International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Oil surges past $100 as West Asia war escalates, raising supply fears
Brent crude oil prices surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2022, triggered by the escalating US-Israel military campaign against Iran that beg...
G7 to discuss joint release of emergency oil reserves: Report
G7 energy ministers convened an emergency meeting on March 9, 2026, to coordinate the release of emergency oil reserves in response to the crisis caused by I...
Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using white phosphorus in new Lebanon attacks
Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report on March 9, 2026, accusing Israel of unlawfully using artillery-fired white phosphorus munitions over residential...
Parliament Budget Session LIVE: Lok Sabha adjourned till 3 pm amid Opposition protests; Kiren Rijiju lashes out
Lok Sabha was adjourned till 3 PM on March 9, 2026, as Opposition members disrupted proceedings demanding a full-fledged debate on the escalating West Asia c...
Watch: From protests to power: RSP’s victory reshapes Nepal politics | The Hindu Editorial
Nepal's Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won a near-supermajority in the 2026 Nepalese general election, capturing 182 of 275 seats in the House of Representat...
India backs dialogue, prioritises safety of Indians amid West Asia conflict: Jaishankar
India formally backed dialogue and diplomacy as the path to resolving the West Asia conflict, with the government calling for de-escalation, restraint, and p...
Congress MPs move suspension of business notice in Rajya Sabha, Lok Sabha to discuss West Asia Conflict
Congress MPs Manish Tewari (Lok Sabha) and Randeep Surjewala (Rajya Sabha) moved suspension-of-business notices in their respective Houses to seek urgent dis...
Parliament Budget session LIVE: Jaishankar addresses Parliament on West Asia war; speaks on Indians stranded in the region and energy security situation
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed the Rajya Sabha on March 9, 2026, making a formal ministerial statement on the ongoing West Asia conflict (...
‘Contact with Iran leadership difficult’: Jaishankar spells out India’s position on Middle East war
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar told Parliament that leadership-level contact with Iran is "obviously difficult at this time" given the ongoing confl...
GMS seeks EU nod for Indian ship recyclers
GMS (Global Maritime Services), the world's leading cash buyer of ships for recycling, is urging the European Commission to grant recognition to Indian ship ...
Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, Norway’s Deputy Foreign Minister: India ascending, we believe no problem can be resolved without its participation
Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik, Norway's Deputy Foreign Minister, expressed cautious optimism about the possibility of an Iran nuclear deal while expressing concer...
Generational shift: On the Nepal election, the results
The 2026 Nepalese general election produced a historic result: the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), led by former Kathmandu mayor and ex-rapper Balendra "Bale...
The new Canada-India economic alignment emerges
A new phase in Canada-India relations emerged in early 2026, driven by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's four-day visit to India (February 27 – March 2, ...
Who is Mojtaba Khamenei? Iran’s new Supreme Leader set to succeed his father Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Iran's Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei as the country's third Supreme Leader following his father Ali Khamenei's death on February 28, 2026, raisi...
With an eye on Trump visit, China weighs Iran response
China is carefully managing its response to the ongoing US-led conflict against Iran while simultaneously preparing for a planned visit by President Donald T...
Iran names Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, as new supreme leader: state media
Iranian state media announced that the Assembly of Experts had formally named Mojtaba Khamenei — son of the late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei — as Iran's new ...
ISRO and ESA sign agreement for Earth Observation missions
On March 4, 2026, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a formal arrangement for joint calibration, valida...
Iran Elevates Khamenei Son as Increased Strikes Shake Region
Iran's Assembly of Experts formally named Mojtaba Khamenei, son of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the Islamic Republic's new Supreme Lead...
Jaishankar to speak on West Asia conflict in Parliament on March 9
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar announced he would make a formal statement in Parliament on March 9, 2026, on India's position regarding the ongoing ...
Why did the U.S. Supreme Court reject Trump’s tariffs? | Explained
On February 20, 2026, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorise the President...