: – ‘Don’t ignore the Abraham Agreement that was signed a year ago to bring Israel and the Arab countries together. If this cooperation is not given the right impetus, it will be to the detriment of the United States,’ warned Jared Kushner, advisor to former US President Donald Trump. Kushner criticised the Biden administration […]
Cairo/Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi in Sharm El-Sheikh on Monday. This is the first time that Israeli leaders have paid an official visit to the Egyptian President in a decade. Earlier in 2011, then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with then-Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi. Over the past […]
New Delhi: China had accused the QUAD alliance of India, the US, Japan and Australia of being an Asian NATO. Indian Foreign Minister S Jaishankar replied to the accusation. While NATO was a concept during the Cold War era, the QUAD is an organisation that shapes a better future of the world, Jaishankar said. Foreign […]
Washington/ Riyadh: Yemen’s Houthi rebels have intensified airstrikes on Saudi over a few days. Amidst this, the US decision to withdraw the Patriot-advanced missile defence system deployed Saudi has drawn everyone’s attention. Analysts claim that this would send wrong signals to US allies in the Middle East In 2019, Iran backed Houthi rebels had launched […]
Berlin/Tehran: The United States has issued a warning to Iran following shocking reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the progress of the Iranian nuclear program. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, ‘The time has come for Iran to join the 2015 nuclear deal, and the United States will soon withdraw from […]
Jerusalem: ‘Israel has intensified its moves to take action against Iran. A large portion of the recently announced defence spending has been set aside for this. This is a very complex action that can put the intelligence to test, and this could require more weapons,’ said Major General Aviv Kochavi, Israel’s Defence Chief. At the […]