International Relations

South Korea entered active diplomatic consultations with Iran and other relevant nations to secure normalisation of shipping lanes through the Strait of Horm...

Israel launched airstrikes on Syrian army camps in the southern Sweida province on March 20, 2026, targeting military infrastructure including headquarters a...

The US Treasury, led by Secretary Scott Bessent, issued a 30-day sanctions waiver on March 20, 2026, authorising the purchase of Iranian crude oil currently ...

US President Donald Trump stated on March 20, 2026 — Day 21 of the Iran war — that he was considering "winding down" military operations, citing proximity to...

The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted 11-1 on March 18, 2026, to hold the benchmark federal funds rate steady at 3.5%–3.75%, ma...

Iran fired two ballistic missiles at the joint US-UK Naval Support Facility at Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), marking the first k...

Throughout the 21 days of the US-Israel war on Iran (beginning February 28, 2026), the Trump administration's stated objectives, justifications, and expected...

The ongoing conflict involving US-Israel-Iran has triggered a cascade of cost increases in India's real estate sector, driven primarily by spiking oil prices...

Border trade between India and China via Lipulekh Pass in Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand, is set to resume in 2026 after a six-year suspension. Trade was ...

India delivered a 2.5-ton consignment of emergency medicines, medical disposables, kits, and equipment to Afghanistan on March 20, 2026. The aid responds to ...

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) raised the price of premium petrol by approximately ₹2 per litre effective March 20, 2026, citing surging global crude oil pri...

Iranian missile strikes caused extensive damage to Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar — the world's largest LNG export hub — cutting Qatar's LNG output capa...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that the administration may unsanction Iranian oil already at sea — approximately 140 million barrels (equivale...

The United States is weighing a ground invasion and occupation of Kharg Island — Iran's primary oil export terminal, which handles approximately 90% of Iran'...

The Iran conflict that began February 28, 2026, has triggered a major realignment of global energy flows, with Russia emerging as the primary economic benefi...

India's Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has asked the Ministry of Agriculture to draw up contingency measures to address a potential fertilizer and agricultura...

US President Donald Trump publicly denounced NATO as "COWARDS" and "A PAPER TIGER" without the US military, after NATO member states refused to heed his call...

The WTO's Committee on Market Access (CMA) adopted a new outcome-tracking mechanism on March 16–17, 2026, to record the resolution of specific trade concerns...

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake confirmed that his government denied docking permission to the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena and simultaneously re...

Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake publicly confirmed that Colombo refused a US request to land two armed warplanes at Mattala Rajapaksa Internat...