In August, the top BRICS leaders at the grouping's summit in Johannesburg approved a proposal to admit six countries, including Argentina, into the bloc with effect from January 1.
A video shows that Shehbaz was asking an aide for help, however even after the aide's assistance, his headphones dropped once again.
India has confirmed that 12 Indian nationals have died while serving in the Russian military during the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Another 16 Indians, who were serving in the Russian armed forces, are listed as missing by Russia. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said a total of 126 Indians were serving with the Russian military and 96 of them have so far been discharged.
'In the name of God I ask you: Stop this massacre!' Pope Francis told thousands of worshippers at St Peter's Square on Sunday, alluding to Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine.
After more than four hours of talks in Saudi Arabia, the US and Russia agreed on four key principles, Rubio said on Tuesday. These include appointing a high-level team to help "negotiate and work through the end of the conflict in Ukraine" in a way that's "acceptable to all the parties engaged."
The deputy PM confirmed that it would be possible to do so and stressed that vaccination would be voluntary and free of charge.
He thanked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the invitation.
Prime Minister Modi thanked Putin for giving a 'clear message' on the Kashmir issue.
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing on Friday for the 2022 Winter Olympics and a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, bringing with him a deal to increase natural gas supplies to China amid rising tension with the West.
Putin said the purpose of the West is to weaken, divide and ultimately destroy Russia.
In his meeting with Putin, Modi said "today's era is not of war" and nudged him to end the conflict.
Russia's newest completed World Cup stadium, the Otkrytie Arena, in Moscow, was opened by the country's President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
When Russian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila Putina announced on national television that they were divorcing after 30 years together, many Russians thought it was an elaborately staged hoax.
Ordinary Ukrainians continue to battle Vladimir Putin's army, thwarting the Russian objective of capturing Ukrainian cities nearly three weeks into a war Ukraine and the world didn't want.
Russian President Vladimir Putin today approved the nomination of First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev as his successor, allowing the former KGB officer to retain control over Kremlin even after stepping down next year
Students from Moscow university have made a racy calendar asserting their love for Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, who turned 58 on Thursday.
The reality is that far from being friendless, India is better positioned in the world than at any point post-Cold War, asserts Shekhar Gupta.
Was he just being a gentleman or was there more to it? Russian President Vladimir Putin has set the international media and Internet abuzz by putting his coat on the shoulders of China's First Lady Peng Liyuan.
400 days and more, Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine continues.
Ukraine celebrates its 1991 declaration of independence from the then USSR on the same day.
Vladimir Putin wants to destroy Ukraine's power plants before the onset of winter in the hope that Ukrainians, unable to cope with the bitter cold, end their determined resistance to the Russian invasion, which will enter its eighth month on Monday, October 24, 2022.
Military officials released new video on Monday of a close encounter between a Russian fighter jet and a US Air Force F-16 interceptor near Alaska, Associated Press has reported.
Lyudmila Ocheretnaya, the former First Lady of the Russian Federation, is on the list of sanctions for benefiting from preferential business relationships with state-owned entities since her divorce from Putin in 2014.
'Putin is just flexing his muscles. He is not going to do anything. He is not that crazy.'
Screens in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which is now under Russian control, have begun to broadcast Russian television news programmes.
Both leaders are facing immense criticism worldwide due to the Ukraine-Russia war and the surge in COVID-19 cases in China.
United States President Barack Obama may cancel his scheduled visit to Moscow to meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as tension builds up between the two countries over fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, according to media reports.
The pipeline will enable Moscow to enter markets in Asia- Pacific region and reduce dependency on European customers.
Hundreds of opponents of Russian president-elect Vladimir Putin on Monday gathered at Pushkin Square in downtown Moscow to attend a rally, denouncing his victory at the presidential polls as illegitimate.
Putin justified his decision in a speech blaming NATO for the current crisis and calling the US-led alliance an existential threat to Russia.
The Russian tabloid Moskovsky Korrespondent apologised on Friday for carrying a report that President Vladimir Putin is to marry rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabayeva, 25, saying "there is no factual base for our publication". The tabloid accepted that it cannot substantiate its report on Putin's "wedding with a famous gymnast" and apologised for the "moral pain" inflicted to the persons concerned.
Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion on February 24, 2022. The Russian invaders have made military gains in eastern Ukraine, but their early objective of capturing their neighbouring country in days, if not weeks, has not come to pass.
US President Donald Trump on Thursday addressed the World Economic Forum where he offered business leaders low taxes if they manufacture their products in the US, while threatening them with tariffs if they don't. Addressing the forum's Annual Meeting in Davos through video conferencing, Trump also said he is going to ask Saudi Arabia and OPEC to bring down oil prices and asserted that if prices come down Russia-Ukraine war will end immediately.
The youth said he was taken close to the frontline but his health deteriorated after spending sleepless nights as the war raged on.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, known for his bizarre and macho stunts, on Wednesday flew a motorized hand glider to lead a flock of endangered Siberian white cranes as they migrated to Asia.
Dr Singh departed from protocol to receive the Russian President personally.
Social media and Internet forums have recently been flooded with reports that Russian President Vladimir has tied the knot with former Olympic gymnast Alina Kabayeva in a secret ceremony.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Barack Obama on Monday held face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain.
On Tuesday, Ukraine President Zelenskyy announced Viktor Medvedchuk's arrest, showing him downcast and in cuffs, sparking widespread celebrations.
Outgoing Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accepted the leadership of the ruling United Russia and declared that he will take over as Prime Minister. A former KGB officer, Putin will leave Kremlin in three weeks after an eight-year reign. The United Russia party has an absolute majority in Russia's lower house, the State Duma.
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