International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Iran-Israel conflict heightens risks to India’s energy security, inflation and fiscal stability: Government review
A government review has identified the escalating Iran-Israel conflict as a multidimensional threat to India's economic stability, with interlocking risks to...
Sri Lanka to treat Iranian sailors according to ‘international law'
Sri Lanka's navy rescued 32 Iranian sailors from the frigate IRIS Dena after it was sunk by a US submarine off Sri Lanka's southern coast; 84 bodies were als...
‘Approached from a point of humanity,’ Jaishankar on why India let Iran warship dock in Kochi
The Iranian Navy vessel IRIS Lavan, an amphibious landing ship, docked at Kochi port on March 4, 2026, after Iran reported severe technical difficulties whil...
Iran President apologises for strikes on neighbouring countries, says attacks caused by miscommunication
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a public apology on March 7, 2026, to neighbouring Gulf Arab states for Iranian missile and drone strikes that str...
Hong Kong firm seeks $2 billion over Panama's takeover of 2 key canal ports
Panama's Supreme Court ruled the concession granted to Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings to operate the Balboa (Pacific side) and Cristobal (Atlantic sid...
Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts
As the Iran-Israel conflict has disrupted oil, gas and commodities supply chains, multiple companies have invoked force majeure clauses in their contracts — ...
Gulf crisis threatens one-fifth of India’s farm exports: GTRI report
A GTRI (Global Trade Research Initiative) report has found that the Gulf crisis threatens approximately one-fifth of India's total agricultural exports — wit...
A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US
Ship attacks and maritime disruptions stemming from the 2026 Iran war — including Iranian strikes on Gulf infrastructure, Houthi threats to resume Red Sea at...
India’s strained ties with Dhaka create a potential ‘three-front encirclement’. US official explains how
Wolfgang Petermann, a US Army official assigned to the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA), has argued that India's strained ties with Bangladesh under Chief A...
After MILAN, Sri Lanka invited IRIS Dena but turned it away as US-Iran tensions escalated, says report
Following the MILAN 2026 naval exercise and International Fleet Review in Visakhapatnam, the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena was returning to Iran when it was...
Pakistan court sentences 47 leaders, supporters of Imran Khan's party to 10 years imprisonment
A Pakistani Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) sentenced 47 leaders and supporters of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) to 10 years imprisonment and a PKR 500,000 f...
Bangladesh voted against radical Islamists; has hopes for Tarique Rahman: Taslima Nasrin
Bangladesh held its 13th parliamentary election on February 12, 2026 — the first since the student-led uprising of 2024 that ended Sheikh Hasina's 15-year ru...
Donald Trump vows ‘Iran will be hit very hard’
US President Donald Trump declared "Today Iran will be hit very hard!" in a social media post on March 7, 2026, as the US and Israel continued strikes on Teh...
'Wanted to come into our port': EAM Jaishankar on India's rescue of Iranian ships
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar confirmed that India granted permission for IRIS Lavan, an Iranian warship facing technical difficulties, to dock in ...
India got best trade deal with US among competing nations; both share powerful relationship: Piyush Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, speaking at Raisina Dialogue 2026, stated that India secured the best trade deal with the United States compared...
West Asia conflict threatens India’s $11.8 billion agri exports: GTRI
A report by the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) flagged that India's agricultural exports to West Asia — valued at $11.8 billion — are under serious ...
‘We are attacking US bases, not neighbours; India-Iran relations deep’: Abdul Majid Hakim Elahi, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei’s representative in India
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi made a carefully worded statement distinguishing Iran's military campaign from attacks on neighbouring states: "We hav...
In a warring world, how India can brace for a crisis that goes beyond oil
As the Israel-US-Iran war entered its second week and the Strait of Hormuz remained disrupted, analysis highlighted that India faces a cascading crisis that ...
Challenges to China’s economy, noted in key policy meeting, and how they can be tackled
China's annual National People's Congress (NPC) session, held in early March 2026, acknowledged significant economic challenges: weak consumer demand, a prol...
Israel-Iran war LIVE: Explosion reportedly heard over Dubai airport, but city officials deny any incidents
By March 7, 2026 — the eighth day of the Israel-US-Iran war (which began February 28) — active hostilities continued across multiple fronts, with explosions ...