International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Piyush Goyal, Canadian trade minister discuss advancing India-Canada CEPA, ahead of PM Carney visit
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal held a productive meeting with Canada's Minister of International Trade Maninder Sidhu to advance negotiations on...
Union Min Piyush Goyal meets Israeli delegation for first round of FTA negotiations
The first round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations between India and Israel commenced in New Delhi, scheduled for February 23-26, 2026 Union Commerce...
MoU signed to strengthen food safety, compliance in India–EU spice trade
The All India Spices Exporters Forum (AISEF) and the European Spice Association (ESA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen food safety co...
Democrats call for U.S. govt to refund billions in Trump tariff money after Supreme Court rebuke
Senate Democratic leaders, including Chuck Schumer and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, demanded that the Trump administration refund tariff reven...
New U.S. tariffs take effect today after Supreme Court ruling
New US tariffs — initially set at 10%, subsequently raised to 15% — formally took effect following President Trump's executive order invoking Section 122 of ...
India working with Canada on Nijjar killing probe, says envoy to Ottawa as Carney set for India visit
Indian High Commissioner to Canada Dinesh K. Patnaik stated that India is cooperating with Canadian authorities on the investigation into the killing of Hard...
President Donald Trump denies top U.S. officer warned of Iran strike risks
US President Donald Trump publicly denied and dismissed media reports that General Dan Caine, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had warned him of the si...
Iran FM says nuclear deal 'within reach' ahead of U.S. talks
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has described a nuclear agreement with the US as "within reach," ahead of resumed diplomatic talks facilitated by Oma...
Canada moves to revoke Tahawwur Rana’s citizenship ahead of Carney’s visit to India: report
Canada's Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) notified Tahawwur Hussain Rana — a Pakistani-born businessman who holds Canadian citizenship — o...
Is this India’s ‘1991 moment’ for economic reforms? Trump’s tariffs spark debate
Ahead of US-India Interim Trade Agreement negotiations, a policy debate has emerged comparing the current tariff pressure from the US to the 1991 Balance of ...
Scott Bessent says Americans won't see the $175 billion funds raised via illegal US tariffs — Here's why
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged that approximately $175 billion collected under tariffs imposed via the International Emergency Economic Pow...
Japan to deploy missile systems on island near Taiwan by 2031: Defence Minister
Japan's Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi announced in February 2026 that Japan plans to deploy medium-range surface-to-air missile systems on Yonaguni Islan...
Watch: New U.S. tariffs go live today, marking Trump’s fresh trade push after court ruling
New US tariffs at 10% on all imports went into effect on February 24, 2026, replacing the sweeping country-specific tariffs that the US Supreme Court struck ...
Trump’s 10% global tariffs take effect after Supreme Court ruling; 15% hike under consideration
By February 24, 2026, Trump's reworked global tariff regime under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974 had taken full effect A 15% uniform import surcharge w...
U.S. says China 'massively expanded' nuclear arsenal
New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between the United States and Russia, officially expired on Febru...
Trump eyes new trade probes to revive tariffs after court defeat
The US Supreme Court ruled 6–3 on February 20, 2026, that tariffs imposed by the Trump administration under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (...
Taiwan seeks U.S. assurances tariff deal terms will not change
Taiwan sought assurances from the United States that the terms of their recently negotiated bilateral trade deal (Agreement on Reciprocal Trade, signed Febru...
EU Chief Says €90 Billion for Kyiv to Come ‘One Way or Another’
On February 24, 2026 — the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen travelled to Ky...
India, Israel start talks on FTA ahead of Modi's second state visit
India and Israel formally launched the first round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in New Delhi from February 23-26, 2026, following the signing o...
Watch: U.S. and Iran moving closer to war? | Explainer
Following Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites in mid-2025, a fragile ceasefire has left the US-Iran relationship at one of its most volatile points in d...