Tue, 21-Oct-2025

BRICS 2024: Putin scores a rare victory

BRICS

KAZAN: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi utilized the BRICS summit in Russia on Wednesday to express aspirations for a more harmonious relationship between the two most populous countries, following years of tension. Their meeting, the first formal talks in five years, was a significant highlight of a summit that President … Read more

BRICS Moscow Seminar: Mushahid welcomes ‘winds of Change in South Asia’

BRICS Moscow Seminar

Moscow, 23 September: Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed was specially invited to give Keynote address at BRICS Seminar, where he said ‘Pakistan looks forward to joining BRICS’ & welcomed ‘winds of change blowing all across South Asia which reject hegemony, status quo & seek change’, referring to recent radical changes in the Maldives, Nepal, Bangladesh and … Read more

BRICS Expansion and US Response: A Closer Look

BRICS Expansion

BRICS got bigger with six new countries. US is working on talking to developing countries better due to this. The US doesn’t feel immediately threatened by the new countries. The United States is engaged in a race to enhance its communication strategies aimed at the developing world as the BRICS alliance expands. However, the majority … Read more

Pakistan has not made any formal request to join BRICS: FO

Pakistan BRICS

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office has clarified that Pakistan has not made any formal request to join BRICS group of nations. The group encompassing five major emerging economies – China, Brazil, South Africa, Russia and India –made the decision to invited six countries as new memebers during the three-day annual summit held in Johannesburg, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, … Read more

BRICS gains six members as China & Russia step up their expansion efforts

BRICS six members China Russia

The BRICS group, an alliance of emerging economies consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has extended invitations to six additional countries: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, and Saudi Arabia. This expansion is intended to reinforce the group’s status as a robust geopolitical alternative to Western-led international forums. The announcement … Read more

BRICS Expansion Signals Growing Power of Emerging Markets

BRICS

BRICS has extended invitations to Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, the UAE, and Saudi Arabia. This move is seen as a way to counterbalance Western-dominated entities. The inclusion of Iran has attracted attention. The BRICS group, which consists of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has extended invitations to six other countries, namely Argentina, Egypt, … Read more

Xi Jinping: International rules should not be dictated by ‘strongest muscles’

Xi Jinping

International rules should be written and upheld jointly by all countries, not just the most powerful or vocal ones. BRICS countries should practice true multilateralism, stick to solidarity and oppose division. BRICS countries should champion the spirit of inclusiveness and advocate peaceful coexistence and harmony between civilizations. On Wednesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping expressed the … Read more

Russian beach football team optimistic about international return

Russian beach football team optimistic about international return

The Russian men’s beach football team is unlikely to defend. The ban has been met with criticism from players and coaches. Players say they are motivated to continue playing> The Russian men’s beach football team, world champions in 2021, is unlikely to have the opportunity to defend their title in 2024, but the players and … Read more

China, Pakistan to continue working on global development

hinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian

Pakistan was not invited to the high-level dialogue Pakistan confirmed a BRICS member blocked the invitation China reaffirmed to work with Pakistan on global development BEIJING: China’s Foreign Ministry has commented on reports over Pakistani’s exclusion from the High-level Dialogue on Global Development held on the sidelines of the BRICS meeting. China hosted a BRICS … Read more

BRICS member blocked Pakistan’s invitation to event in China: FO

China hosted High-level Dialogue on Global Development.

China hosted High-level Dialogue on Global Development Pakistan was not invited to the event. Pakistan’s invitation was reportedly blocked by India. ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office has confirmed that Pakistan’s invitation to a development dialogue held in China on June 24 was blocked by a BRICS member. BRICS is the acronym coined to associate five major … Read more