International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
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 ...
The final voyage of the Iranian warship sunk by the US
On March 4, 2026, a US Navy nuclear-powered submarine (USS Charlotte) torpedoed and sank the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena in international waters approxima...
‘We had asked India to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil this fall, they did,’ says U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent revealed that the US had earlier asked India to stop buying sanctioned Russian oil, but subsequently "agreed to let India...
West Asia war may slow down India’s economic growth, SBI Research warns
SBI Research issued a warning that the prolonged West Asia conflict could slow India's GDP growth, widen the Current Account Deficit (CAD), and push up domes...
Saudi Defence Minister warns Iran against ‘miscalculation’ after attacks
Saudi Arabia's Defence Minister warned Iran that its missile and drone attacks on Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states constituted a dangerous "miscalculati...
Decision on Iran strikes taken after Modi left Israel: Foreign Minister Sa'ar
Israel's Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar stated that the decision to strike Iran was taken after Prime Minister Modi concluded his February 25–26, 2026 visit t...
U.S. State Department approves ‘emergency’ weapons sale to Israel
The US State Department approved an "emergency" sale of 12,000 BLU-110A/B general purpose 1,000-pound bomb casings to Israel, valued at approximately $151.8 ...