United Nations, New York: India and Liberia launched the Group of Friends on Safety, Security of Shipping and Seafarers at the United Nations in New York on September 25, seeking greater …
West Asia
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BRICS Opens a Door to Gulf De-Escalation, But Stops Short of Mediation
by Jayanta Roy Chowdhury 4 minutes readEven as the BRICS summit in New Delhi is winding up, disturbing news that a ship has been hit by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, preceded …
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Modi-Pezeshkian Meeting Raises Stakes for BRICS Declaration
by R. Suryamurthy 9 minutes readPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, coming barely a day before BRICS leaders are expected to negotiate a final summit declaration, has sharpened the central diplomatic …
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A day after Vice President JD Vance argued that what was going on in Iran is “not war,” President Donald Trump got into the definition game essentially supporting his Number …
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US Treasury Secretary Says Strait of Hormuz to Become Inconsequential Within Two Years
by UNIby UNI 4 minutes readUS Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on September 1 said that disruptions to energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz will become inconsequential within the next two years as Gulf states …
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Opinion: Tariffs And Sanctions All Over Again
by Sridhar Krishnaswami 6 minutes readIt is not easy to fight two different wars at the same time even if the two converge into a single canvas called economics. And it is certainly a challenge …
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Pakistan Says US-Iran Negotiations Ongoing Despite Renewed Military Hostilities
by UNIby UNI 2 minutes readPakistan 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 …
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Trump Asserts US Controls Strait of Hormuz Amidst Escalation of Tensions with Iran
by UNIby UNI 3 minutes readUS President Donald Trump has asserted that Washington is now controlling the Strait of Hormuz, as the US intensifies its military operations against Iran for the third consecutive day on …
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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 …
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In a potentially landmark diplomatic breakthrough, the United States and Iran have signed the “Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding,” outlining a broad framework to end hostilities, ease regional tensions, revive commercial …