Overseeing development of Chabahar port: President Rouhani

Saudi clubs have refused to play in Iran since the kingdom broke off relations in January 2016 forcing AFC Champions League fixtures with Iranian clubs to be played in neutral Oman. File photo of Gianni Infantino (Image: Twitter) Iran:FIFA president Gianni ...

India and Iran today signed a significant pact which gives New Delhi operational control of a part of the strategically located Chabahar port on the Gulf of Oman for 18 months.The agreement was signed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks ...

Tel Aviv: The direct maiden flight of Air India to Tel Aviv from New Delhi arrived here yesterday, heralding a new chapter in the India-Israel ties and ending a decades-old overfly ban by Saudi Arabia. Flight AI 139 landed at Tel Avivs Ben Gurion airport at ...

The Indian football team has re-entered the top-100 of the FIFA world rankings and is now placed at 99th at the latest chart released on Thursday. The team, which did not play any international match in this ranking period, jumped three places to enter the ...

Washington D C [United States], Feb. 23 (ANI): One of Australia's leading academic experts on strategy and security in South Asia and the Indian Ocean region and others have said that ongoing political crisis in The Maldives could provoke an even larger ...

[China], Feb.16 (ANI): Pakistan's Gwadar Port, which is being upgraded by the Chinese as part of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, could face a geographical catastrophe in the not too distant future, according to ...

Last week, Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to make an official visit to Palestine; a three hour stop at Ramallah. In prepared remarks with the Palestine president Mahmoud Abbas, he called for a “sovereign and independent Palestine”.

Nearly 40 geologists from China and Pakistan have teamed up to survey the Makran Trench in Balochistan following Beijings concerns over the possibility of a massive earthquake affecting the strategic Gwadar port in the volatile province, a media report said ...

The United Arab Emirates may share with India its understanding about the "present position" of the Islamic State during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the Gulf country this weekend, a former diplomat has said. Talmiz Ahmad, the former Indian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE, said New Delhi was also expected to express its concerns relating to Pakistan during the visit.   He expressed the hope there would be discussions on ways to promote dialogue between Saudi Arabia ...