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Nikki Haley makes big ‘China’ claim about seized Iranian ship MV Touska. Beijing responds

As Republican leader says it is a reminder that Beijing is helping prop up Iran's regime, Chinaese foreign ministry says it rejects 'any false association and speculation'.

Ahead of nuclear non-proliferation treaty meet, China & NATO train guns on each other

NATO takes aim at Russia and China for nuclear 'expansion', Beijing urges US to stop 'armed attacks' on facilities in non-nuclear weapon states, apparently referring to Iran

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

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.

Iran declares Strait of Hormuz open after Lebanon-Israel ceasefire. Then Trump puts in a caveat

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. 

Iran war shock could be as disruptive as Covid, Indian officials say

The government is now drawing on its pandemic playbook to cushion businesses and consumers hit by gas shortages and soaring oil bills.

Iran secretly bought Chinese satellite to surveil US bases, allied infra in Persian Gulf—FT report

Documents seen by FT reveal IRGC used high-resolution TEE-01B satellite, built and launched by Chinese company with ties to China’s military.

Iranian, Emirati FMs & Saudis likely to come face-to-face at BRICS foreign ministers’ meet in Delhi

India is the current chair of BRICS, the eleven-member organisation which includes Brazil, Russia, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, the UAE, Iran and Saudi Arabia.

US warns banks in UAE, Oman, China & Hong Kong of secondary sanctions for ‘handling Iranian transactions’

Latest salvo looks to further curtail Tehran’s ability to access international banks for routing oil payments. Iran faces multiple US sanctions under Trump’s ‘maximum pressure’ campaign.

China says military conflict is ‘root cause’ of disruption in Strait of Hormuz, calls for de-escalation

China hopes 'ceasefire will be kept, disputes be resolved via political & diplomatic means rather than reigniting flames of war & conditions be created for early return of peace to Gulf'.

US-Israel & Iran war LIVE UPDATES: Rubio hosts meeting of Israeli, Lebanese envoys in Washington

With Iran and the US sparring over Pakistan talks, there's no sign of a swift reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Stay tuned for live updates

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University townships — India’s chance to build its own version of what America got right

India’s university towns initiative is an opportunity to do something we have never managed at scale: build knowledge ecosystems rather than knowledge silos.

FTA partners drive India’s trade surge as reliance on non-FTA countries dips, says NITI Aayog report

Share of trade with FTA partners rose from 4.6% in 2006 to 28.8% in 2024. India is currently negotiating or advancing agreements with US, Israel, GCC, Canada & Mexico.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

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.