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International Affairs
At the 18th BRICS Summit in New Delhi, India converted convening power into diplomatic leverage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s engagements with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, emerging Iran-UAE contacts, renewed peace…
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As Xi and Putin land in Delhi for BRICS 2026, India juggles a China thaw, a Russia bear-hug, an Egypt embrace, a Congress civil war over “tangible benefits”, and a Middle East on fire - all under one roof at Bharat…
·6 min read
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives in Bishkek for the 26th SCO summit carrying momentum from Tashkent today, where India and Uzbekistan sealed a uranium deal and a strategic upgrade. Between countering terrorism…
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Bangladesh says it's "open" to joining the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan defence pact. That word choice is doing a lot of work. It's not a signature, but it's not nothing either - and for India, it confirms a drift that's been…
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Trump declared the Strait of Hormuz "New US Territory" via an AI-generated map, insisting it's open and mine-free. Iran mocked the claim, comparing it to annexing California, and vowed the strait stays shut until…
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As India marks 80 years of independence on 15 August 2026, a fresh 36-country Pew survey shows a nation admired in London, Nairobi and Colombo, distrusted in Islamabad and Ankara, and viewed with growing suspicion even…
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Melting ice and a burning Middle East have handed China a new trade lane - and a head start. As Beijing turns the Northern Sea Route into a working shipping business, it is quietly redrawing the map of who controls…
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On August 7, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan signed the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement, an "Islamic NATO"-style mutual-defence pact, in Islam's holiest city rather than any capital. Born from doubts about US…
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Donald Trump has declared a "historic" deal for Hamas to fully disarm in Gaza, brokered by his Board of Peace. But Netanyahu calls it inadequate, Hamas ties disarmament to a full Israeli pullout, and Washington…
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In recent times America's trade policy has become a rolling emergency. Though struck down by the Supreme Court, Trump's tariffs have returned through new legal loopholes, hitting 60 nations under a "forced labour"…
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Washington and Riyadh have signed a civilian nuclear cooperation pact that could let Saudi Arabia enrich uranium on its own soil. Announced this week and now headed to Congress, the deal marks a historic shift in US…
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Andy Burnham entered Downing Street on July 20, 2026, without winning a general election. He inherits a stagnant economy, a fractured Labour Party, and an anxious relationship with Washington, Beijing and Brussels…
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Keir Starmer announced his resignation as Labour leader on 22 June 2026 after a mutiny within his own party, but before leaving Downing Street he unveiled a near-£300 billion, drone-heavy defence plan - a move critics…
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The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February 2026 has produced an irony as profound as it is unexpected - the killing of the world's most prominent Shia leader by a US-Israeli strike has, at least…
·6 min read
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The historic June 2026 US-Iran framework agreement marks a volatile culmination to over 100 days of devastating attrition, fundamentally shifting Middle Eastern security paradigms while altering India’s energy and…
·4 min read
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The United States and Iran appear locked between diplomacy and military escalation as tensions over the Strait of Hormuz intensify. While President Donald Trump has temporarily postponed military action following…
·6 min read
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The ongoing confrontation between Iran and the United States has brought renewed global attention to the Strait of Hormuz—a narrow maritime chokepoint vital to global energy flows. Despite superior Western military…
·6 min read
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Pakistan’s emergence as a diplomatic intermediary between the United States and Iran has introduced an unexpected variable into South Asia’s strategic equation. For a country more often associated in global discourse…
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