South East Asia

Pakistan has stated that the Kashmir dispute is the core issue that remains unresolved between India and Pakistan. Pakistan’s Foreign Office spokesperson Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry expressed disappointment over the comments made by India’s External Affairs Minister on the status of Jammu and Kashmir in the Indian media.

The U.S. has quietly decided to release more than $1.6 billion in military and economic aid to Pakistan that was suspended when relations between the two countries disintegrated over the covert raid that killed Osama bin Laden and deadly U.S. airstrikes against Pakistani soldiers.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh failed Monday to strike a long-delayed nuclear power deal with Russia during talks with President Vladimir Putin that also focused on big arms and energy deals. Singh is using one of his last major foreign trips as prime minister before 2014 general elections

Faced with a depleting fleet of submarines, India is expected to acquire on lease a nuclear submarine from Russia, a deal for which may be finalised during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit there on Sunday. The move to acquire the second nuclear submarine from Russia comes two months after the …

 Ahead of his first meeting here with US President Barack Obama, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has said that world powers should get involved to resolve the Kashmir issue. “The world powers should do so as India and Pakistan both were nuclear powers and the region was a nuclear flash …

India and China will sign a Border Defence Cooperation Agreement during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit next week under which no tailing of each other’s patrols and no shooting at each other under any conditions by troops have been provided.

The Pakistani envoy to United Nations, Masood Khan stressed dialogue aimed at national reconciliation in Mali, said an official press release on Friday. According to the press release, important steps have been taken recently to help restore constitutional order and stability in Mali.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will embark on a visit to Russia and China next week. The prime minister will visit Moscow from Oct. 20 to 22 at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin

Pakistan accused India of killing a paramilitary soldier in “unprovoked firing” across the border in eastern Punjab province Thursday in the latest frontier flare-up between the nuclear-armed neighbours. A spate of cross-border skirmishes this year have raised tensions between India and Pakistan, who have fought three wars since independence from Britain in 1947.

 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will pay an official visit to China from October 22 to 24 as guest of his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang. “Chinese leaders will meet Singh and exchange views on issues of common concern,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying was quoted as saying. Singh will deliver …