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Pakistan strategic pact with Saudi Arabia is really about Iran. And blessed by US

This agreement is not about Pakistan and Saudi Arabia looking Trump in the eye or Riyadh turning away from Washington. If anything, it could be termed as kosher proliferation.

‘Squatter’ under the bridge & Tehran’s got 99 problems and ‘too many victories’ may be one

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘Don’t know what the F*** they are doing’—Trump lashes out at Israel & Iran for violating ceasefire

Trump also backtracked from his remarks on regime change, telling reporters he didn't 'want' it. Iran & Israel exchanged strikes for the 12th day, even as Trump announced the truce.

An olive branch made in America & rocket astrology

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print, online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.   Also Read: Shashi Tharoor’s loyalty...

How escalation in Iran-Israel tensions could hit Indian govt’s ongoing Chabahar port expansion work

India Ports Global Limited had signed a 10-year long term contract with Iran’s Port and Maritime Organization in May 2024 to develop the Chabahar port.

What is Strait of Hormuz & why its closure by Iran could disrupt global energy trade

While the strait has never been closed in the past, there has also never been a situation where both Israel and the US have directly attacked Iranian nuclear installations.

Egyptian foreign minister’s India visit postponed after US strikes nuclear facilities in Iran

This is the second time this year that the Egyptian FM's visit to India has been postponed due to geopolitical situation in West Asia. Abdelatty was set to travel to New Delhi Monday.

Iran’s brutal regime is facing a reckoning. Consequences of US attack will go beyond Tehran

Iran has been making threats, seeking to deter others simply through its capacity for reckless behaviour, despite its weakness in other ways. But terrorist strategies can only get you so far.

Our take on Israel-Iran conflict, India-Canada ties, Kamal Kaur murder and more—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Op Midnight Hammer LIVE | Trump says Israel, Iran have agreed to ‘total ceasefire’ after ‘12-day war’

LIVE UPDATES | Trump on Truth Social at 3.32am (IST): 'It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now...).'

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.