Asia
Kashmir conflict is elephant in the room: Khar on South Asia integration, trade potential
Davos, May 24 (PTI) Describing the Kashmir issue as "the elephant in the room", Pakistan minister Hina Rabbani Khar on Tuesday said any efforts to integrate South Asia and boost…
Biden to travel to Japan for Quad Summit, have bilateral meetings with Modi
Washington, May 19 (PTI) US President Joe Biden would travel to Japan for the second in-person Quad summit during which he would hold a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra…
Biden to visit Asia next month to build united front on N.Korea, Russia
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -Visiting Asia next month for the first time since becoming U.S. president in 2021, Joe Biden will hold talks with allies in Japan and South…
Asia’s militaries hunt for smart buys amid COVID funding crunch
By Gerry Doyle (Reuters) - Countries throughout Asia are climbing out from under the economic rubble of COVID-19 and looking for cost-effective ways to upgrade their militaries, defence companies said…
Biden plans ‘several’ stops on Asia trip, region to remain focus -U.S. official
By David Brunnstrom and Michael Martina WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Joe Biden plans several stops during a visit to Asia this spring, which will be his first to the region as president…
Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu addresses the first plenary Session of the 13th ASEM Summit (Asia – Europe Meeting)
Vice President calls for reforms in UN Security Council and other key international organizations Says, the challenges of contemporary world cannot be addressed with systems designed to deal with the…
U.S. says delivering on vaccine pledge to Asia key to Quad credibility
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Delivering on a pledge to supply COVID-19 vaccine doses to Southeast Asia is critical to the credibility of the Quad group of countries, which made the commitment…
An intensifying arms race in Asia
(Reuters) - Analysts warn Asia may be sliding into an accelerating arms race as countries react to China's military growth and tensions around North Korea's weapons programmes linger. Here is…
Factbox: An intensifying arms race in Asia
(Reuters) - Analysts warn that Asia may be sliding into an accelerating arms race as countries react to China's military growth. Here is a list of defence systems several Asian countries…
