by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
Russia is intensifying its economic incentives to sustain military recruitment for the war in Ukraine, as mounting battlefield losses and slowing enlistment rates increase pressure on the Kremlin’s war strategy. President Vladimir
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Colombia is entering a critical political transition with an economy defined by a sharp duality: significant social improvements on one side and growing macroeconomic vulnerabilities on the other. As President Gustavo Petro
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Sudán’s war has expanded into the Blue Nile region, turning the southeast of the country into a new epicenter of humanitarian collapse as fighting spreads, displacement surges, and humanitarian access deteriorates. The
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The United States is witnessing a dramatic escalation in immigration enforcement as the administration of Donald Trump imposes massive financial penalties on undocumented migrants who have not complied with departure orders. More
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For years, climate change was publicly framed as an environmental and scientific crisis. Behind closed doors, however, some of the United States’ most powerful security agencies were increasingly treating it as a
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The United States and Iran seem to be moving closer to a deal to end the war, recent skirmishing and mixed signals notwithstanding. If concluded – still a big if – this
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It is clear that we are living through a dramatic revolution in warfare brought about by changes in technology. Classic airpower, manned by human pilots, is increasingly being displaced by pilotless drones
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Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, yesterday said the West’s reaction to Ukraine’s deadly drone attack on a Russian school for children indicated the “moral failure” of the West. “If the
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The murder of the Deniyaya doctor shook the entire country during the 1971 rebellion. Many incidents occurred during the 15-day rule of the Deniyaya area by the April 1971 rebels. One of
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For decades, Balochistan’s separatist insurgency remained overwhelmingly male. Armed groups operated through tribal networks, clandestine cells and remote mountain sanctuaries, while women largely remained outside direct militant activity. Even within nationalist politics, female
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For decades, Sri Lanka’s economic trajectory has been severely constrained by a persistent structural vulnerability: the twin deficits. The country has simultaneously run a chronic fiscal deficit and a structural trade deficit,
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Nehru-Liaqat pact had provisions for Muslims migrating to East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) to return till December 31, 1950 if they wished to by offering them many norms that favoured them only. Dr
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Speaking on the anniversary of the nuclear tests conducted in defiance of US warnings, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said: “India will not bow down to anyone”, heralding the successful execution of its
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Lebanon is emerging as a central battleground in the wider Middle East conflict as escalating Israeli strikes and Hezbollah attacks deepen fears of a prolonged regional war ahead of high-stakes negotiations in
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Saudi Arabia is resisting renewed pressure from President Donald Trump to join the Abraham Accords with Israel, underscoring deep regional tensions and unresolved political conditions that continue to block normalization, according to
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