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June 3, 2026 9:32 AM

US, NATO allies to launch scaled-back Baltic Sea drills

The U.S. and NATO allies will launch scaled-back drills in the Baltic Sea this week, as conflicts in other regions draw ships away, though the exercise will still send a message of unity and strength to Russia, a senior German military official said. The annual exercise, held for more than five decades since 1971, brings together some 20 vessels from 15 nations with around 6,000 personnel - roughly half the size of last year's drills - during a period of heightened tensions in the Baltic region...

May 29, 2026 5:40 PM

US trade delegation to visit India next week as bilateral trade talks progress

A United States trade delegation is expected to visit India next week to advance ongoing negotiations on a bilateral trade agreement, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday, amid growing optimism over the possibility of an interim deal being finalised in the coming months. Addressing a media briefing, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said trade discussions between the two countries have remained “positive and constructive” so far. “We had a trade team that visited the Unit...

May 27, 2026 11:05 AM

US Senator calls Pakistan’s role in Iran diplomacy ‘more than problematic’

Pakistan’s refusal to consider joining the Abraham Accords has triggered sharp criticism from Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who said Islamabad’s role in any Iran-related diplomacy was “more than problematic”. The remarks came after Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif publicly rejected any possibility of Islamabad joining the Abraham Accords, saying such a move would violate the country’s “fundamental ideologies”. In a post on X, Graham said, “It has been apparent to...

May 26, 2026 3:32 PM

India, US sign critical minerals framework to strengthen supply chain cooperation

India and the United States on Tuesday signed a major framework agreement aimed at strengthening cooperation in the mining, processing and supply of critical minerals and rare earths, marking a significant step in deepening strategic and economic ties between the two countries. The Framework on “Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths” was signed in New Delhi by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The M...

May 22, 2026 9:59 AM

US arrests sister of Cuban military conglomerate chief

The United States arrested Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of the executive president of GAESA, a sprawling conglomerate of military-run businesses, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. Morera, who entered the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 2023, is now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement pending removal proceedings, according to separate statement from ICE. Morera's presence poses a threat to the United States and undermines American foreign...

May 18, 2026 9:56 PM

Iran Faces Mounting Global Pressure as G7 Pushes Sanctions and Gaza Flotilla Is Seized

Iran is facing intensifying diplomatic and economic pressure on multiple fronts today, as G7 finance ministers gathered in Paris called for tighter coordination on sanctions, Israeli naval forces intercepted a Gaza-bound aid flotilla near Cyprus, and a new Amnesty International report laid bare the scale of executions inside the country. At the G7 finance ministers' meeting in Paris, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on allied nations to align behind a coordinated sanctions regime aime...

May 18, 2026 7:05 PM

Fuel supplies remain stable, over 3,200 Indian seafarers repatriated amid West Asia crisis

The Centre on Monday said that fuel supplies across the country remain stable despite the evolving crisis in West Asia, with more than 1.72 crore LPG cylinders delivered in the last four days and over 3,217 Indian seafarers safely repatriated from the Gulf region so far. At an inter-ministerial media briefing held at the National Media Centre in New Delhi, officials from the Ministries of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ports, Shipping and Waterways, External Affairs, and Chemicals and Fertilizers o...

May 18, 2026 2:55 PM

Trump may have to wait for rate cuts until the Iran war is over, he tells Fortune

U.S. President Donald Trump conceded in an interview with Fortune magazine published on Monday that he may have to wait until the war with Iran was over for more interest rate cuts. “You can’t really look at the figures until the war is over,” he said. Trump said Iran was "dying to sign" a ceasefire deal with the U.S. "But they make a deal, and then they send you a paper that has no relationship to the deal you made." he told Fortune. (Reuters)...

May 15, 2026 11:53 AM

US casts Israel-Lebanon talks on Thursday as ‘positive and productive’

The United States cast Israel-Lebanon talks held in Washington on Thursday as "productive and positive" and a State Department official said more discussions aimed at ending their conflict will continue on Friday. A senior Lebanese official said earlier that Lebanon will demand that U.S. ally Israel cease fire in the face-to-face talks, as Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah continued to trade blows despite a U.S.-backed truce declared last month. An Israeli government spokesperson said the talks ...

May 13, 2026 12:33 PM

US tariff whiplash pushed toy factory in China to brink of collapse

Had the United States kept tariffs on Chinese imports at triple digits for just one more day last year, Huntar Company would have collapsed, said David Cheung, who runs the family-owned toy maker with his brother Jason. When Washington and Beijing reached a trade truce in Geneva on May 12 last year, rolling back the most-punishing levies, Huntar's production moulds were about to clear Chinese customs as the company made a last-ditchbid for survival by moving some production to Vietnam. The Che...