New Delhi, May 23 (ANI): Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla will pay an official visit to India from May 25 to 27.

New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid will undertake a two-day visit of Saudi Arabia on May 25 and 26, at the invitation of Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal.

New Delhi, May 10 (ANI): Almost a month after the Supreme Court dismissed convicted Khalistani terrorist Devinder Pal Singh Bhullar's plea that his death sentence be commuted to life imprisonment, German President Joachim Gauck and Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle have written to their Indian counterparts seeking clemency for him.

Sydney, May 8 (ANI): Internet traffic in and out of Syria suddenly stopped in the wee hours of Wednesday.

New Delhi, May 7 (ANI): Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja met his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid in New Delhi on Tuesday and discussed ways to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

Jerusalem, May 6 (ANI): Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister Ze'ev Elkin has accused Google Inc. of recognizing a Palestinian state when it decided on May 1 to include Palestine in its list of options for national pages.

New Delhi, May 3 (ANI): The Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan, Elmar Mammadyarov, held delegation-level talks with his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid here on Friday on issues of bilateral importance.

Moscow (Russia), April 28 (ANI): India is willing to extend any possible medical support to Sarabjit Singh, the injured Indian prisoner, who is currently hospitalised in Lahore's government-run Jinnah Hospital, visiting External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid said here.

Beijing, April 23 (Xinhua-ANI): The EU has decided to lift its oil embargo on Syria, as well as its sanctions on Myannar. The decision was announced by European Union foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg. Andrew Dupuis has more.

Washington, Apr.17 (ANI): Brazil officials are reportedly planning tougher security strategies ahead of 2014 Football World Cup and 2016 Rio Olympics following the Boston Marathon blasts.

New Delhi, April 17 (ANI): Foreign Minister Bob Carr today welcomed a major opinion poll which has confirmed public support in India for a strong and growing relationship with Australia.

Sydney, Apr. 14 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has said the idea that the United States wishes to extradite Julian Assange is "sheer fantasy".

Sydney, Apr. 10 (ANI): Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr has recalled an "unabashedly racist" comment about Asian immigration made by former British leader Margaret Thatcher, after she left office.

Washington, Apr. 8 (ANI): In a move that signifies growing frustration with North Korea, China has taken a rare, if thinly veiled, shot at its ally over the steadily escalating tension on the Korean peninsula.

Islamabad, Apr. 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar has further distanced herself from another stint in the National Assembly.

New Delhi, Apr. 5 (ANI): Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Staffan de Mistura met External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid here on Friday to discuss developments in the case related to the marines following the lifting of the restrictions on the Italian envoy by the Supreme Court.

Tokyo, April 5 (Xinhua-ANI): Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday submitted to a cabinet meeting an annual diplomatic report that emphasizes the importance of Japan-U.S. security ties in maintaining stability in the Asian-Pacific region.

London, Apr. 3 (ANI): The United States has described the prospect of North Korea restarting a mothballed atomic reactor as "extremely alarming".

Islamabad, Apr. 2 (ANI): Afghanistan has expressed grave concern about what it claimed the 'Pakistani military's unilateral construction and physical reinforcement activities' along the border in the eastern Ningarhar province.

Islamabad, Mar. 28 (ANI): Shocked by Pakistan's 'complacency' in the nascent Afghan peace process, Afghanistan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin has said Kabul is ready to work for peace without Islamabad's help on reconciliation.

Rome, Mar. 27 (ANI): Italy's Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi has resigned following Rome's decision last week to send two marines back to India to face trial for murder.

New Delhi, Mar. 22 (ANI): Justifying the escalation of a standoff over the marines issue, Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Stefan de Mistura today said a potential diplomatic crisis has been avoided, and added that a special court should be established soon and the proceedings should be expedited.

Sydney, Mar 16 (ANI): China has appointed its former ambassador to Japan, Wang Yi, as the country's new foreign minister.

Islamabad, Mar. 15 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has said that the mistrust between India and Pakistan must be reduced in order to resolve the Kashmir issue, and to carry forward the peace process.

Islamabad, Mar. 15 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar has insisted that Pakistan-India peace process is essential for normalcy in the region, adding that the LoC 'incidents' cannot derail Pakistan's commitment with India to promote peace in the region.