Foreign Minister

Explained: The who's who in Benjamin Netanyahu's new government

Top ministers in Israel's new right-wing government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, include a politician who admitted to tax evasion late last year and a slew of far-right figures, including one who kept a portrait of a man who massacred scores of Palestinian worshippers in his home

Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei passes away at 64

Born in 1958 in the Belarusian region of Grodno, Makei had been in the post since August 2012, as per his official bio on the foreign ministry’s website

Foreign minister Wang Yi visits Pacific Island states as China eyes security pact

The virtual summit is expected to discuss leaked proposals for China to radically increase its involvement in the security, economy and politics of the South Pacific

Australia urges South Pacific nations to shun Chinese attempts to extend its security deals

Foreign Minister Penny Wong was in Fiji on her first solo visit, seeking to woo island states after the Solomon Islands took Canberra by surprise last month by signing a wide-ranging security pact with China

Pakistan's relationship with India 'particularly complicated' by New Delhi's decisions, says Bilawal Bhutto

Pakistan's foreign minister referred to the 5 August 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the recent decision by the delimitation commission

PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to take oath as Pakistan's foreign minister in a day or two, confirms senior leader

The 33-year-old scion of the Bhutto-Zardari family did not take the oath on 19 April, giving rise to speculation about his reluctance to join the new government

China's Wang Yi meets S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval; discuss Ukraine and Ladakh

This is the first visit of a senior Chinese leader to India in two years since the border stand-off between the two countries since May 2020

Afghan interim foreign minister to visit Pakistan with resetting bilateral ties high on agenda

Amir Khan Muttaqi was invited last month by Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi during his visit to Kabul

Pakistan accuses India of using Afghan soil for 'carrying out terror activities'

Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also alleged that India’s presence in Afghanistan ‘larger than it ought to be’

Sushma Swaraj set high standards for MEA by taking diplomacy to people, was always just a tweet away

Swaraj — who was also the most followed foreign minister in the world — took several path-breaking measures during her term, such as the expansion of the passport infrastructure and the enhanced engagement with the Look East policy.