Malaysia Wants to Resolve Palm Oil Spat With India Within a Month, Minister Says
Malaysia aims to resolve its palm oil spat with India within a month, the southeast Asian nation’s new minister of plantation industries and commodities said on Wednesday. Mohd Khairud... Read more
Russia Passes Bill Allowing Vladimir Putin to Stay in Power for Next 12 years
The Russian parliament approved a sweeping constitutional reform in the third and final reading Wednesday, a move that will allow President Vladimir Putin to stay in power for another 12 yea... Read more
The US is Helping the Taliban Fight ISIS, CENTCOM’s Top General Says
Gen. McKenzie turned heads with testimony about “very limited support” for an enemy who is also an enemy of an enemy. The United States has provided “very limited support” to the Taliban in... Read more
In a First, India Figures on Arms Exporters List
In a first, India has figured on a list of global arms exporters, making a modest entry at number 23 but the ranking is likely to rise sharply over the coming years with the government’s foc... Read more
India’s Approach to the Indian Ocean Region: From Sea Control to Sea Denial
India’s Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat announced last month that India will prioritize submarines over its third aircraft carrier. The importance of this announcement was lost am... Read more
S Jaishankar’s Remark on India’s Friends: Sign of New Confidence or Misplaced Arrogance?
When asked about India losing its allies over CAA, Kashmir and Delhi riots, external affairs minister S. Jaishankar said that “maybe we’re getting to know who our friends really are”. Last w... Read more
Bangladesh Home Minister says ‘prepared for PM Narendra Modi’s visit’ after protests in Dhaka
New Delhi: The Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan on Sunday (March 8) assured that the nation’s security agencies are capable of handling “any untoward situation”, a... Read more
Russia could send troops to Afghanistan to fight terrorism if the country’s authorities ask for it, Moscow’s special envoy reportedly said this week. But for this, Zamir Kabulov,... Read more
Hands off India, Ms Bachelet
The chutzpah of the United Nations’ Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in approaching the Supreme Court of India to be made amicus curiae (third party) in a case challe... Read more
First four Rafale jets to arrive by May end: Rajnath Singh
The first four Rafale fighter jets are arriving in India by the last week of May, following which an aircraft will arrive every 45 days, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh disclosed at the Econo... Read more