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Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting in Manila, Philippines. (Photo: PTI)

Our ties beyond mutual interest', will benefit future of Asia, Modi...

The two leaders had a bilateral meeting in Manila on Monday during which they discussed a range of key issues.

14 Nov 2017 1:13 AM IST

President Donald Trump will dispatch his top diplomatic and military advisors to Pakistan in the coming weeks. (Photo: AFP | File)

US nudges Pak, India to re-engage to aid focus on Afghan end game

Pak's decision to allow a meeting between Kulbhushan Jadhav and his wife is being linked to quiet efforts by the US.

13 Nov 2017 9:44 PM IST

US President Donald Trump raised North Koreas missile tests during talks on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Trump thanks Duterte for hospitality, avoids queries on Philippines...

Trump praised Duterte's hospitality, the organisation of the summit he was hosting and even the weather, but said...

13 Nov 2017 3:09 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi holds bilateral talks with US President Donald Trump in Manila, Philippines, on Monday. (Photo: PIB | Twitter)

Modi, Trump meet in Manila, discuss security, ways to boost bilateral...

Modi and Trump are understood to have also discussed the security scenario in the Indo-Pacific region.

13 Nov 2017 3:08 PM IST

The ASEAN leaders later began deliberations at the summit which is taking place under the shadow of Chinas growing military build-up in the resource-rich South China Sea.

Musical version of Ramayana at ASEAN opening to reflect...

A musical version of the Ramayana was one of key performances at the ceremony reflecting India's cultural linkages with...

13 Nov 2017 2:26 PM IST

In this Nov. 4, 2017, photo, Rohingya Muslim Nabi Hussain, 13, poses for a portrait with the yellow plastic drum he used as a flotation device while crossing the Naf river in Shar Porir Dwip, south Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. (Photo: AP)

Rohingya boy who can't swim floats from Myanmar to Bangladesh on oil...

In just a week, more than three dozen boys and young men used cooking oil drums like life rafts to swim across the mouth...

13 Nov 2017 1:15 PM IST

At Philippines research centre, Modi briefed on rice quality to combat food scarcity

At Philippines research centre, Modi briefed on rice quality to combat...

Scientists briefed the PM on flood-tolerant rice varieties which can provide 1-3 tonnes more yield per hectare.

13 Nov 2017 1:03 PM IST

US President Donald Trump raised North Koreas missile tests during talks on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Donald Trump meets Japan, Australia leaders, discusses trade, N Korea...

Australia Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said North Korea's recklessness' needed to be stopped.

13 Nov 2017 10:28 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi shakes hands with US President Donald Trump before the pre-Asean summit gala dinner in Manila. (Photo: PTI)

India, US, Japan, Australia hold first 'Quad' meet; to work for open...

Modi is scheduled to have a bilateral one-on-one hour-long meeting with Trump on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit on...

13 Nov 2017 12:58 AM IST

(Photo: Twitter/MEA)

Modi meets Trump at ASEAN dinner, to hold bilateral talks tomorrow

Modi was also seen chit-chatting with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev and Malaysian PM Najib Razak.

12 Nov 2017 8:21 PM IST

US President Donald Trump tweeted: Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot safely vet. (Photo: AP)

Trump willing to help mediate between claimants of South China Sea

Vietnam has reclaimed land around reefs and islets, but on nowhere near the same scale as China.

12 Nov 2017 4:29 PM IST

The spokesman said that speed boats were deployed to intercept the boats of Indian fishermen, who were arrested as they were fishing illegally in Pakistans territorial waters. (Photo: Representational/File)

Pak captures 55 Indian fishermen, seizes 9 boats in Arabian Sea

A police official said that the fishermen would now be produced before a judicial magistrate.

12 Nov 2017 4:07 PM IST