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On the sidelines of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' meetings in Manila, Rubio and Jaishankar moved the India-US needle on two fronts simultaneously: defence pacts tied to Trump-Modi commitments, and an…
Myanmar's meteorological authority has flagged a double threat: the Chindwin River has already breached danger levels in two…
Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is not buying the optics of the Trump-Aoun White House summit. With Israeli forces still…
India and the Philippines are in active PTA negotiations as bilateral trade closes in on US$4 billion — up from US$3 billion in…
Pakistan's blasphemy laws are being systematically weaponised against minorities, according to the Voice of Pakistan Minority —…
The White House announced on 22 July 2026 it would use Apple's AirDrop to push 'an important message' to the public, reflecting…
In a single day of diplomacy in Manila, EAM Jaishankar held five back-to-back bilateral meetings — covering Indo-Pacific maritime…
President Droupadi Murmu's first state visit to North Macedonia produced a striking diplomatic image: a Mahatma Gandhi bust…
A Lavrov-Rubio face-to-face in Manila on 23 July — confirmed by the Russian FM himself — puts US-Russia diplomacy back in focus…
