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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicWest Asia

Topic: West Asia

Lufthansa suspends flights to Tehran amid fear of Iranian retaliation for embassy attack

Riham Alkousaa -
The region is on high alert anticipating an attack by Iran following the bombing of the Iranian embassy in Syria allegedly by Israeli warplanes on 1 April.

‘Outward changes’ but tensions remain: Where Iran & Saudi Arabia stand year after restoration of ties

Pia Krishnankutty -
Following years of hostility, the two countries agreed to a China-brokered deal in 2023, and have since found common ground in Gaza.

West Asia crisis giving way to Israel vs Ukraine competition over US aid. Biden can’t do both

Swasti Rao -
Washington needs to devise separate strategies for Eastern Europe and the Middle East — and prepare for a possible war in the straits.

Muslim countries on Hamas attack: Condemnation & calls for ‘restraint’, but some blame Israel

Keshav Padmanabhan -
While most have called for ‘solution to the Palestinian question’, some hold Israel responsible for current escalation 'due to ongoing violations of rights of Palestinian people'.

Why ‘India wants affair, not serious relationship with Israel’ stands true

Talmiz Ahmad -
In 'West Asia at War', former IFS officer Talmiz Ahmad talks about how PM Modi's 'de-hyphenation' of relations with Israel was a 'balancing' act.

‘Grow indigo in 3 kathas of each bigha’ – How the British forced Indians into debt, starvation

MAP Academy -
Indigo has made its mark in history as a colonial crop, but what makes this dye such an important agricultural and social symbol?

How Hashemite Kingdom emerged from Ottoman, British rule to modern-day Jordan

Pia Krishnankutty -
The Hashemite Kingdom has long been considered a stable power in West Asia but the alleged attempted coup by the country’s former crown prince has rocked the region.

India calls for complete stop of support to terrorist forces in Middle East

PTI -
In a statement on Security Council's open debate, India called West Asia its 'extended neighbourhood' and said it has always supported peace and stability in the region.

Imran Khan wants to forge Iran-Saudi peace — goal Pakistan has failed to achieve in 48 yrs

Nayanima Basu -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan said Sunday he was in Iran 'not as a mediator but as a facilitator' to establish a dialogue between Tehran and Riyadh.

OIC meetings just prove that the concept of a ‘Muslim World’ is a myth

Mohammed Ayoob -
The OIC may want to paper over it, but the reality is that there is tremendous discord among states with Muslim majorities.
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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

Bloomberg Opinion -
The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

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Economy

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

Udit Bubna -
MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

Defence

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

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

National Interest

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Shekhar Gupta -
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.

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