World news that matters to India: diplomacy, the subcontinent, trade, and global affairs through an Indian lens.
US intelligence agencies assess that Russia could test NATO’s resolve as early as this autumn, NDTV reports. Possible operations may range from cyberattacks to incursions along the alliance’s eastern edge. The assessment…
A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck northern Sumatra on Saturday at a depth of 158 km, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said, hours after a 7.7-magnitude quake hit eastern Indonesia. Reports differ on…
The UAE accused Iran of attacking an ADNOC-linked tanker in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday, with no injuries reported. It was the third attack on ADNOC-operated vessels in the waterway in…
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari said on August 14 that the country’s Muslims “tolerate” its Hindu population and claimed Hindus would rather remain in Pakistan than move to India. He also said…
The Hindu argues that recent disruption around the Strait of Hormuz and the Houthi blockade against Saudi Arabia have brought naval terms such as chokepoints and freedom of navigation into public debate.…
Researchers have developed a method to extract usable potassium from syenite rock found in Morocco, potentially giving African farmers a local alternative to imported potash. The study, published in ScienceDirect, found that…
Removing 58 feral pigs from Clipperton Island in 1958 helped its Brown and Masked Booby populations recover from about 650 birds to more than 137,000 by 2003, according to Times of India.…
A study of ten wind turbines in western Poland found that the gravelled land around their bases supported more diverse plants and bees than nearby crop fields. Wild bee numbers matched those…
UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has announced an additional £65 million package for farmers in England facing drought damage, the Times of India reports. The funding follows the driest July on record…
Excavations in Farley Wood near Matlock, Derbyshire, have confirmed that a standing stone belongs to a 3,700-year-old Bronze Age ceremonial complex. The work, involving amateur archaeologist George Bird and the archaeology series…
