Amid signs that support for international institutions and cooperation is fraying, France and Germany have launched an Alliance for Multilateralism…writes Arul Louis Foreign Ministers Jean-Yves Le Drian of France and…
Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Christine Lagarde, has said that imposing import tariffs won’t eliminate trade deficits and will cause “potentially self-inflicted wounds”…reports Asian Lite News It…
A day after NASA sharply crticised India’s anti-satellite (A-SAT) missile test as a “terrible thing”, the US State Department has played it down saying Washington has noted New Delhi’s assertion…
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has expelled two MPs from his party’s caucus after they accused him of meddling in a criminal case involving an influential company…reports Asian Lite News…
The UN has unveiled a new initiative to raise greater awareness and action to improve the protection of children affected by armed conflict…reports Asian Lite News Launched by UN Secretary-General’s…
India and Russia had wide-ranging discussions on evolving situation in Afghanistan during Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale’s two-day visit to the country…reports Asian Lite News An External Affairs Ministry release said…
World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Roberto Azevedo has stressed the urgency of resolving trade tensions and meeting challenges facing the global economy…reports Asian Lite News Azevedo made the remarks at…
British Prime Minister Theresa May will ask the European Union for an extension to the Brexit deadline to “break the logjam” in Parliament…reports Asian Lite News The Prime Minister says…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will not attend a ministerial-level meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) later this week in France, the State Department has said…reports Asian Lite…
US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has announced that her campaign raised $12 million in the first quarter of 2019 from more…