Foreign Affairs

EAM S Jaishankar Discusses Border Stability with UN Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop 

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met with UN Special Envoy on Myanmar, Julie Bishop, in New Delhi on March 25, 2025. The discussion focused on several critical issues, including border stability, the refugee...

Symbolic Moves, But Substantial Change Eludes India-China Ties

Understanding the complexity of geopolitics in Asia is not easy. In the context of India-China relations, this complexity is awfully glaring. Despite a trust deficit, which widened further after the June 2020 Galwan Valley...

US Army Will Not Conduct Typhon’s Live-Fire Operation in Philippines

Manila: The US Army will not conduct a live-fire operation of its Mid-Range Capability missile system, known as Typhon, during exercises in the Philippines this spring, according to the service commander in charge of...

Massive European Rearmament Plan Endorsed by EU Leaders 

The Hague:  European Union leaders have wrapped up a busy week for defence, endorsing a landmark plan to unlock a combined €800 billion ($866 billion) in European military spending, though some political fissures became...

Peace Operations Face Serious Barriers: UN Secretary-General

New York: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Security Council’s work ranges from early warning to preventive diplomacy, from peacemaking to verifying peace agreements to protecting civilians, from negotiating ceasefires to helping parties implement...

Strengthening Cyber Ties: EAM Jaishankar Invited to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has been invited to visit Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia as part of India's efforts to strengthen cyber ties with these Baltic nations. This initiative comes in response to...

Iran’s Refusal to Negotiate May Lead to Military Confrontation with US

Tel Aviv: A military confrontation between the US and Iran looks today a very realistic scenario as Tehran rejected any possible form of negotiations with Washington. Iran's Foreign Minister said talks with the United States...

Iranian Shipping Communication Networks Disrupted by Cyber Attacks

Tel Aviv: While Iran is galloping to the nuclear bomb, its economic assets are being disrupted by Cyber attacks. A hacker group called Lab Dookhtegan said it has disrupted the communication networks of 116 ships...

Chinese Satellites Practicing ‘Dogfighting’ in Space to Simulate Orbital Combat

Washington: US “near peer” adversaries are “practicing dogfighting” in space to simulate orbital combat in yet another step up their wide-ranging effort to develop capabilities to deny, disrupt, degrade and/or destroy US space capabilities,...

Rajnath Singh Urges Dutch Counterpart to Stop Arms Supplies and Mil-Tech to Pakistan

New Delhi: During a recent meeting here,  Defence Minister Rajnath Singh urged his Dutch counterpart, Ruben Brekelmans, to halt arms supplies and military technology transfers to Pakistan, which India accuses of sponsoring terrorism. Singh emphasised...

India’s Civil Nuclear Program One of the Most Diverse and Robust Globally: Director General, IAEA  

New Delhi: In a boost to India’s nuclear development, Rafael Mariano Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), recently emphasised the dynamic nature of India's nuclear sector during the Raisina...

There’s No ‘Kill Switch’ on F-35 Stealth Fighter Jet: Pentagon

Washington: The Pentagon attempted to reassure its international partners in the F-35 program that there is no “kill switch” on the stealth fighter jet that the US could use to render it ineffective —...

US Continues Air Strikes on Houthi Targets, Reports Claim 50 People Killed Including Rebel Leaders

Tel Aviv: The US wave of strikes on targets of the Houthi rebels in Yemen continued on March 16. Reports from Yemen claim that at least 50 people were killed so far including some...
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