This is the first meeting between the two leaders after Modi’s re-election following the stunning victory of the BJP in the general elections last month. read more

French Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne spoke on the recent designation of Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist and the everyday fight against terrorism. read more

Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a multilateral watchdog that monitors terror funding, will meet in Orlando, Florida on June 20-21, when Pakistan’s progress on a 27-point action plan is likely to be discussed. read more

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Without having to publicly justify its decision, China had blocked Azhar’s designation as a terrorist for 10 years in the secretive al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee, which deals with groups and people associated with it and the Islamic State. read more

This is not where China would like to be, facing global opprobrium over its predatory belt and road initiative and badly outmatched in a trade war with the United States: a pretender, in other words, not a true global power read more

India and China are both leading power centres, with an important say in today’s geopolitics. It is important for our nations to work together for the greater global good. read more

Masood Azhar was designated as a global terrorist on May 1 after China withdrew its long-standing block to the move. Beijing had blocked the move four times. read more

Gandhi once again challenged Modi for a debate on the Rafale deal at any place “except Ambani’s residence” and maintained the prime minister would not be able to face the country as truth in the deal would surface. read more

In a fresh revelation, an Italian journalist has claimed that 130-170 Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists may have been killed in the February 26 Indian Air Force airstrike at Balakot in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. read more

Responding to a question on whether it was alright for his party to use the UN listing of terrorist Masood Azhar as a talking point in its campaign, Shah said: “It is an achievement of the Modi government, so why should we not take electoral advantage... read more

Stating it was not the official stand of the party, Raut however maintained that the ban is a matter of “social reform” than religious one, similar to the party’s stand on triple talaq read more

Adityanath asked why the Congress, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) did not make a statement about this success of India’s on the Masood Azhar issue at the global level. read more

The war of words took place in the middle of a general elections in which nationalism and national security, opposition alliance arithmetic, unemployment, and agricultural distress have emerged as big issues read more

After putting a technical hold for 10 years, China on Wednesday supported the action to designate Azhar as a global terrorist in the UN. read more