International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Reiterated demand for Hasina extradition with India: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Rahman
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman confirmed that Bangladesh has reiterated its formal demand for the extradition of deposed former Prime Minister S...
U.K. pauses its plan to cede Chagos Islands after U.S. opposition
The United Kingdom has paused its legislative plan to return sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after US President Donald Trump withdrew support...
Gap between rich and poor nations growing even wider: U.N. report
A UN report (Financing for Sustainable Development Report 2026), released in April 2026, warned that the gap between rich and poor nations is growing even wi...
Goyal holds talks with Saudi trade minister on strengthening supply chains
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held bilateral talks with Saudi Arabia's Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi on strengthening supply cha...
U.S. official denies report Washington agreed to unfreeze Iran assets
A senior US official denied reports that Washington had agreed to unfreeze Iran's sanctioned assets as part of the Islamabad ceasefire talks, pushing back ag...
U.S. and Iran envoys meet Pakistani PM as negotiations get under way
High-level US-Iran direct peace talks commenced in Islamabad on April 11, 2026, as both delegations separately met Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif ah...
Iranian delegation reaches Islamabad for peace talks with U.S. as world waits for deal to end conflict
Iran's 71-member delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Islamabad for direct peace...
Work resumes on Bhutan's Punatsangchhu-I hydropower project after 7-year halt
Construction on Bhutan's 1,200 MW Punatsangchhu-I Hydroelectric Project has resumed after a seven-year halt (2019–2026) caused by severe geological challenge...
Fuel shortages from Iran war threaten Asia’s biggest food staple
The six-week-old West Asia war (from February 28, 2026) has triggered a fuel and fertilizer supply crisis that is forcing rice farmers across Southeast Asia ...
1st Indian vessel crosses Strait of Hormuz after US-Iran ceasefire
The LPG tanker Jag Vikram, owned by Mumbai-based Great Eastern Shipping Company, became the first India-flagged vessel to transit the Strait of Hormuz follow...
Watch: Who is Amit Kshatriya, the mind behind NASA’s Moon programme?
As NASA's Artemis II mission completed the first crewed lunar flyby in over 50 years on April 10, 2026, attention turned to the key figures behind the progra...
Piyush Goyal holds talks with Saudi Arabia trade minister on stronger supply chains
India's Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal met with Saudi Arabia's Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi on the sidelines of an international economic for...
Watch: Global oil crisis: Why is India’s transport sector far more exposed than China’s?
As crude oil prices surged nearly 67% in the weeks following the Strait of Hormuz closure (late February 2026), the differential impact on India and China's ...
Israel-Iran war LIVE updates: Iranian delegation in Pakistan for talks with U.S., Vance en route
An Iranian diplomatic delegation, led by Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, arrived in Islamabad for talks with US representatives led by Vice P...
Jaishankar’s ‘last-minute’ UAE visit: Talks to touch upon Emirati stance on West Asia crisis & Pakistan
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar made a last-minute visit to the UAE (April 11–12, 2026) to hold bilateral discussions with his counterpart, UAE Forei...
Can Bagher Ghalibaf, Iran’s ‘pragmatic hardliner’, deliver a deal? Peace talks in Islamabad today
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Iran's Majles (Parliament), emerged as Iran's lead negotiator in the Islamabad peace talks with the United States, held ...
Foreign Secretary Misri wraps up U.S. visit with talks to deepen nuclear ties, explore LPG exports
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri concluded a three-day visit to Washington DC (April 8–10, 2026), holding high-level meetings with Secretary of State Marco Rub...
Iran has 'no cards' beyond Strait of Hormuz control, says Trump ahead of talks in Islamabad
Ahead of talks between US and Iranian representatives in Islamabad — facilitated by Pakistan — US President Donald Trump publicly asserted that Iran holds on...
Firmly oppose the targeting of civilians and infrastructure in West Asia conflict, says Jaishankar
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, attending the 9th Indian Ocean Conference (IOC) in Mauritius, stated that India "firmly opposes the targeting of civ...
Trump says U.S. will have Strait of Hormuz 'open fairly soon'
President Donald Trump stated that the United States will have the Strait of Hormuz "open fairly soon," signalling continued pressure on Iran to lift its blo...