- Friday, February 28, 2025
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (25) made a visit to Egypt's historic Al-Hakim Mosque in Cairo, which has recently been restored with the assistance of India's Dawoodi Bohra community. He explored the mosque, which had undergone its latest restoration three months prior. Modi is on a two-day state…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday (24) reached Egypt after concluding his three-day state visit to the US where he met president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi on Sunday (25) and visited Al-Haqim Mosque and Heliopolis War Grave cemetery, among other engagements. Modi is the first Indian prime minister to visit…
AN ALL-PARTY meeting, convened by Indian home minister Amit Shah, began in New Delhi on Saturday (24) to discuss the prevailing situation in Manipur. Nearly 120 people lost their lives and over 3,000 have been injured ever since the ethnic violence broke out in the state on May 3. Leaders…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi's just concluded maiden state visit to the United States aimed to strengthen ties and deepen cooperation between the two largest democracies, rather than focusing on India as a counterweight to China, according to a top White House official. During his visit, the Indian leader held…
DURING his inaugural visit to Egypt, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi plans to pay homage to the courageous Indian soldiers who fought and sacrificed their lives in Egypt and Palestine during World War I (1914-18). The two-day state visit, initiated at the invitation of Egyptian president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, marks…
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin vowed to punish "traitors" from the Wagner mercenary group, after its leader swore he would topple Moscow's military leadership. Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, released a series of messages from late Friday (23) into Saturday (24), claiming that he and his mercenary troops had entered the southern Russian…
PAKISTAN prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has faced a backlash on Twitter for being less chivalrous towards a woman attendant and allegedly snatching an umbrella from her in the rain to cover himself after reaching Paris for the two-day Global Financing Pact. In a video which went viral, the 71-year-old leader,…
THREE American giants have expressed commitment to making major investments in India following prime minister Narendra Modi's just-concluded state visit to the US. According to an NDTV report, Amazon, Google and Microsoft have announced capital investments and technological cooperation for Indian technology's growth. Amazon to invest additional $15b in India…
RUSSIA on Saturday (24) declared an "anti-terrorist operation regime" in Moscow and the Moscow region, after the chief of the Wagner mercenary group vowed to overthrow Russia's military leadership and claimed control of a key military headquarters in the south. "With the aim of preventing possible terrorist acts on the…
INDIAN prime minister Narendra Modi will visit the Imam al-Hakim bi Amr Allah Mosque, a structure which is nearly 1,000 years old, in the heart of Cairo during his visit to the North African state on Saturday (24) at the invitation of its president Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, which he extended…
