Category: International

India at the Crossroads: Between Trump’s Rebuke, Xi’s Handshake, and Putin’s Oil In his 2020 book The India Way, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar offered a crisp blueprint for navigating a fractured world: “Engage America, manage China, cultivate Europe, reassure Russia, bring Japan into play.” It was a vision of India as a deft balancer in […]

The United States has revoked visas for several Palestinian Authority (PA) and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) officials ahead of next month’s United Nations General Assembly, the State Department confirmed Friday, reported by Euro News. Secretary of State Marco Rubio also ordered some new visa applications from Palestinian officials to be denied, marking the latest in […]

Afghanistan Protests Alleged Pakistani Drone Strikes That Killed Civilians Tensions flared again along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border after Afghan authorities accused Islamabad of carrying out deadly drone strikes that killed children and devastated families in Nangarhar and Khost provinces. According to local officials in Khost, three children were killed and five others injured late Wednesday night […]

In a dramatic and somber denouement, Thailand’s Constitutional Court formally removed Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra from office on August 29, 2025. The court ruled, by a 6-to-3 margin, that she breached ethical standards by prioritizing personal relations over national interests—delivering yet another stunning blow to the influential Shinawatra political clan, reported by BBC News. The […]

MAURITANIA COAST — A night meant for relief turned into tragedy when a migrant boat capsized off Mauritania’s coast, leaving at least 69 dead, officials confirmed Friday—a grim recalibration from initial estimates of 49 fatalities. The vessel, which embarked from Gambia about a week earlier, carried an estimated 160 migrants—predominantly from Senegal and Gambia—seeking passage […]

COPENHAGEN — A subtle shift in global geopolitical currents—one marked by urgency and fraught hope—unfolded as the EU’s top diplomat placed the power of choice squarely in Iran’s hands: “We have this 30 days to sort things out, reported by Arab News.” With those words, Kaja Kallas, the EU’s foreign policy chief, cast the weeks […]

Tehran — August 28, 2025: Iran denounced the decision by France, Germany, and the United Kingdom to trigger the United Nations “snapback” mechanism under the 2015 nuclear deal, warning it would retaliate to protect its national interests, reported by Tasnim News Agency. Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Thursday called the move “illegal, unjustified, and lacking […]

Geneva/Gaza — August 28, 2025: Hundreds of staff at the United Nations human rights office are urging their chief, Volker Türk, to publicly declare that Israel’s nearly two-year war in Gaza constitutes genocide, even as fresh Israeli airstrikes killed at least 16 Palestinians on Thursday, reported by Reuters. In a letter seen by Reuters, the […]

Beijing — August 28, 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will join Chinese President Xi Jinping next week in Beijing for a massive military parade, their first public appearance together in what analysts say is a pointed rebuke to Western power. China’s foreign ministry confirmed Thursday that 26 foreign […]

New York, Aug. 28 — The Ukraine conflict is no longer just “Putin’s war,” according to Peter Navarro. It is, in his words, “Modi’s war.” Navarro, who served as President Donald Trump’s senior adviser on trade and manufacturing, accused India of bankrolling Moscow through discounted oil purchases and called on New Delhi to halt energy […]