The war in West Asia has triggered a sharp global energy shock, disrupting supplies through the Strait of Hormuz and forcing governments worldwide to roll […]
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Sri Lanka refused US request to land warplanes, says President Dissanayake
2 min readColomboUpdated: Mar 21, 2026 10:37 AM IST Sri Lanka refused permission for the US to land two of its warplanes in the island’s […]
Trumps, on a deal-making spree, turn next to Transylvania
Written by Rebecca R. Ruiz and Andrei Petre The Trump Organization has for decades planted the family name in places synonymous with business and luxury […]
Watch | IMO says working on evacuation mechanism for trapped seafarers amid Gulf tensions
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is working to operationalise an evacuation mechanism for nearly 20,000 seafarers stranded in the Persian Gulf as disruptions in the […]
Speaker of Iran’s parliament questions oil rally, flags gap between futures and supply
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Iran’s Parliament, on Tuesday (March 24) flagged concerns over speculations in global oil markets, suggesting that movements in futures trading […]
WATCH: Long queues at US airports as TSA staff shortages strain security lines
3 min readUpdated: Mar 20, 2026 10:34 PM IST Airport security queues in the United States have stretched beyond terminals as vacation travel gathers pace, […]
A crucial loan for Ukraine becomes election leverage for Orban
On nearly every corner on a main street in downtown Budapest, images of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his biggest European Union supporters are being […]
Watch | Iran has ‘stumped Trump for now’ amid mixed signals on de-escalation: Author Ray Locker
On the 25th day of the West Asia war, author and journalist Ray Locker said Iran has “stumped Donald Trump for now”, pointing to a […]
‘Israeli attacks an illusion’: Iran supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s defiant Nowruz message
2 min readUpdated: Mar 20, 2026 10:47 PM IST Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei has issued a defiant written statement praising the Iranian […]
No single country can sustain a stable balance of power in Asia: US official
Elbridge Colby, US Under Secretary of War for Policy, said the world’s largest economy “views India with deep respect—as a republic of continental scale, with […]