International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Why UK’s plan to cede the Chagos islands appears to be coming apart
The United Kingdom has been forced to pause its plan to hand over sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after sustained opposition from US Presiden...
Year after Sindoor, Vance lands at Pakistan’s Nur Khan airbase
One year after India's Operation Sindoor — which included strikes on Nur Khan airbase near Rawalpindi — US Vice President JD Vance visited the same base, sig...
Iran’s untraced mines in Strait of Hormuz: Why naval mines are difficult to detect
Iranian forces deployed naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz beginning in early March 2026 as a strategic response to US-Israeli military operations, severely...
India-flagged LPG tanker Jag Vikram crosses Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran ceasefire
India-flagged LPG tanker Jag Vikram became one of the first vessels to cross the Strait of Hormuz after the US-Iran ceasefire came into effect on April 8, 20...
LPG tanker Jag Vikram crosses Strait of Hormuz; first India-flagged vessel to transit after Iran-U.S. ceasefire
The Jag Vikram, an LPG carrier owned by Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company, became the first India-flagged vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz af...
Trump says U.S. forces are ‘clearing’ Strait of Hormuz
US President Donald Trump posted on social media that US forces are actively "clearing" the Strait of Hormuz, even as US and Iranian senior officials convene...
Reiterated demand for Hasina extradition with India: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Rahman
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman confirmed that Bangladesh has reiterated its formal demand for the extradition of deposed former Prime Minister S...
U.K. pauses its plan to cede Chagos Islands after U.S. opposition
The United Kingdom has paused its legislative plan to return sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after US President Donald Trump withdrew support...
Gap between rich and poor nations growing even wider: U.N. report
A UN report (Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026), released in April 2026, warned that the gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wi...
Goyal holds talks with Saudi trade minister on strengthening supply chains
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held bilateral talks with Saudi Arabia's Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi on strengthening supply cha...
U.S. official denies report Washington agreed to unfreeze Iran assets
A senior US official denied reports that Washington had agreed to unfreeze Iran's sanctioned assets as part of the Islamabad ceasefire talks, pushing back ag...
U.S. and Iran envoys meet Pakistani PM as negotiations get under way
High-level US-Iran direct peace talks commenced in Islamabad on April 11, 2026, as both delegations separately met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ah...
Iranian delegation reaches Islamabad for peace talks with U.S. as world waits for deal to end conflict
Iran's 71-member delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Islamabad for direct peace...
Work resumes on Bhutan's Punatsangchhu-I hydropower project after 7-year halt
Construction on Bhutan's 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project has resumed after a seven-year halt (2019–2026) caused by severe geological challenge...
Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food staple
The six-week-old West Asia war (from February 28, 2026) has triggered a fuel and fertilizer supply crisis that is forcing rice farmers across Southeast Asia ...
1st Indian vessel crosses Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran ceasefire
The LPG tanker Jag Vikram, owned by Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company, became the first India-flagged vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz follow...
Watch: Who is Amit Kshatriya, the mind behind NASA’s Moon programme?
As NASA's Artemis II mission completed the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years on April 10, 2026, attention turned to the key figures behind the progra...
Piyush Goyal holds talks with Saudi Arabia trade minister on stronger supply chains
India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met with Saudi Arabia's Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi on the sidelines of an international economic for...
Watch: Global oil crisis: Why is India’s transport sector far more exposed than China’s?
As crude oil prices surged nearly 67% in the weeks following the Strait of Hormuz closure (late February 2026), the differential impact on India and China's ...
Israel-Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian delegation in Pakistan for talks with U.S., Vance en route
An Iranian diplomatic delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, arrived in Islamabad for talks with US representatives led by Vice P...