The Quad, revived by Trump in 2017, picked up steam during Biden’s tenure. However, India, which has held rotating presidency of Indo-Pacific grouping since 2025, has not yet finalised summit dates.
This is the first visit by a South Korean president in eight years. The two leaders agreed to expand the existing bilateral trade to $50 billion by 2030.
Shift from dollar to yuan could threaten petrodollar system, a 1970s arrangement where oil-exporting nations price their oil exclusively in US dollars in exchange for US security guarantees.
The latest request by the Maldivian govt to roll-over a $400 million currency swap line has raised alarm bells in New Delhi. If granted, this would be the 3rd extension of the loan.
The incident comes as confusion remains over the status of the critical waterway. Tehran has declared the strait closed as US continues its naval blockade of Iranian ports.
Commander Purnendu Tiwary, the 8th Indian naval veteran who was pardoned by Amir of Qatar along in February 2024 on charges of espionage, has now been sentenced to imprisonment in a different case.
Ukraine’s Secretary of of the National Security and defence Council Rustem Umerov is currently in the national capital and held meetings with NSA Ajit Doval and EAM S. Jaishankar.
Tehran has maintained that Lebanon is a part of the ceasefire mediated by Pakistan and announced last week by the US, Israel and Iran. However, Israel and the US had said otherwise.
LoI focuses on enhancing defence industrial cooperation and technology cooperation. It builds on the India-EU security and defence partnership signed this year.
Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.
The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.
American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.
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