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Windows smashed at India consulates in London, San Francisco

Mar. 20, 2023 16:50 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Windows at India's High Commission in London and at the Consulate General of India in San Francisco were smashed during separate demonstrations by Sikh protesters, police in both cities said Monday. London’s Metropolitan Police force said a man was arrested Sunday...

Japan PM Kishida announces new Indo-Pacific plan in India

Mar. 20, 2023 07:41 AM EDT

NEW DELHI (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday invited his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for the Group of Seven major industrial nations' summit in May and announced action plans for a new Indo-Pacific initiative aimed at countering China's influence in the region. ...

Garcetti confirmed as India ambassador after 20-month fight

Mar. 15, 2023 17:09 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti won confirmation Wednesday from a divided Senate as the nation’s next ambassador to India, more than a year and a half after he was first nominated by President Joe Biden and after weathering doubts about his truthfulness in a sexual...

Australia aims to bolster security, economic ties with India

Mar. 10, 2023 04:36 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — The prime ministers of India and Australia on Friday expressed concern over an “increasingly uncertain global security environment" and committed themselves to strengthening their defense and security partnership to ensure stability in the Indo-Pacific. Both...

Australian PM kicks off India visit with cricket event

Mar. 09, 2023 10:03 AM EST

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) — The prime ministers of India and Australia on Thursday lent a touch of cricket diplomacy to their ties as they inaugurated a test match between their two teams in the western city of Ahmedabad. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Indian host Narendra...

Australian leader plans meeting with Biden after India trip

Mar. 08, 2023 22:37 PM EST

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday he plans to meet with President Joe Biden in the United States following a trip to India this week, amid speculation the leaders will make an announcement about Australia's plans to build nuclear-powered...

Quad FMs, wary of China's might, push Indo-Pacific options

Mar. 03, 2023 08:54 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — The top diplomats of Australia, India, Japan and the United States offered sharp but veiled criticism of China on Friday, even as they maintained their Indo-Pacific-focused bloc is not aimed at countering Beijing. In comments at a public event and in a written...

Italy PM urges India to play key role in ending Ukraine war

Mar. 02, 2023 14:42 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged India on Thursday to play a central role in facilitating negotiations to end Russia's war against Ukraine. India, with the rotating presidency of the Group of 20 industrialized and developing countries, could represent...

US, Russia hold highest-level talks since Ukraine invasion

Mar. 02, 2023 14:08 PM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov talked briefly Thursday in the highest-level in-person talks between the two countries since Russia's invasion of Ukraine. But there was no indication of any movement toward easing the intense...

India, China foreign ministers hold talks to mend ties

Mar. 02, 2023 09:02 AM EST

NEW DELHI (AP) — The foreign ministers of India and China met Thursday on the sidelines of a gathering in New Delhi of top diplomats from the Group of 20 industrialized and developing nations, signaling a thaw in their relationship, which has been tense since 2020. Indian Foreign...