International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
U.S. intel official says Iran's regime still intact but refuses to discuss talks with Trump about war
A senior U.S. intelligence official stated publicly that Iran's governing regime remains structurally intact despite three weeks of sustained US-Israel milit...
QatarEnergy reports 'extensive damage' after missile attacks on Ras Laffan industrial city
Iran launched five ballistic missiles at Qatar; four were intercepted by air defences, but one struck Ras Laffan Industrial City — the world's largest LNG pr...
U.S. Fed holds rates unchanged over ‘uncertain’ Iran war implications
The US Federal Reserve voted to hold its benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at 3.5%–3.75% for the second consecutive meeting, citing "uncertain" implicat...
India weighs joining European sixth-generation fighter jet programmes FCAS or GCAP
India is actively weighing the option of joining one of two European sixth-generation fighter jet programmes: France-Germany-Spain's Future Combat Air System...
Modi speaks to Kuwait Crown Prince; says safe, free navigation through Strait of Hormuz top priority
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah amid the escalatin...
Pakistan’s long-range ballistic missiles could potentially target U.S.: Tulsi Gabbard
US Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard, presenting the 2026 Annual Threat Assessment to the Senate Intelligence Committee, warned that Paki...
Syria unveils plan to eliminate Assad’s chemical weapons
Syria's new government, under President Ahmed al-Sharaa (post-Assad, since December 2024), unveiled a plan — supported by Washington — to systematically elim...
Second edition of IOS SAGAR set to boost maritime cooperation in Indian Ocean Region
The second edition of the Indian Ocean Ship (IOS) SAGAR initiative commenced on March 16, 2026, reaffirming India's commitment to collaborative maritime secu...
China-bound Russian oil tanker diverted to India
The Russian Aframax tanker Aqua Titan, originally carrying 7.7 lakh barrels of Urals crude and headed to the Chinese port of Rizhao, reversed course in the S...
22 India-bound ships on Hormuz evacuation list
India has 22 ships stranded on the western side of the Strait of Hormuz, carrying over 5 lakh tonnes of LNG and LPG and 16.76 lakh tonnes of crude oil — asse...
Iran hits Gulf energy sites after attack on its gas field
Israel, in coordination with the United States, struck Iran's South Pars gas field — the world's largest natural gas field — targeting Phases 3, 4, 5, and 6;...
Tribal Affairs Minister meets Vietnam counterpart to discuss Memorandum of Cooperation
India's Tribal Affairs Minister met his Vietnamese counterpart to discuss a draft Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) focused on tribal and indigenous community ...
China Gains Edge From Trump’s War With Iran, Officials Say
China's military and strategic community have been studying the US-Israel campaign against Iran as a live-fire laboratory, scrutinising American offensive ca...
2 lakh MT LPG, 16.7 lakh MT crude stuck in India-flagged vessels in Strait of Hormuz: Officials
Official data confirmed that 22 Indian-flagged vessels are stranded on the western side of the Strait of Hormuz, collectively carrying over 1.7 million metri...
Amid supply crunch, govt offers 10% additional commercial LPG to states. But there’s a condition
Facing a domestic LPG supply crunch caused by the Strait of Hormuz closure, the Indian government has offered states a 10% additional allocation of commercia...
India to stay focussed on food stockholding solution as WTO draft sidesteps key issues
Ahead of the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon (March 26-29, 2026), a draft text on agriculture has sidestepped India's demand for ...
Indian crude oil tanker “Jag Laadki” docks at Mundra with UAE shipment
The Indian-flagged crude oil tanker MT Jag Laadki docked at Adani Ports Mundra (Gujarat) on March 18, 2026, carrying 80,886 metric tonnes of crude oil loaded...
Fuel, fertilizer, and food: The long tail of Iran conflict for India
The ongoing West Asia conflict, triggered by US-Israeli strikes against Iran from late February 2026, has disrupted the Strait of Hormuz, through which rough...
Brothers & arms: The Taliban’s complicated relationship with Pakistan
Pakistan launched an airstrike on a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul on March 16, 2026, which the Taliban government says killed over 400 people (the UN r...
Israel claims it killed Iran Intelligence Minister; Tehran vows revenge for strike on gas field
Israel confirmed the killing of Iran's Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib on March 18, 2026 — one day after killing Iran's national security chief Ali Larij...