International Relations
Bilateral ties, multilateral forums, treaties and India's foreign policy
Deeply concerned: India on drone strike near UAE's Barakah nuclear plant
India's Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) issued a strong statement expressing deep concern over a drone attack targeting the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant i...
Australia orders China-linked investors to sell stakes in rare earths firm
Australia's government directed six investors with ties to China and Hong Kong to divest their combined holdings in Northern Minerals Ltd., a rare earths min...
China committed to not providing material support to Iran: U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer
US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer publicly confirmed that China has committed not to provide "material support" to Iran, a pledge secured during the hig...
U.S. Treasury to extend sanction waiver on Russian seaborne oil, source says
The US Treasury Department is considering a 30-day extension of the sanction waiver that previously allowed countries to purchase Russian seaborne oil, accor...
India to keep buying Russian oil regardless of US sanctions waivers, says official
A senior official from India's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas stated that India will continue purchasing Russian crude oil irrespective of whether US ...
U.S., China, and the search for stability
Following two days of high-level negotiations in Geneva, the United States and China announced a 90-day mutual tariff reduction as a temporary truce in their...
India, Sweden agree to elevate ties to Strategic Partnership
At a delegation-level summit in Gothenburg on May 17, 2026, India and Sweden agreed to elevate their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership, forma...
Boost for tech, trade & defence as India, Sweden become ‘strategic partners’
India and Sweden elevated their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership on May 17, 2026, during a summit in Gothenburg, adopting a Joint Action Pla...
India, Netherlands seal historic 17-pact strategic partnership on chips, defence
India and the Netherlands formally elevated their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership on May 16, 2026, during high-level talks held at the Cats...
China This Week | Not tariffs or West Asia war, why Taiwan is ‘most important issue’ for China in ties with US
The May 2026 Beijing summit between the US and Chinese heads of government has brought the Taiwan question back to the centre of global strategic discourse, ...
Modi hails 17 new agreements, says India-Netherlands ties will gain ‘unparalleled momentum’
During the India-Netherlands state visit on 16–17 May 2026, two headline outcomes stood out: the signing of an MoU between Tata Electronics and ASML for Indi...
India taps Oman to rescue $11.8 billion food exports to West Asia
With the 2026 Iran war creating sustained risk of disruption to the Strait of Hormuz, India is actively exploring the use of Omani ports and overland land br...
List of Outcomes: Prime Minister’s visit to the Netherlands
The state visit to the Netherlands on 16–17 May 2026 produced 17 specific outcomes organized across political, economic, security, technology, sustainability...
WHO declares international emergency as Ebola outbreak kills more than 80 in DR Congo
On 16 May 2026, the WHO Director-General declared the Ebola disease outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and...
Prime Minister holds official talks with Prime Minister of Netherlands
Formal bilateral talks between the Indian and Dutch heads of government took place at Catshuis, the official residence of the Dutch Prime Minister, in The Ha...
India-Netherlands Joint Statement on the visit of Prime Minister of India to Netherlands
India and the Netherlands issued a Joint Statement on 16 May 2026 at The Hague, formalizing the elevation of their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Part...
Taiwan won't be sacrificed, U.S. arms sales a commitment: President responds to Trump
Taiwan's president issued the island's first formal response to the Beijing summit, asserting that arms sales from the United States are a security commitmen...
Trump met Xi Jinping in Beijing. He came back with doubts on Taiwan's $14 billion arms deal and lesson in Greek history
A high-stakes bilateral summit in Beijing between the US and Chinese heads of government produced significant uncertainty around a pre-approved $14 billion w...
WHO declares Ebola global emergency as death toll hits 87. Is there a vaccine? What we know
On 16 May 2026, the WHO Director-General declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of In...
Roadmap of India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership [2026-2030]
During a state visit to The Hague on 16–17 May 2026, India and the Netherlands adopted the Roadmap of India-Netherlands Strategic Partnership (2026–2030) — a...