For months, the world watched one of the most dangerous confrontations in modern Middle Eastern history unfold. Many expected Iran to collapse. Others expected the United States and Israel to achieve a decisive victory. Neither happened. Now, as diplomats prepare to finalize a peace framework in Geneva, a surprising reality...
After 104 days of war, West Asia may finally be moving toward peace. On June 11, President Trump announced that he had cancelled the strikes planned against Iran that evening. His reason: the deal had been “brought to the highest level of Iranian leadership and approved.” He said the signing...
On the night of June 9, an American aircraft fired precision munitions into the engine room of a commercial tanker in the Gulf of Oman. The ship, the Settebello, carried 24 Indian crew members. Three of them are now confirmed dead. The United States says the ship violated its naval...
On June 3, today, the Middle East crossed another line. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards announced that they had struck back at American military targets. They claimed hits on a US vessel, on the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, and on an American airbase in the region. Kuwait said...
Iran has put a second sea gate on the table. After months of squeezing the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran now says it may “activate” the Bab el-Mandeb Strait too. The headlines call it a blockade. It is not one yet. That gap between threat and act is the whole story,...
K. Annamalai has quit the BJP. On June 2, 2026, the former Tamil Nadu BJP chief met party president Nitin Nabin and organisation secretary B.L. Santhosh in Delhi and conveyed his decision. He asked for a clean, friendly split. The leadership tried to keep him. Reports say they even offered...
Most Indians may never have heard of China’s remote Hami desert region in Xinjiang. Yet what is being built there could have long-term implications for India’s security and strategic future. At first glance, this is primarily a US-China story. Two global powers are adjusting their nuclear deterrence strategies and preparing...
A viral claim, a convicted rioter, and what it tells us about America’s culture war in 2025 A video is going viral across social media. In it, a man stands at a public podium in Texas and declares that Hindus and Muslims have come to America to eradicate Christianity. Many...
Let’s be honest about what is happening this weekend. America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, has flown all the way to India. He visited Kolkata, took a tour of the Taj Mahal in Agra, walked through the palaces of Jaipur, and is now in New Delhi for a...
There are moments in political history when a single stupid sentence by a powerful man creates the exact enemy he feared. India just had one of those moments. And the ruling establishment, true to form, is making it worse with every panicked move it makes. The Judge, The Remark, The...
