In the most significant military escalation since the ceasefire took effect, US forces carried out a wave of “self-defense strikes” against Iranian targets in southern Iran on Monday destroying two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps boats caught laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz and striking a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas that had been…

Senior Trump administration officials now believe a deal to end the US-Iran war is days away not weeks. But after three months of conflict, a blockaded Strait of Hormuz, and a ceasefire that has held by a thread, the final stretch of the US-Iran talks is proving to be the most treacherous. The broad principles…

Negotiators in the US-Iran talks have agreed on broad principles for ending nearly three months of active conflict but as both sides signal cautious optimism, the harder details of a permanent settlement remain stubbornly out of reach, with key disputes over Iran’s nuclear program, its enriched uranium stockpile, and the future of the Strait of…

The United States is actively preparing military strike options against Iran even as diplomatic negotiations continue, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio drawing a hard line this week: Tehran’s plan to impose tolls on the Strait of Hormuz is “just not acceptable” and if a deal cannot be reached, the president has made clear he…

Mumbai, May 22, 2026 — Indian equity markets staged a cautious recovery on Friday, with the Sensex gaining 232 points to close at 75,415 and the Nifty 50 adding 65 points to end at 23,719 testing the critical 23,700 level that has served as both floor and ceiling through weeks of whipsaw volatility driven by…

Tehran / Washington, May 20, 2026 — On the streets of Tehran, military vehicles mounted with Soviet-era machine guns have become a fixture of public life. Ballistic missiles are displayed on stages at mass wedding ceremonies. IRGC units parade Kalashnikov-style rifles through city squares. The messaging from the Islamic Republic is unmistakable: Iran’s military is…

Washington / New York / London, May 20, 2026 — The pattern is too precise to be coincidence. Too profitable to be luck. And too consequential for the global market, for the integrity of America’s war-making, and for every ordinary investor trading oil futures without a hotline to the White House to go unanswered. On…

Washington / Tel Aviv / Tehran, May 20, 2026 — In the canon of modern geopolitical miscalculations, this one may rank among the most audacious and the most revealing. A bombshell report published this week, drawing on US officials and first detailed by The New York Times, has disclosed that Israel developed and the United…

By Staff Reporter | May 18, 2026 A classified Pakistani diplomatic cable now at the center of one of South Asia’s most explosive political controversies has reignited global scrutiny over Washington’s alleged role in the removal of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, raising urgent questions about US foreign policy interference at a time when US-Iran…

New Delhi / Washington, May 15, 2026 — On April 15, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said publicly and unambiguously that the sanctions waiver allowing India to purchase Russian crude would not be renewed. Forty-eight hours later, he reversed himself. A new deadline was set: May 16, 2026. That deadline is now here. And India’s…