International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Re-balancing India-US trade deal possible amid changed circumstances: Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal stated that "re-balancing" the India-US trade deal is possible given "changed circumstances," signalling India's ...
Spain alerts WHO of swine flu virus believed to have been transmitted between people
Spain alerted the World Health Organization (WHO) of a suspected case of human-to-human transmission of the swine influenza A(H1N1)v virus in Catalonia in Fe...
India and Israel pledge to boost ties in defence and technology
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Israel on February 25-26, 2026 — the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Israel in nearly a decade and the first ...
Norway's sovereign wealth fund pulls out of Adani
Norway's Government Pension Fund Global (GPFG), the world's largest sovereign wealth fund with approximately $2 trillion in assets, excluded Adani Green Ener...
India begins anti-subsidy probe into Chinese plastic raw material imports
India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation against imports of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) susp...
Nepal to hold first election since deadly protests, with three rivals vying to be Prime Minister
Nepal is holding its first Kathmandu metropolitan mayoral election since the dramatic 2022 victory of rapper-turned-politician Balendra "Balen" Shah, with th...
Brief Red Sea return ends as Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd reroute ships via Cape of Good Hope
Shipping giants Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd — operating under their Gemini Cooperation alliance — have reversed a brief return to Red Sea transits and reverted to...
Unable to verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment: UN nuclear watchdog report
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stated in its February 2026 report that it cannot verify whether Iran has suspended all uranium enrichment acti...
Piyush Goyal gives big hint on India-US trade deal, says it would be 'rebalanced’ if circumstances change
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal gave a strong public signal that the India-US Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) would be "game-changing," indicatin...
Merkel flags ‘fragmented’ global order—’Manmohan Singh provided courage to solve today’s issues’
Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered the inaugural Dr. Manmohan Singh Memorial Lecture in New Delhi, issuing a stark warning that the global orde...
Bay of Bengal nations set for major transformation in small-scale fisheries governance
Nations bordering the Bay of Bengal are preparing for a significant transformation in their small-scale fisheries sector, with new regulations, international...
‘New Delhi was seen as difficult & protectionist, EU-India FTA a new chapter,’ says Polish envoy
Poland's Ambassador to India, speaking to a major national publication, stated that New Delhi was historically "seen as difficult and protectionist" in trade...
India focused on getting best trade deal with US: Piyush Goyal
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal stated that India is focused on securing the best possible trade deal with the United States as bilateral trade negotiations c...
Trump Says He Sees Possible ‘Friendly Takeover of Cuba’
US President Donald Trump made remarks about Cuba during a meeting with Cuban-American lawmakers, describing his vision for a potential "friendly takeover" o...
Iraq armed group tells fighters to prepare for long Iran-U.S. war
Iraq's Iran-backed armed group Kataeb Hezbollah (also spelled Kataib Hezbollah) issued a directive on February 27, 2026, ordering all its fighters to prepare...
Q3 FDI inflows up 16.6% on-year, US second top source in April-December
India's Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity inflows rose 18% year-on-year to USD 47.87 billion during April–December FY26 (first nine months of fiscal yea...
Jailed PKK leader says laws needed in Türkiye peace process
Abdullah Ocalan, the jailed founder and leader of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), called for laws to be passed in the Turkish Parliament as a preconditio...
How Pakistan and the Taliban, former allies, slid into ‘open war’
Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif declared on February 27, 2026, that Pakistan and Afghanistan are now in "open war," following a dramatic es...
India will have to notify EU in case of new export duty: India-EU FTA text
India and the European Union released the provisional chapter-level text of their Free Trade Agreement on February 27, 2026 — approximately one month after t...
Iran designated as a state sponsor of wrongful detention, says Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio designated Iran as a "State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention" — the first time any country has been formally labelled under a ...