World news that matters to India: diplomacy, the subcontinent, trade, and global affairs through an Indian lens.
Israel will confer its Presidential Award for Civilian Heroism on India-born pilot Captain Smit Machhar, who thwarted a hijack attempt on a flydubai flight on 30 September. President Isaac Herzog made the…
Two former Amazon employees have countered criticism of immigrant workers after the US Department of Labor on 8 October suspended eight companies from the Permanent Labor Certification (PERM) programme. The companies are…
India and Liberia, as co-chairs of the UN Group of Friends on Safety & Security of Shipping & Seafarers, jointly condemned on Thursday, 8 October, a string of attacks on commercial vessels…
President Donald Trump presented Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation at a White House ceremony on Thursday, 8 October, hours after Vice President JD Vance announced…
The US Department of Labor on Thursday, 8 October 2026 suspended eight companies from the Permanent Labour Certification Programme (PERM), a critical step toward employment-based green cards. The list includes Indian IT…
Air India, IndiGo, and Air India Express cancelled all flights to and from Riyadh until 10 October on Thursday, 8 October, citing deteriorating security after Houthi rebels warned global airlines of consequences…
Dhaka: Bangladesh State Minister for Foreign Affairs Humayun Kabir on Thursday, 8 October, said long-standing water-sharing disputes with India must be settled through dialogue and diplomacy, and progress hinges on political will…
Foreign investors withdrew $26.3 billion from emerging-market stocks and bonds in September, the first monthly outflow since June, as a hawkish Federal Reserve pushed US Treasury yields and the dollar higher, the…
US President Donald Trump on Thursday, 8 October presented the National Medal of Science to Elon Musk, Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su at the…
Exiled Bangladeshi author Taslima Nasreen on Wednesday, 7 October, criticised the Bangladesh government for what she described as growing patronage of extremist groups. Speaking after arriving at Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose…
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