In today's special episode of World Today, the panel talks about the G20 Summit that is going to be held begin from September 9 in Delhi. During the Summit, Biden will commend PM Modi for his leadership of the G20, the White House said.
As India is all set to host G20 summit in Delhi from September 9-11. All eyes will be on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the nation prepares to host the world's most powerful heads of state.
A convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked in Pakistan's Balochistan province by armed rebels on Sunday. According to local media reports, Pakistani security forces killed two terrorists in a gunfight. Two Pakistani security personnel were also injured when a convoy of engineers working for a Chinese construction company came under attack on Faqeer Bridge in Gwadar. As per sources, other terrorists fled the spot in an injured condition and an operation is underway to clear the area as gunfight continues.
Saudi Arabia is set to host talks in August about Ukraine, inviting Western states, Ukraine and major developing countries including India and Brazil, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday. The meeting would bring senior officials from up to 30 countries, including Indonesia, Egypt, Mexico, Chile and Zambia, to Jeddah on Aug 5 and 6, the report said, citing diplomats involved in the discussion. Ukraine and Western officials hope that the talks, which exclude Russia, can lead to international backing for peace terms favoring Ukraine, it said.
Russia halted participation on Monday (local time) in the year-old UN-brokered deal that lets Ukraine export grain through the Black Sea, causing concern in poorer countries that price rises will put food out of reach. Hours earlier, a blast knocked out Russia's bridge to Crimea in what Moscow called a strike by Ukrainian sea drones, killing two people. Moscow said it was a terrorist attack on the road bridge, a major artery for Russian troops fighting in Ukraine.
The focus this week shifted to Luthania city of Vilnius, the NATO summit, which concluded in not a grand fashion. Once again exposing the fissures and divisions that exist within the military block. Huge protests rocked several cities in Israel after the prime minister's hard-right coalition adopted a bill which aims to give an upper hand to the government over the judiciary.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Wednesday that Sweden’s Nato membership bid would not be ratified by Turkey’s parliament before October, but that he hopes for a swift ratification once lawmakers return from a break. Turkey on Monday withdrew its objections to Sweden joining the alliance, a step toward the unity that Western leaders have been eager to demonstrate in the face of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The decision by Erdogan was a significant move toward Sweden’s membership and came after days of intensive meetings.
The Israel-Palestine conflict is facing one of the worst phases of its kind. The Israeli army has launched a massive new attack on the Jenin refugee camp. The residents of the camp were forced to flee as the operation continued. A trade war between the US and China over the future of semiconductors is escalating. Beijing places controls on raw materials.
France continued to witness large-scale violence on the fourth day as young rioters clashed with police officers, vandalised public property and looted several shops, including an Apple retail store. The unrest showed no signs of abating, triggered due to the tragic police killing of a teenager of North African descent earlier this week.
PM Narendra Modi said the India-US Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has entered a new level after talks with President Biden. The prime minister said India and the US have "overwhelming respect" for each other and it is in the DNA of both nations to expand democratic institutions.
After Donald Trump’s indictment on Tuesday June 13, the former president of the United States pleaded not guilty during the arraignment hearing. As a lot remains at stake for Trump even as the Presidential elections approach, we spoke with James Sample, a professor of Constitutional Law at the Hofstra Law School in New York, about what could lie ahead for the Republican figure. Meanwhile, the Nato members launched one of largest military air exercises in Europe on June 12, as 25 nations took to the air in fighter jets, bombers and cargo planes in a pointed demonstration to Russia.
The Philippines Coast Guard, Japan and the United States are conducting their first joint exercise that began last Thursday in waters off Manila Bay that faces the South China Sea. The seven-day exercise involves six patrol ships. The exercise simulates confronting suspicious vessels, and how to intercept a vessel overtaken by pirates.
Two-year-old Ariha Shah has been in a foster care facility at Berlin in Germany since September 2021. Her Indian-origin parents, Bhavesh and Dhara Shah, struggling legally to get custody of their child, have now made an emotional appeal to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for help with getting their child back.
Today's edition of World Today will focus on the past struggle between the government and Imran Khan to a tussle between the former Pakistan premiere and the army of the nation. Reports of infighting within the Pakistani military will be analysed. And, then there is this push and pull between the judiciary and the civilian-military administration in Pakistan.
Foreign ministers of eight member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting was held in Goa on Thursday and Friday, May 4 and 5. This crucial meeting set the stage for the SCO Leaders’ Summit to be held in July in New Delhi. With India as the host, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar led the meeting and also bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the SCO. Watch the video to know what happened at the SCO foreign ministers’ meet.
Rival forces -- the Sudanese Army and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan repeatedly violated the ceasefire pact, with the UN calling it "extremely frustrating" as fighting continued in the strife-torn African country.
A series of airstrikes by Myanmar's military Junta on a civilian crowd has created widespread controversy. The military said that this week it carried out the attack on a village gathering organised by insurgent opponents.
Britain's streets have become a battleground for Hindu-Muslim rifts. Bottles are thrown, knife attacks are taking place, stones are hurled, cars are torched, and dozens got wounded, including policemen.
Pentagon paper leak, Macron's Taiwan comment, Hindu Muslim unrest in Leicester etc, are the top news that attracted eyeballs across the world.
Turkey’s parliament on Thursday ratified Finland’s application to join NATO, lifting the last hurdle in the way of the Nordic country’s long-delayed accession into the Western military alliance.
