Pakistan has said that negotiations between Iran and the US were continuing despite a renewed escalation in hostilities, as CENTCOM confirmed launching another wave of airstrikes on Iranian targets following …
Middle East
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Opinion: Seeking a Friendly Shoulder, Two Leaders Visit Washington
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readLeaders come to Washington for different reasons. Some to renew friendships; a few of them for a political lift back home; and others still to implore the United States to …
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India Raises Safety Concerns for 10 Million Gulf Indians at UN Security Council
by T. Vishnudatta Jayaraman 5 minutes readIndia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, has said that the safety and well-being of the nearly 10 million Indians living and working in the Gulf region …
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Opinion: Complicating the Iran Ceasefire and Talks
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 5 minutes readThe ceasefire between Iran and the United States had already been tossed out with the two warring parties resorting to heavy missile exchanges in the last ten days or more …
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When the U.S.-mediated Abraham Accords were signed in 2020, they represented more than just a handshake between Israel and a few Arab nations. The hope was that trade, security, and …
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Opinion: Raising Anxiety Levels in the Pacific
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readChina would like nations in the Pacific to believe that there is nothing out of the ordinary in its test firing of a submarine launched long range nuclear capable ballistic …
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Board of Peace Says it Would Assess Developments in Gaza Via Actions Post Hamas Govt. Resignation
by UNIby UNI 2 minutes readThe Board of Peace said it would judge developments in Gaza “by actions, not promises” after Hamas announced the dissolution of its governing administration in the Strip ahead of a …
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Two Nations, Two Scripts: America’s Semiquincentennial and Iran’s Farewell to Khamenei
by TN Ashokby TN Ashok 5 minutes readHistory rarely arranges its stage with such stark contrasts. In July 2026, the world witnessed two nations moving in opposite emotional directions—one celebrating liberty, the other mourning loss. The United …
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It is not surprising that negotiators are plugging along in Switzerland playing deaf to the bluff and bluster of their political bosses back home knowing full well that at the …
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The negotiations between Iran and the United States in Switzerland were never passed off to be either friendly or without high dramas; and as expected the first day reportedly had …