In the sweltering streets of Havana, residents queue for hours with buckets and jerry cans as ageing tanker trucks, known as pipas, deliver irregular supplies of water. What used to be a persistent nuisance has escalated into a severe daily…
In a parliamentary vote on May 27th, Hungary’s lawmakers decided by a comfortable margin to keep the country inside the International Criminal Court. The move reverses a withdrawal process started last year by Viktor Orbán’s government, which had been set…
In a letter dated May 26th to President Donald Trump and the United States Congress, Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivered a blunt plea. Ukraine’s stocks of Patriot PAC-3 interceptors, the country’s premier shield against Russian ballistic missiles, are running critically low. “For…
As Marco Rubio, America’s Secretary of State, began his four-day ramble through India on 23 May 2026—starting with a pious stop at Kolkata’s Mother House of the Missionaries of Charity before descending upon the capital—the exercise carried all the hallmarks…
In the heart of Lutyens’ Delhi, where power, history, and privilege have long intertwined, one of India’s most storied institutions faces an uncertain future. The Delhi Gymkhana Club, nestled on a sprawling 27.3-acre plot at 2, Safdarjung Road adjacent to…
In the shadow of a war that began with thunderous American and Israeli strikes in late February, the Middle East finds itself in a familiar but perilous limbo. A fragile ceasefire, brokered in April largely through Pakistani mediation, holds—barely—while high-stakes…
President Donald Trump repeatedly vowed to extricate America from “endless wars” and deliver peace through strength. Yet a detailed investigation by TheReality.News, drawing on Pentagon budget documents, congressional testimony, independent cost trackers, and interviews with former officials, reveals that across…
Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s director of national intelligence, has resigned, citing the need to care for her husband, who has been diagnosed with an extremely rare form of bone cancer. The departure, effective June 30th, marks the latest turbulence…
Russia has wrapped up large-scale nuclear forces exercises involving land, sea and air components, conducted in coordination with its ally Belarus, as both countries signal resolve in the face of ongoing conflict with Ukraine and Western support for Kyiv. The…
The images from the Great Hall of the People were unmistakable in their symmetry: military honours, cheering children, and two leaders projecting steadfast friendship. Just days after hosting Donald Trump, Xi Jinping welcomed Vladimir Putin for a state visit timed…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Sweden has elevated bilateral relations to a full Strategic Partnership, underpinned by an ambitious Joint Action Plan for 2026–2030. This upgrade reflects a maturing alignment between the world’s fastest-growing major economy and one of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Norway has marked a significant upgrade in bilateral relations, with both countries formalising a Green Strategic Partnership focused on clean energy, climate resilience, the blue economy, and sustainable technologies. The move comes at a…
In a world increasingly defined by technological rivalry, supply-chain fragility and great-power competition, India and the Netherlands have chosen pragmatic alignment over lofty rhetoric. During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to The Hague on 16-17 May 2026, the two countries…
The World Health Organization’s declaration of a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on 17 May 2026 has thrust a familiar enemy back into the spotlight — but on markedly different and more difficult terms. For the first time in…
When President Donald Trump landed in Beijing on May 14, 2026, the choreography felt deliberately familiar: the honor guard at the Great Hall of the People, the state banquet, and warm personal tributes, with Trump once again calling Xi Jinping…
The BRICS grouping’s foreign ministers’ meeting in New Delhi concluded on Friday without a joint statement, exposing sharp divisions over the escalating crisis in West Asia. As Iran traded accusations with the United Arab Emirates, India found itself navigating a…
As foreign ministers from an expanded BRICS gathered in India’s capital this week, the gathering carried the weight of a world in flux. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, chairing the sessions, did not mince words. “Peace cannot be piecemeal”, he…
In the early hours of 7 May 2025, the Indian Air Force executed a highly precise military operation that lasted exactly 23 minutes. Indian forces struck nine targets across Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir using precision munitions, satellite-guided weapons, and loitering…
In the pantheon of diplomatic upgrades, “Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” sounds like typical bureaucratic inflation. Yet the elevation of ties between India and Vietnam on May 6th carries more substance than the label suggests. As both countries mark the tenth…
India and Vietnam elevated their bilateral ties to an Enhanced Comprehensive Strategic Partnership on Wednesday and set an ambitious target of $25 billion in annual trade by 2030, as Vietnamese President To Lam held talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
