International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Explained: Not just oil and gas, the West Asia conflict is hitting core Indian industries
While oil prices have attracted the most attention, the West Asia conflict is disrupting a far wider range of commodity flows — including fertilizers, LNG, a...
Why the US just gave India a 30-Day emergency window to buy ‘stranded’ Russian oil amid the Iran war
The United States Treasury Department, through its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), issued General License 133 — a 30-day emergency waiver allowing I...
‘Essential partner’: US gives India one-month waiver to buy Russia oil
The US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a temporary 30-day general licence authorising the delivery and sale of Russian-origin crude...
Days before IRIS Dena sinking, India approved urgent docking for Iranian ship in Kochi
On February 28, 2026 — the same day the US-Israel strikes on Iran commenced — the Iranian government approached India reporting that the naval vessel IRIS La...
Before it was sunk by US, Iranian ship was offered shelter by India
An Iranian naval vessel (IRIS Dena) that was sunk by a US submarine in the Indian Ocean on March 4, 2026 had previously participated in India's multilateral ...
Finland President Alexander Stubb: See India as a peacemaker… one of the few countries that can talk to everyone
Finland's President Alexander Stubb, speaking at the Raisina Dialogue 2026 in New Delhi (March 5–7), described India as one of the few countries capable of b...
9,000 Indians stuck in Iran, Centre works on plan to bring them home
Approximately 9,000 Indian nationals — including students, pilgrims, business professionals, and seafarers — were stranded in Iran when the US-Israel militar...
Merchant ships continue to be stranded upstream of Strait of Hormuz
Following US-Israeli military strikes on Iran in late February 2026 — including the killing of Iran's supreme leader — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Cor...
We back America over Iran, but now we just need to de-escalate this war: Finland President Alexander Stubb
Finland's President Alexander Stubb, in a public interview, stated that Finland would back the US against Iran while also acknowledging that both the US and ...
Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena
On 4 March 2026 — the same day the US Navy submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off the coast of Sri Lanka — a second Iranian naval shi...
China lowers its growth target to least ambitious since 1991. Six charts explain its weakening economy
At the annual session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) in early March 2026, the government announced its official GDP growth target for 2026 at 4....
Russia has provided Iran with information that can help Iran strike U.S. military, AP sources say
US officials and intelligence assessments indicated that Russia had been providing Iran with real-time satellite imagery and intelligence data identifying th...
Iran vessel with 183 sailors docked in Kochi on March 4
Iran's naval vessel IRIS Lavan, a 2,500-tonne Hengam-class landing ship, docked at the naval port of Kochi on March 4, 2026, after developing technical/engin...
Saudi Arabia Has Intensified Direct Line to Iran to Defuse War
Saudi Arabia intensified direct diplomatic engagement with Iran in March 2026, deploying high-level officials through a backchannel to prevent the US-Israel ...
Why does India require U.S. nod for securing its energy needs, ask Opposition leaders
India's parliamentary opposition raised sharp questions after the US Treasury Secretary's remarks framed India's purchase of Russian oil as something the US ...
India must ask U.S. why it is targeting Iranian ships in Indian Ocean: Iran Minister Khatibzadeh
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh, visiting New Delhi for the Raisina Dialogue 2026, publicly called on India to question the United States ab...
Watch: Iranian warship strike near Sri Lanka raises questions for India
On March 4, 2026, a US Navy fast-attack submarine torpedoed and sank the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena in international waters approximately 25 miles south ...
Iran Guards say targeted U.S. base in UAE over school strike in Minab
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have targeted a US military base in the UAE in retaliation for an airstrike on the Shajareh Tayyeb...
Crude Politics: Centre hails US oil waiver as 'diplomatic win'; Opposition slams 'strategic surrender'
The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a temporary 30-day waiver on March 5–6, 2026, authorising Indian refiners to purc...
West Asia conflict could lift India's inflation, hit GDP growth: Economists
Economists from institutions including SBI Research and JPMorgan warned in early March 2026 that the ongoing West Asia conflict — triggered by the U.S.-Israe...