With a fragile ceasefire in the West Asia conflict hanging by a thread and US negotiators preparing for another round of talks with Iran in Pakistan, President Donald Trump’s approach to the region is under intense scrutiny from the American…
They were supposed to be miracle injections: weekly shots that could tame type 2 diabetes and melt away stubborn kilograms with remarkable ease. But for growing numbers of patients around the world, the promise of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound…
They were supposed to be miracle injections: weekly shots that could tame type 2 diabetes and melt away stubborn kilograms with remarkable ease. But for growing numbers of patients around the world, the promise of Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound…
Just 24 hours after briefly declaring the Strait of Hormuz open to commercial traffic, Iran has reversed course again, fully reimposing restrictions and firing on vessels attempting to transit the waterway. On April 18th, Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats fired warning…
The Strait of Hormuz, a channel barely three kilometres wide at its narrowest point, has once again demonstrated its power to unsettle the global economy. On April 18th, Iranian gunboats fired on a tanker in the waterway, and Tehran announced…
Two days after the collapse of direct negotiations between the United States and Iran in Islamabad, President Donald Trump held a nearly 40-minute telephone conversation with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 14. The call, the third between the…
The collapse of direct talks between the United States and Iran in Islamabad marks a sobering setback for efforts to stabilise a region already strained by six weeks of conflict. After 21 hours of negotiations, which began on April 11…
As of early April 2026, a two-week truce between Washington and Tehran has brought a momentary halt to direct hostilities. Yet the agreement already looks precarious, tested by continuing violence elsewhere and profound disagreements over its terms. A two-week ceasefire…
As Donald Trump’s 8pm Washington deadline looms on Tuesday, the world is confronting not just another flashpoint in the Middle East but a stark moral and diplomatic reckoning: almost every major voice on the international stage — from the United…
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have entered the month-old Middle East conflict with missile launches towards Israel, raising the prospect of renewed attacks on commercial shipping in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait and compounding disruptions already caused by the effective closure…
The United States is deploying thousands more Marines and sailors to the Middle East, even as President Donald Trump indicated his administration is considering “winding down” military operations against Iran, highlighting the contradictory messages emanating from Washington as the conflict…
Spanning more than 2,500 years of recorded history and roots stretching back millennia further, Iran stands today as one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations, its people and institutions having navigated conquests, dynastic shifts, foreign invasions and internal upheavals while…
As the US and Israel launched a joint coordinated attack on Iran , United Kingdom on Saturday asserted that it had no role to play in these strikes but expressed its support to common strategic cause, saying the current regime…
When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in New Delhi in February 2024, accompanied by one of the largest Brazilian business delegations in recent history, the visit transcended the standard ceremonial reaffirmation of bilateral ties. It signaled a tectonic shift…
In a measured but significant step toward mending one of the most strained relationships among major democracies, India and Canada have agreed on a “shared work plan” for national security and law enforcement cooperation, including the deployment of dedicated liaison…
In a move that signals deepening middle-power collaboration in critical technologies, India and Malaysia on Sunday signed a framework agreement to strengthen cooperation in semiconductors, marking the most tangible outcome of a strategic partnership upgraded less than two years ago…
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s high-profile visit to India this week, culminating in 16 agreements and a ambitious roadmap to $100 billion in bilateral trade by 2030, has thrust the enduring India-Russia partnership into the global spotlight amid escalating U.S. tariffs…
The Million-Man Lifeline: How India’s Workers Are Rewiring Russia and Rewriting Geopolitics As Russian President Vladimir Putin wrapped up his whirlwind two-day visit to India, the global spotlight fixated on defiant pledges of uninterrupted energy supplies and a bold roadmap…
G20 Johannesburg 2025: Leaders Sign 122-Point Declaration While Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan and Congo Burn – The Summit That Chose Trade Deals Over Human Lives They flew in on private jets, smiled for the cameras, shook hands beneath a backdrop blaring…
India Accelerates Drone Warfare Push with $140m Autonomous Combat Hub in Andhra Pradesh In a move underscoring New Delhi’s fervent drive towards technological sovereignty in military hardware, the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has inked a landmark memorandum of…
