Washington, Sep 12 (IANS) A US federal grand jury has indicted an Indian national and a firm on charges of supplying complex electronic instruments used in missile delivery systems to India’s Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). (more…)
Moscow, Sep 12 (DPA) President Dmitry Medvedev Friday compared 9/11 terrorist attacks with the trigger for last month’s war with Georgia, a day after the US commemorated those who died in the 2001 terrorist attacks. (more…)
Vienna, Sep 12 (DPA) Another dark chapter of Libya’s contentious relations with the world community was closed Friday, as the UN nuclear watchdog said all outstanding issues on Tripoli’s past nuclear weapons programme had been solved. (more…)
Pune, Sep 12 (IANS) As part of the diamond jubilee celebrations of the National Defence Academy (NDA) at Khadakvasla, 30 cadets will embark later this month on a sailing expedition on the high seas, it was announced here Friday. (more…)
London, Sep 12 (IANS) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is known as the fearsome face of his country’s new aggressive foreign policy, has irked his British counterpart David Miliband with a tirade of four-letter abuse when the duo discussed about Georgia, a British newspaper reported Friday. (more…)
New Delhi, Sep 12 (IANS) A missile arsenal Bangladesh has begun building with Chinese help is part of Beijing’s considered stragtegy to encircle India, says an Indian expert who wondered “against whom are the Bangladeshis arming themselves?” (more…)
Riga, Sep 12 (DPA) Diplomats from NATO countries will visit Georgia next week despite Russian objections to the show of support for the country’s pro-Western government, the alliance’s top official said Friday. (more…)
Vienna, Sep 12 (DPA) Before stopping its nuclear weapons programme in 2003, Libya obtained more sensitive technical information than was previously known, a confidential report by the UN nuclear watchdog said Friday. (more…)
Moscow, Sep 12 (RIA Novosti) Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin has said Georgia should be admitted to NATO, and that the US could go to war with Russia if it again attacks the South Caucasus state. (more…)
Kathmandu, Sep 12 (IANS) After Nepal’s new Maoist Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda chose to break with tradition and made China his first destination abroad instead of India, now Nepal’s new Defence Minister Ram Bahadur Thapa ‘Badal’ could be heading for Beijing once again. (more…)
