Foreign Policy

Asia-Pacific trade deal signed by 11 nations

In short, the biggest winners are expected to be in Asia, while the wealthier countries, on balance, are not expected…

7 years ago

Curfew in Sri Lankan tourist town of Kandy to be temporarily lifted

"The situation is improving and there have been no major incidents of violence reported in the last 12 hours," said…

7 years ago

Sri Lanka imposes emergency for 10 days to stop communal violence

The measure comes after a local curfew was imposed on Monday in the central city of Kandy after days of…

7 years ago

China defends defence spending rise as low, proportional

China on Monday unveiled its largest defence spending increase in three years, fuelling an ambitious military modernisation programme and making its neighbours, particularly…

7 years ago

N Korea makes ‘agreement’ with S Korea after historic meeting: KCNA

A 10-member South Korean delegation travelled to Pyongyang in hopes of encouraging North Korea and the US to talk to…

7 years ago

India walks the thin line between Sectarian Islamic Divide as it explores mediation

Jordanian King Abdullah may have got the privilege to speak from Islamic Centre, a privilege denied to Iranian President Hassan…

7 years ago

Maldives opposition protesters arrested after top court validates emergency rule

Yameen's government has so far ignored international calls to lift the state of emergency, first declared on February, 5 for…

7 years ago

Modi, Sushma hold high-level talks with Trudeau

Modi met his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau and both the leaders later also held delegation-level talks.

7 years ago

Who’s Afraid of China

As far as the geo-economics of OBOR are concerned, as many as 60 countries will be connected to China through…

7 years ago

China in talks with Baloch militants to secure CPEC projects, says FT

Three people with knowledge of the talks told the paper that Beijing had been in direct contact with militants in…

7 years ago