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UK court approves extradition of fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari

The 60-year-old faced two extradition requests from the Indian authorities, the first related to money laundering and the second to tax evasion.

Out of jail in 2030 — how Abu Salem pushed India to honour its promise to Portugal

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Abu Salem fought two rounds of litigation with govt and won both, thanks to a 2002 extradition ‘assurance’ given by India to Portugal.

UK approves extradition of Wikileaks’ founder Julian Assange to the US

Assange’s legal team is expected to cross appeal, which means he could stay in the UK longer.

Why CBI has booked Indians for ‘theft, embezzlement’ committed in UAE & Saudi Arabia

Cases registered under special treaty that allows CBI to locally prosecute Indians accused of crimes in Saudi Arabia and UAE — instead of extraditing them.

UK court hears Nirav Modi’s appeal against extradition to India on mental health grounds

Opening the appeal on behalf of Nirav Modi, Edward Fitzgerald QC argued that he is at high risk of suicide already and his condition is likely to deteriorate further in Mumbai.

Huawei CFO makes another push against US extradition as China raises pressure on Canada

Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Vancouver at US's request, argue that allowing her to face fraud charges in New York would encourage improper demands by US.

Extradition to India will severely harm my mental health, Nirav Modi tells UK court

Nirav Modi's extradition would be 'flagrant denial of justice' and should be blocked on mental health ground, say papers prepared by his lawyer for hearing in UK High Court Wednesday.

UK court allows Indian banks to amend bankruptcy plea against Vijay Mallya

The high court judgment will help the banks led by SBI to move a step closer in their attempt to recover debt from loans paid out to Vijay Mallya's now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.

Five key ED findings that went against Nirav Modi’s extradition appeal in UK courts

The UK's Home Department cleared the extradition of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi. He has an option of legally challenging it before the UK High Court.

‘Drug kingpin’ extradited from UK, to face trial in India for peddling ‘meow meow’

Kishan Singh, a UK citizen, is a native of Rajasthan. He was arrested by British authorities in 2018 on request from India.

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Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.