European Union leaders are preparing for a difficult battle over the bloc’s next long-term budget, with disagreements over spending priorities and fears of electoral gains by eurosceptic parties threatening efforts to reach
by Our Correspondent in Doha In an unprecedented move signalling a dramatic shift in regional dynamics, Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Defence, Prince Khalid bin Salman, has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran,
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US President Donald Trump wasn’t joking. As promised, he has launched a dramatic overhaul of his country’s trade policy, introducing sweeping tariffs to force what he calls a rebalancing of imports and
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President Donald Trump wants to be a modern ‘Stupor Mundi or wonder of the world. The last ‘stupor mundi’ was the celebrated German Holy Roman Emperor and crusader, Federick II, known as
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The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value. This drive to ‘civilise’ public discourse has been especially aimed at illiberal democracies or post-socialist societies that are
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In January 2025, Indonesia – the world’s fourth-largest country by population (282 million) with the seventh-largest Gross Domestic Product by purchasing power parity – joined the BRICS+ bloc. Eleven countries are now in this
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An April 10, 2025, report indicated that no suspect movement of any LWE (Left-Wing Extremist) cadres was noticed during a combing operation in the forest areas in Wayanad (Kerala). A three-day joint
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Late spring is full of vitality. As China and Vietnam celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations, I will soon pay a state visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Comrade To
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With the foreplay over and US-Iranian talks commencing in Muscat on Saturday, a constructive engagement has begun in right earnestness. The sure sign of it is that Iran’s currency rose nearly 6
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India’s aspiring middle class is grappling with an unprecedented wave of personal debt, as years of aggressive retail lending and rising living costs converge into a national financial crisis, according to a
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A version of this column originally appeared in The Daily Pioneer, New Delhi, on 12 April 2025 -Editors Less than twelve hours after proudly boasting at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC)
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In a stark admission of America’s economic contradictions, former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick made a striking statement about the state of global trade relations, declaring that countries should
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In a bold diplomatic maneuver, officials in Somaliland have proposed a deal to U.S. President Donald Trump, offering recognition of the self-declared republic’s sovereignty in exchange for the lease of the strategically
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A CIA report later revealed that J.R. placed his hopes in America and his foreign allies to help him weather the storm of the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord. But as their silence grew
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The UK government has unveiled draft legislation that would give ministers sweeping powers to seize control of steel assets under threat of closure. The bill, set to be debated in a rare
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In a haunting reminder of India’s protracted internal conflict, the central government’s militarised approach toward tackling Maoist insurgency in the mineral-rich Bastar region of Chhattisgarh has deepened the marginalisation of the Adivasi
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